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Academic/Educational Institutions

  • Career Education Corporation (Hoffman Estates, IL)
  • Corinthian Colleges (Santa Ana, CA)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
  • Laureate Education (Baltimore, MD)

Aerospace/Defense

  • Allied Signal (Torrance, CA)
  • Curtiss-Wright Corporation (Roseland, NJ)
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
  • Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA)
  • Spirit AeroSystems (Wichita, KS)
  • The Boeing Company (Renton, WA)
  • TRW. Inc. (Cleveland, OH)

Agriculture

  • Chiquita Brands, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH)
  • Watson Land Company (Carson, CA)

Consumer Products/Packaged Goods

  • Aramark (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Avery Dennison Corporation (Pasadena, CA)
  • Canon USA (Lake Success, NY)
  • D&M Holdings (Mahwah, NJ)
  • Disney Consumer Products (Burbank, CA)
  • Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc (Elmsford, NY)
  • Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
  • Nike, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)
  • Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI)

Financial Services/Banking/Insurance

  • A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (St. Louis MO)
  • AIG SunAmerica, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
  • AMB Investment Management. Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
  • American Century Services, Inc. (Kansas City, MO)
  • Barclays Global Investors (San Francisco, CA)
  • Blackstone Group, The (New York, NY)
  • California Bankers Association (Sacramento, CA)
  • Capital One Financial Corporation (Richmond, VA)
  • City National Bank (Beverly Hills, CA)
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
  • Fidelity Investments (Boston, MA)
  • Fremont Group (San Francisco, CA)
  • GMAC – Res. Cap. (Minneapolis, MN)
  • National City Corporation (Cleveland, OH)
  • The PMI Group, Inc. (Walnut Creek, CA)
  • USAA Federal Savings Bank (San Antonio, TX)
  • VISA USA, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
  • Western Union (Englewood, CO)

Healthcare/Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical

  • Acuson Corporation (Mountain View, CA)
  • Aerogen, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
  • Align Technology (Santa Clara, CA)
  • Amgen, Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
  • Applera Corporation (Foster City, CA)
  • Applied Biosystems (Foster City, CA)
  • Celera Genomics (Rockville, MD)
  • Celera Diagnostics(CDX) (Alameda, CA)
  • Arqule, Inc. (Wolburn, MA)
  • Bio Industry Organization (Washington DC)
  • Blue Shield of California (San Francisco, CA)
  • Cardinal Health, Inc. (Dublin, OH)
  • Caremark Rx, Inc. (Nashville, TN)
  • Catholic Healthcare West (San Francisco, CA)
  • Catalytica, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
  • Cephalon (West Chester, PA)
  • CTS (San Diego, CA)
  • DaVita, Inc. (El Segundo, CA)
  • Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, CA)
  • Foundation Health Systems, Inc. (Woodland Hills, CA)
  • Health Net, Inc. (Woodland Hills, CA)
  • Hospira, Inc. (Lake Forest, IL)
  • IMS Health (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
  • Mallinckrodt Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
  • Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Fremont, CA)
  • McKesson Corporation (San Francisco, CA)
  • Medco Health Solutions (Franklin Lakes, NJ)
  • MedImmune, Inc. (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Medpointe Pharmaceuticals (Somerset, NJ)
  • Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Metabasis Therapeutics (San Diego, CA)
  • Nexell Therapeutics, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
  • Omnicare, Inc. (Covington, KY)
  • PCS Health Systems, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ)
  • PerkinElmer, Inc. (Wellesley, MA)
  • PHS, Inc. (New York, NY)
  • Premera Blue Cross (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
  • Steris Corporation (Cleveland, OH)
  • Theravance (South San Francisco, CA)
  • Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (Costa Mesa, CA)

Information Technology

  • Accenture (New York, NY)
  • NCR Corporation (Dayton, OH)

Internet/Internet Commerce/New Media/Publishing

  • BroadBand Sports, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA)
  • Buy.com (Aliso Viejo, CA)
  • eToys, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA)
  • Excite (Mountain View, CA)
  • HomeStore.com (Thousand Oaks, CA)
  • MarketMile (Mountain View, CA)
  • Netflix Inc. (Los Gatos, CA)
  • Overture, Inc. (Pasadena, CA)
  • RealNetworks, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
  • Wired Ventures, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)

Manufacturing/Distribution

  • Brunswick Corporation (Lake Forest, IL)
  • Cannon USA (Lake Success, NY)
  • Champion Enterprises (Auburn Hills, MI)
  • Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, OH)
  • Engelhard Corporation (Iselin, NJ)
  • Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
  • Giddings & Lewis, Inc. (Fond du Lac, WI)
  • Honeywell (AlliedSignal) (Torrance, CA)
  • Lam Research Corporation (Fremont, CA)
  • Leggett & Platt, Inc. (Joplin, MO)
  • Modine Manufacturing (Racine, WI)
  • Rinker Group Limited (West Palm Beach, FL)
  • Snap-on (Kenosha, WI)
  • Sonoco Products Company (Hartsville, SC)
  • The Stanley Works (New Britain, CT)
  • The Timken Company (Canton, OH)
  • W.W. Grainger (Lake Forest, IL)

Media/Entertainment

  • CBS SportsLine USA, Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
  • IMAX (New York, NY)
  • Times Mirror Company (Los Angeles, CA)
  • TiVo, Inc. (Alviso, CA)
  • The Walt Disney Company (Burbank, CA)
  • Walt Disney Parks & Resorts (Orlando, FL)

Natural Resources (Metals, Mining, Timber, Environmental Control)

  • Cadiz (Santa Monica, CA)
  • Cleveland-Cliffs,Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
  • Phelps Dodge Corporation (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Plum Creek Timber Co. (Seattle, WA)

