Rita V. Foley

PetSmart, Inc. owns and operates retail pet product stores. Its services include pet grooming, petshotel, doggie day camp, dog training, veterinary care, and adoption services. It offers canned food, science food, litter, treats, supplements, dog toys, dog pads, aquariums, and flea and tick products. The company was founded by Jim Dougherty and Janice Dougherty in 1986 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Westvaco Corp. produces paperboard and packaging products for media, pharmaceutical and consumer markets. It also produces coated papers and specialty chemicals. Westvaco is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

QAD, Inc. provides enterprise software solutions for global manufacturing companies primarily in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, technology, industrial products, and life sciences industries. Its applications provide critical functionality for managing manufacturing resources and operations within and beyond the enterprise, enabling global manufacturers to collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners. The company was founded by Pamela Meyer Lopker in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

MeadWestvaco Corp. provided packaging solutions to healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, tobacco and home and garden industries. It was also produces specialty chemicals for the automotive, energy and infrastructure industries. The company was operates through five business segments: Food & Beverage, Home, Health & Beauty, Industrial, Specialty Chemicals, and Community Development and Land Management. The Food & Beverage segment produces packaging materials, and designs and produces packaging solutions primarily for the global food, food service, beverage, dairy and tobacco end markets, as well as paperboard for commercial printing. The Home, Health & Beauty segment designs and produces packaging solutions for the global personal care, fragrance, home care, lawn and garden, prescription drug and healthcare end markets. The Industrial segment designs and produces corrugated packaging solutions, primarily for produce, meat, consumer products and bulk goods primarily in Brazil. This segment also includes operations in India, which develop corrugated packaging materials as well as corrugated packaging solutions for the domestic fresh produce growers. The Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures markets and distributes specialty chemicals derived from sawdust and other byproducts of the papermaking process in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Its products include performance chemicals derived from pine chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving and adhesives as well as the agricultural, paper and petroleum industries. This segment also includes products based on activated carbon used in gas vapor emission control systems for automobiles and trucks and applications for air, water and food purification. The Community Development and Land Management segment include the operations of Real Estate Development, Forestry and Leasing Activities. MeadWestvaco was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. manufactures rotating equipments for oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries. It is engaged in the design, manufacture, sale and servicing of centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, gas and steam turbines, gas expanders and engines and associated control panels. The firm operates through two segments: New Units and Aftermarket Parts and Services. The New Units segment manufactures highly-engineered turbo and reciprocating compression equipment and steam turbines. This segment includes engineering, manufacturing, project management, packaging, testing, sales and administrative support. The Aftermarket Parts and Services consist of support solutions for the existing population of installed equipment and the operation and maintenance of several types of energy plants. The segment includes engineering, manufacturing, project management, installation, commissioning, start-up and other field services, repairs, overhauls, refurbishment, sales and administrative support. The company was founded in October 2004 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Council of the Americas, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the management of professional membership organization. It aims to promote economic and social development, open markets, rule of law, and democracy. The firm is composed of companies representing the sectors of banking and finance, consulting services, consumer products, energy and mining, manufacturing, media, technology, and transportation. The company was founded by David Rockefeller Sr. in 1965 and is headquartered in New York, NY.