Ben D. Landy

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

The Brookings Institution provides research and policy solutions. The firm's activities are carried out through four research programs: economic studies, foreign policy studies, governance studies, and metropolitan policy. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Atlantic Media, Inc. publishes magazines and periodicals. It publishes The Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, Government Executive, CongressDaily, The Hotline, Technology Daily, NationalJournal.com, The Almanac of American Politics, and The Capital Source. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.