Swift is a global member-owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance. Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. Swift also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern. For more information, visit www.swift.com or follow us on Twitter: @swiftcommunity

We are the Southern Environmental Law Center — the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental legal advocacy organization rooted in and focused on the South. We are respected for our deep understanding of the places, politics, and culture of the South, and our knowledge of and willingness to do what it takes to get results. With 90 lawyers and a total staff of 170 working in nine offices across six states and Washington, D.C., we champion this beautiful, complex region because we live here and we love it. As lawyers, policy and issue experts, and community advocates and partners, we take on the toughest environmental challenges. And we win. In court, in government, and with our communities, we defend and protect our air, water, climate, wildlife, lands, and the people who live here. Transforming our region away from fossil fuel to clean energy, righting environmental injustice, stopping pollution, and protecting nature — when we solve these issues here, we lead the way for others. That’s why we say: Solutions start in the South. For more than 35 years, by working at the national, regional, state, and local levels, and in all three branches of government, this nonprofit organization is able to do what it takes to get results. SELC strengthens laws, we make government agencies do their job, and, when necessary, we go to court to stop environmental abuses or to set far-reaching precedents. Visit us on Facebook (/southernenvironment) and follow us on Twitter (selc_org) and Instagram (@southernenvironment) for our latest news, updates, and events.

Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy. Through origination, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind, solar, and storage facilities, distributed energy resources, and green fuel technologies, Apex is expanding the renewable frontier across North America. Our mission-driven team of more than 300 professionals uses a data-focused approach and an unrivaled portfolio of projects to create solutions for the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking customers. For more information about how Apex is building the energy company of the future, visit apexcleanenergy.com.

VMDO has specialized in architectural planning and design for educational institutions since 1976. Our distinctive educational projects and personalized service are based on an in-depth understanding of our clients’ needs and aspirations. In our office, in our collaborations, and in our response to the need for a healthier populace and planet, we believe an emphasis on quality design can transform a place and elevate the connections within it. From our offices in Charlottesville, Virginia and Washington, DC, we create community-centered environments that connect people and place through design. We strive to elevate the human experience and the long-term stewardship of our planet by emphasizing the spirit of a place through quality and enduring architecture, sustainable design objectives, sensitivity to sites and landscapes, and design transformations that embody a community’s highest ambitions. Our 75+ employees support the firm’s 3 educational design practice areas of K12 Schools, Higher Education, and Athletics + Community. VMDO’s designs have achieved international and national acclaim from a variety of societies and associations, including: the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on Architecture for Education (AIA CAE), the Society for College and University Planners (SCUP), and sequential awards in 2016, 2017, and 2018 from the Association of College Unions International (ACUI). Our commitment to sustainability is evidenced by receipt in 2010 and 2017 of Top Ten AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) awards – considered the industry’s premier accolade for sustainable design.

Hantzmon Wiebel is the largest and most experienced public accounting firm in Central Virginia. Located in Charlottesville, we provide audit, tax, consulting and business valuation services to privately held businesses of all sizes, nonprofit organizations, foundations, international businesses and high-net worth individuals. Hantzmon Wiebel prides itself on its time-honored commitments to clients and community service.

Flora Pettit is a business and litigation law firm with attorneys specializing in over 23 diverse practice areas, serving clients throughout Virginia and across the globe. Our clients include large and small domestic and international corporations, non-profits, and private individuals. Flora Pettit attorneys are recognized by their peers for attaining the highest standards of the legal profession in both their legal work and their ethical commitment, and excel at solving our clients’ toughest and most complex issues. In every case and for every client, we bring to bear a seasoned roster of incisive legal minds, an uncompromising focus on client service, and a deep commitment to the communities where we live and work. Our Charlottesville Office: 530 East Main Street P.O. Box 2057 Charlottesville, VA 22902 Phone: 434-979-1400 Fax: 434-977-5109 Our Harrisonburg Office: 90 North Main Street, Suite 201 P.O. Box 1287 Harrisonburg, VA 22803 Phone: 540-437-3100 Fax: 540-437-3101

Barron Associates is a research and development company focused on providing clients with novel solutions to demanding aerospace and health care challenges. These solutions frequently employ intelligent and adaptive technologies to measure, model, predict and control complex systems, resulting in improved performance, safety and efficiency.

RFC is strategically located throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving clients in a multitude of industries from our offices located in Charlottesville, Blacksburg, Fredericksburg, Richmond and Staunton. Since the Company’s founding in 1953 by Daniel A. Robinson, Sr., RFC has enjoyed the reputation as the leading public accounting firm in the practice of governmental auditing and consulting services to local governments in Virginia. The foundation of RFC's growth and reputation has been built on the experience and integrity of its professionals. Over the past 60 years, the Firm has cultivated its specialization in the governmental and nonprofit sector and is presently engaged as auditor by approximately 65 of the Commonwealth's 95 counties, in addition to a large number of cities, towns, public service authorities, industrial development authorities, and various regional commissions, boards and other agencies. RFC also provides audit and consulting services to hundreds of nonprofit organizations. RFC has provided extensive income tax preparation, planning and consultation for over 40 years. The Firm provides income tax related services to clients of all types, from individuals to sole proprietors to multi-state corporations and partnerships. Moreover, we provide in-depth estate and trust income tax consultation and preparation. The Firm is owned and operated by a Board of Members and employs approximately seventy accounting and consulting professionals.

Silverchair is the leading independent platform partner for scholarly and professional publishers, serving our growing community through flexible technology and unparalleled services. Our teams build, maintain, and innovate platforms across the publishing lifecycle—from idea to impact. Our products facilitate submission, peer review, hosting, dissemination, and impact measurement, enabling researchers and professionals to maximize their contributions to our world.

Timberlake, Smith, Thomas & Moses, P.C. has served a wide variety of clients in Staunton and surrounding counties since it was formed in 1948 by Wayt Timberlake and Dick Smith, and focuses on the General Practice of law in all State and Federal Courts.

Unbound Medicine’s commitment to advancing healthcare guides our work and partnerships. We develop customized solutions to respond to education and knowledge needs through collaborative consultation with publishers, learning institutions, healthcare systems, and associations. Our digital platform provides a framework for professionals and learners at all stages to develop clinical knowledge, judgment, and confidence. Digital Publishing We align expert guidance with our end-to-end online platform to power the creation and distribution of trusted content. Resources at the Point of Need We provide mobile and web applications that deliver knowledge and learning tools to the healthcare community. Customized Solutions We leverage our company’s passion, talent, and technology to address the unique knowledge-sharing needs of each organization.