Nonprofit/Professional Associations

  • IABC (San Francisco, CA)
  • The Jewish Federation (Los Angeles, CA)
  • The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Ardmore, OK)
  • The San Francisco Aids Foundation (San Francisco, CA)

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Professional Services

  • Accenture (Chicago, IL)
  • Andersen Consulting (Chicago, IL)
  • APCO Worldwide (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Ashton Partners (Chicago, IL)
  • Burson-Marsteller (New York, NY)
  • California Bankers Association (San Francisco, CA)
  • Citigate Communications (including Dewe Rogerson)
    (Chicago, IL)
  • Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum (Palo Alto, CA)
  • Edelman Public Relations (San Francisco, CA)
  • Ernst & Young (Irvine, CA)
  • Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.(Dallas, TX) & (St. Louis, MO)
  • Genpact, LTD (New York, NY)
  • Golin/Harris International (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Hill And Knowlton, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
  • Ketchum Public Relations (San Francisco, CA)
  • Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Manning, Selvage & Lee, Inc. (Chicago, IL)
  • McGrath/Power (Santa Clara, CA)
  • Northlich Stolley LaWarre, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH)
  • Ruder-Finn, Inc. (New York, NY)
  • Waggener-Edstrom (Bellevue, WA)
  • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Palo Alto, CA)

Public/Government Sector

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA)
  • Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, CA)
  • California Milk Advisory Board

Real Estate/REITS

  • Archstone-Smith Communities (Englewood, CO)
  • Associated Estates Realty Corp. (Richmond Heights, OH)
  • Glimcher Realty Trust (Columbus, OH)
  • ProLogis (Denver, CO)
  • Watson Land Company (Carson, CA)

Restaurants/Food Service/Beverage

  • Applebee’s International, Inc. (Overland Park, KS)
  • Borden Foods Corporation (Columbus, OH)
  • Brinker International (Dallas, TX)
  • Coors Brewing Company (Golden, CO)
  • Danone Waters of North America (Pasadena, CA)
  • McDonald’s Corporation (Oak Brook, IL)
  • Miller Brewing Company (Milwaukee, WI)

Retail

  • American Eagle Outfitters (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Best Buy (Richfield, MN)
  • CarMax (Richmond, VA)
  • Furniture Brands (St. Louis, MO)
  • Hanesbrands, Inc. (Winston Salem, NC)
  • Limited Brands (Columbus, OH)
  • Lowe’s Corporation (Wilkesboro, NC)
  • Nike, Inc. (Beaverton, OR)
  • Payless ShoeSource (Topeka, KS)
  • Radio Shack (Fortworth, TX)
  • Ross Stores (Pleasanton, CA)
  • SUPERVALU, Inc. (Eden Prarie, MN)

Security Protection Services

  • The Brink’s Company (formerly The Pittston Company)
    (Richmond, VA)

Specialty Chemicals

  • Ferro Corporation (Cleveland, OH)
  • Hexion Specialty Chemicals (Columbus, OH)
  • PolyOne Corporation (Avon Lake, OH)
  • CF Industries

Sports

  • Bally Total Fitness (Crunch) (New York, NY)
  • CBS SportsLine USA, Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

Technology: Electronics, Semiconductors

  • Emerson (St. Louis, MO)
  • Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
  • KLA-Tencor (San Jose, CA)
  • Philips Semiconductors (San Jose, CA)

Hardware, Software, Multimedia

  • Activision (Santa Monica, CA)
  • Amdocs Limited (Chesterfield, MO)
  • Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA)
  • Autodesk (San Rafael, CA)
  • Business Objects (San Jose, CA)
  • Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Aurora, IL)
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
  • CompuServe Network (Columbus, OH)
  • Concurrent Computer Corporation (Duluth, GA)
  • Dell Computer Corporation (Round Rock, TX)
  • EDS Corporation (Plano, TX)
  • Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA)
  • IMAX (New York, NY)
  • Ingram Micro (Santa Ana, CA)
  • Intuit, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
  • Jabil Circuit, Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL)
  • NCR (Dayton, OH)
  • Oracle Corporation (Redwood City, CA)
  • Pivotal Corporation (Vancouver, B.C.)
  • Quantum Corporation (San Jose, CA)
  • SeeBeyond Technology Corporation (Monrovia, CA)
  • Solectron (Milpitas, CA)
  • Veritas Software Corporation (Mountain View, CA)
  • Vitech America, Inc. (Miami, FL)

Telecommunications

  • Aspect Communications (San Jose, CA)
  • AT&T (Basking Ridge, NJ)
  • AT&T Wireless (Seattle, WA)
  • Electric Lightwave, Inc. (Vancouver, WA)
  • Nokia, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
  • RCN Corporation (Princeton, NJ)
  • Vonage (Holmdel, NJ)

Transportation

  • Avis Budget Group (Parsippany, NJ)
  • CNF Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
  • Oshkosh Truck Corporation (Oshkosh, WI)
  • UTi Worldwide, Inc. (Long Beach, CA)

Travel & Leisure

  • RCI (Parsippany, NJ)
  • Wyndham Worldwide Corp. (Parsippany, NJ)

Utility/Energy

  • Allegheny Energy (Greensburg, PA)
  • Allied Waste Industries (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Devon Energy Corporation (Oklahoma City, OK)
  • Edison International (Rosemead, CA)
  • Entergy Corporation (New Orleans, LA)
  • Exxon Mobil Corporation (Torrance, CA)
  • FuelCell Energy (Danbury, CT)
  • Peabody Energy (St. Louis, MO)
  • Sempra Energy (San Diego, CA)