Katie Ashcraft

The Duke Endowment is a private foundation serving the people of North Carolina and South Carolina by supporting selected programs of higher education, health care, children's welfare and spiritual life. The endowment was founded in 1924 and is located in Charlotte, North Carolina

Putnam Investment Management LLC (PIM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1971, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam US Holdings I LLC and became an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) in 2024. PIM provides investment advice across all asset classes to individuals and institutions worldwide through separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.

Customers Bank engages in the provision of commercial and consumer banking services. It offers cash management, commercial and industrial loans, small business loans, commercial and multi-family real estate loans, certificates of deposit, residential mortgages, consumer loans, and savings, checking, and money market accounts. The company is headquartered in Wyomissing, PA.

First Community Bank (Bluefield, Virginia) provides banking and financial services. It offers personal and business banking, insurance, wealth management and mortgage services. The company is headquartered in Bluefield, VA.

Comporium, Inc. provides telecommunications and related services. It provides voice, video, data, wireless, security services at the retail level, security monitoring and directory publishing for its industry customers. The company was founded by John Anderson, John Cherry and Andrew Smith in 1894 and is headquartered in Rock Hill, SC.

McKing Consulting Corp., Inc. provides information technology and management consulting services. Its services include conference management, evaluation design and study, publications, scientific research support, financial, grants and program management. The firm serves to the federal government, state agencies and private organizations. The company was founded in September 2000 and is headquartered in Fairfax, VA.

Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina, Inc. provides residential services to children, teens and families in crisis. Its services include residential care, emergency care, residential wilderness, transitional living, family care, teen mothers, foster care, weekday education, developmental disabilities, Baptist aging ministry, Guatemala missions, retreats and conferences, and referral services. The company was founded by John Mills on November 11, 1885 and is headquartered in Thomasville, NC.

Select Bank & Trust Co. operates as a commercial bank. It offers a broad range of retail, small business and commercial banking products and services. The company serves communities in North and South Carolina through full-service banking offices. Select Bank & Trust was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Dunn, NC.