David Gitlin

Rockwell Collins, Inc. designs, produces and supports cabin interior, communications and aviation systems and products for commercial and military customers. It also provides information management services through voice and data communication networks and solutions worldwide. It operates through the following four segments: Interior Systems, Commercial Systems, Government Systems, and Information Management Services. The Interior Systems segment manufactures cabin interior products for the commercial aircraft and business aviation markets. The Commercial Systems segment supplies aviation electronics systems, products and services to customers. The Government Systems segment provides a broad range of electronic products, systems and services to customers including the U.S. Department of Defense, other ministries of defense, other government agencies and defense contractors. The Information Management Services segment focuses on communications, systems integration and security solutions across the aviation, airport, rail, transit and nuclear security markets to customers located around the world, which includes commercial airlines, business. The company was founded by Arthur A. Collins on September 22, 1933 and is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Carrier Corp. manufactures air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment. Its products include residential systems, commercial systems, transport refrigeration, and commercial refrigeration. The company was founded by Willis Haviland Carrier on July 17, 1902 and is headquartered in Jupiter, FL.

The Business Roundtable advocates public policies that ensure economic growth. It considers public policy issues which contains groups like the construction users anti-inflation roundtable, a group devoted to containing construction costs; and the labor law study committee, made up of labor relations executives of major companies. The Business Roundtable was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Business Council operates as an organization of business leaders. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

United Technologies Corp. engages in the provision of products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. It operates through the following business segments: Otis; Carrier; Pratt and Whitney; and Collins Aerospace Systems. The Otis segment designs, manufactures, sells, and installs elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and service. The Carrier segment provides heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration solutions. The Pratt and Whitney segment includes aircraft engines for the commercial, military, business jet, and general aviation markets. The Collins Aerospace Systems segment offers technologically advanced aerospace products and aftermarket service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, regional, business and general aviation markets, military, space and undersea operations. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.