Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA)
www.cbia.com

CBIA is one of the nation's largest statewide business organizations, with 10,000 member companies. For more than 185 years, CBIA has been the voice of business and industry at the Connecticut State Capitol. CBIA's public policy staff works with state legislators and officials to help shape specific laws and to promote a regulatory system that responds to businesses' needs.



New Directions
www.newdirections.com

Based out of Boston, New Directions is the region's pre-eminent provider of career transition services exclusively for senior-level executives, professionals and their families looking for alternatives to passive retirment. They are pioneers, unique nationally and locally in helping clients find and create opportunities that not only meet their near-term career expectations and needs, but also advance their long-term work and life goals. New Directions also provides all clients the opportunity to explore and immerse themselves in expertly designed programs focused on entrepreneurial ventures, consulting businesses, board directorships, nonprofit endeavors, or public service. Their nationally recognized Life Portfolio ProgramTM helps clients develop a balance of part-time work with other meaningful activities. These might include family and leisure time, continued learning, teaching or "giving back".

Connecticut Chapter of Turnaround Management Association (CTTMA)
www.cttma.org

The Connecticut Turnaround Management Association, a Connecticut non-profit corporation, is the Connecticut Chapter of a national, non-profit organization for executives and professionals involved in the management and revitalization of troubled companies.  Founded in 1991, the Connecticut Chapter of TMA, leverages its resource base of talented and experienced operating executives to assist various State of Connecticut agencies, including (but not limited to) the University of Connecticut Family Business Program, the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Connecticut Development Authority, Connecticut Innovations, Inc., and the Small Business Administration (together, or individually, the “Agencies”) in revitalizing Connecticut industry.  Currently, the CT/TMA is engaged in a pro bono program with the State to assist in the evaluation of those companies requesting financial accommodations from the State; these evaluation sessions may include healthy or troubled companies.

World Institute for Strategic Economic Research (WISER)
www.wisertrade.org

WISER, the World Institute for Strategic Economic Research, has made available timely, reliable, and detailed trade data to exporters, researchers, and service providers for 15 years, providing "WISERTrade" - the leading online international trade statistics database in the US. WISERTrade's database is an invaluable tool for business, trade service providers, libraries, universities and other trade data users - providing the most extensive U.S. trade database available online.

The Center for Lean Business Management (CLBM)
www.theclbm.com

Since 1995, the CLBM has focused on de-mystifying the art of Lean leadership and teaching Lean as a management system. They teach senior managers how to lead organizations in Lean Transformation, offering a personalized approach for improving Lean leadership capabilities, changing the culture of their organization, and cultivating creativity and innovation. The CLBM's approach incorporates a realistic human-technical approach that has been validated in actual business practice. With practical guidance for daily action, the CLBM's training is effective at helping people understand the wide-ranging benefits of Lean management and removing barriers to Lean among engineering, human resources, MIS, finance, legal, sales, and marketing executives.