| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Matthew Meier |
EVP, Chief Digital and Information Officer | Profile |
Smoothie King is a global health-focused smoothie company founded in 1973 in Kenner, Louisiana. It pioneered the smoothie sales concept and has grown to become a leading brand in the industry. The company was acquired in 2012 by Wan Kim, who expanded its reach and offerings. Smoothie King operates over 1,000 locations worldwide, with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The company offers a diverse menu of smoothies made from non-GMO fruits and vegetables, catering to various nutritional goals such as weight management, energy boosts, and muscle recovery. In addition to smoothies, some locations provide sports beverages, energy bars, snacks, and vitamin supplements. Smoothie Kings mission is to promote health and wellness by delivering high-quality, nutritious products while emphasizing ingredient transparency.
About Liberty Federal Credit Union Liberty Federal Credit Union is a member-owned financial institution focused on returning value through innovative products and services. Liberty has been recognized on a state level by Forbes as one of Indianas best financial institutions. In recent years, the credit union has also received acclaim on a national level, including being named the nations Best Credit Union for Checking by Investopedia in 2021 and appearing on Newsweeks list of Americas Best Banks in 2022. Among Liberty FCUs most innovative products is its Vertical Checking. This free checking account offers a high interest rate of 3.30% APY on balances up to $20,000, plus reimbursement for usage fees paid when using any ATM worldwide up to $15 per month. However, Liberty Federal Credit Union similarly excels in providing value through better loan options for borrowers. For instance, the credit union offers an uncommonly wide variety of mortgage options to ensure the best fit for its members. According to the American Credit Union Mortgage Association, Liberty FCU was the Midwests top credit union in 2021 total first mortgage originations. Nationally, we ranked eleventh. Headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, Liberty FCU offers a wide footprint of branch locations throughout southern Indiana, western Kentucky, and the Greater Nashville area in Tennessee. However, the credit union currently serves more than 270,000 members across all fifty states and at least eight countries.
Our approach consists of four primary factors: 1. Provide a personalized experience with every customer interaction. 2. Offer products with inherent value that address unique customer needs. 3. Locally owned and operated. 4. Loans deployed to assist local businesses and residents. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.
Grenova™ is an innovative company that is revolutionizing lab consumables through high-quality waste reduction solutions. Our mission is to lower costs in the laboratory industry and reduce biohazard waste in the environment by delivering groundbreaking approaches in dealing with plastic consumables. Every year, over 5 million pounds of plastic pipette tips are disposed of in landfills globally after a single use. This drives significant environmental pollution and unnecessary costs. The typical laboratory consumes several thousand pipette tips every day for samples and assay procedures, due to the lack of options for safely cleaning plastic consumables. Such high consumption of plastic tips adds $25,000 to $1.5 million in annual operational costs for laboratories worldwide. At Grenova™, we know that high consumption of plastic tips is an excessive, avoidable operational cost for companies and a significant contributor to environmental pollution. This is why we decided to create devices that enable labs to wash and recycle pipette tips in large quantities. Grenova devices offer labs the option to reuse plastic tips several times, cutting associated costs by up to 90%. Grenova devices are safe for both the user and the environment, without producing hazardous waste or gases.