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National Rural Electric Co-operative is a national service organization that represents the interests of cooperative electric utilities and the consumers they serve. Its board of directors oversees the association s activities and consists of 47 members, one from each state in which there is an electric distribution cooperative. Founded in 1942, NRECA was organized specifically to overcome World War II shortages of electric construction materials, to obtain insurance coverage for newly constructed rural electric cooperatives, and to mitigate wholesale power problems. Since those early days, NRECA has been an advocate for consumer-owned cooperatives on energy and operational issues as well as rural community and economic development. It now has more than 900 members that serve 37 million people in 47 states. Most of the 865 distribution systems are consumer-owned cooperatives while some are public power districts. National Rural Electric Co-operative is headquartered in Arlington, Va.

Association for Financial Professionals serves financial professionals with education and training for treasury management and corporate finance. It supports more than 14,000 individual members from a wide range of industries through different stages of their careers in various aspects of treasury and financial management. AFP provides continuing education, financial tools and publications, career development, certifications, research, representation to legislators and regulators and assists in the development of industry standards. AFP offers two award programs, including AFP Pinnacle Award that is presented annually to organizations whose finance and treasury professionals have developed innovative solutions to address efficiency and risk management and AFP 300 that is a list of high ranking certified treasury professionals by title and career success. It is based in Bethesda, Md.

From the time Congress created it in 1970 through December 2004, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation has advanced $570 million in order to make possible the recovery of $14.2 billion in assets for an estimated 624,000 investors. SIPC either acts as trustee or works with an independent court-appointed trustee in a fraud case to recover funds. The statute that created SIPC rules provides that customers of a failed brokerage firm receive all non-negotiable securities that are already registered in their names or in the process of being registered. At the same time, funds from the SIPC reserve are available to satisfy the remaining claims of each customer up to a maximum of $500,000. This figure includes a maximum of $100,000 on claims for cash. the Securities Investor Protection Corporation is located in Washington, D.C.