Pennsylvania Business Leaders Join A Day for Democracy Initiative and Pledge to Help Their Employees Vote

BOSTON, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A Day for Democracy today announced that the leaders of Pennsylvania businesses, representing more than 18,000 employees in the state, have joined the initiative and pledged to help their employees vote in the upcoming elections. In taking the pledge, these executives committed to giving their employees time off to vote, and/or to help their employees register and exercise their right to vote in local, state and national elections on their terms – whether at polling locations or from the safety of their own home.

The CEOs and business leaders who took the pledge come from a diverse range of industries across Pennsylvania. Organizations taking the pledge include Qlik; Willig, Williams & Davidson; Vanguard Group; Wind River Holdings; Northeast Capital Fund; Hamilton Lane; Armstrong Flooring; 13^th Chamber; and Segall Bryant & Hamill.

In taking the pledge, these Pennsylvania business leaders joined hundreds of top-ranked firms across the country in industries ranging from finance, real estate and construction, venture capital and higher education, to entertainment, hospitality and health care. In all, more than 370 companies representing more than 1.6 million employees have taken the A Day for Democracy pledge.

"It's crucial that business leaders do everything we can to help our employees exercise their right to vote," said Mike Capone, CEO of Qlik and one of A Day for Democracy's pledge participants. "Joining the A Day for Democracy initiative has been a great way for Qlik to make sure that our U.S. employees have access to the information and resources they need to cast their ballot and make their voices heard."

Qlik, a global leader in data integration and analytics, also partnered with A Day for Democracy to develop an interactive map that visualizes voter participation in the 2016 election at the county and state level. The interactive map uses the latest publicly available data and allows users to explore voter turnout across the U.S.

"I'm grateful that so many business leaders in Pennsylvania – from such a diverse range of industries – have taken the pledge with A Day for Democracy," said Peter Palandjian, Chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation and founder of the coalition. "Together, we can increase voter turnout and make sure that everyone has a voice in our democracy."

A Day for Democracy is a NON-partisan initiative founded by CEOs to encourage employers across the U.S. to take a pledge to help increase voter participation. The initiative was founded in Boston, Massachusetts and has quickly grown into a nationwide movement. More information about A Day for Democracy, a list of voter resources and the full list of companies joining the initiative can be found on the website: www.aDayforDemocracy.com.

The full list of pledge participants includes:

13th Chamber Inc.

13th Floor Investments

4DWN Project

Acropolis Advisors

AEW

AIS

Akili Interactive Labs

Akwyar

Alan Biller and Associates

Allison Outdoor, LLC

AllTrails

Alternative Compassion Services

Amblin Partners

American Federation of Teachers

American Realty

AMG

Analog Devices

Arabesque Systematic USA

Archer, Byington, Glennon & Levine LLP

Ares Management

Armstrong Flooring

Artemis Ward

Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM)

Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena

Autodesk

Aviation Portfolio, LLC

Bain & Co

Bain Capital

Bank of America

Baron Capital

Barsam Vision Care

Beacon Health Options

Belmont Hill School

Berklee College of Music

Big Night Entertainment Group

Bleiweiss Communications Inc. (BCI)

Blockchange Ventures

Blue Creek Pictures

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Blue Rock Advisory

bluebird bio

Blueport

Bob's Discount Furniture

Boston Capital

Boston Center for Facial Rejuvenation

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Diva Productions

Boston Global Investors

Boston Globe

Boston Properties

Boston Red Sox

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Urban Hospitality

Bottom Line

Bradley & Associates

Breach Managers Inc.

Brigham Health

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Brown Rudnick LLP

Button

BXP Boston Properties

C2Sense

Cambridge Associates

Cambridge Innovation Center

Cambridge Savings Bank

Cambridge Trust Company

Carousel Motor Group

Carpenter & Company, Inc.

Carrington Park Apartments

Ceres

Charlesbank Capital Partners

Citizens Energy Corporation

City of Boston

Cleary Insurance

Cohasset Tennis Club

ComplySci

Connors Family Office

Consigli

Contributor Development Partnership (CDP)

Cornerstone Restaurant Group

CORPaTH

Cradles to Crayons

Cubby Oil & Energy

Cushman & Wakefield

CyberGrants

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Darmiyan

Deep Blue Integration

Dell Technologies

Derby Management

Development Strategy Consultants

Deywoss One LLC

Druker Company

Duet

Eastern Bank

Eaton Vance

EconoFact

Ellevation Education

Ellis Partners

Empower Retirement

Entertain Impact

Esplanade Association

Essex Builders Corp.

Etiometry

Eureka Casino Resort

Eversource Energy

EY

Facing History and Ourselves

Fidelity Investments

Financial Recovery Technologies

Finegold Alexander Architects

Firefly Health

FischTank PR

Florida Virtual Bookkeeper

For Futuring

Ford Foundation

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Fuze

Galluccio & Watson, LLP

Garden Remedies

Gass Weber Mullins

Gilbert & Sackman

Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, LLP

Go Media

Golden State Medical

GoodCities

Goodwin

goop

Graves Hospitality

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

Greater Manchester Chamber

Hand Surgery PC

Harvard University

Health Resources in Action

Hemenway & Barnes, LLP

Hexagon Properties

Highland Capital Partners

Hill Holliday

Hourglass Wine Company

HubSpot

IBEW Local 103

Idea Grove

il Casale & The Wellington

inSegment

Inside Corporate Learning

InsideOut Sports and Entertainment

Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

Intercontinental Managment

Intercontinental Real Estate

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

International Tennis Hall of Fame

Investment Performance Services, LLC

Iora Health

Ischia

Jackrabbit Design

Jacob Shwirtz

JB Hudson Jewelers

K-LER Cattle

K&L Management

K1 Investment Management

Kearney Capital, LLC

Kestra Financial

Keyser Public Strategies

KPMG

Lately

Lautec US Inc

Leader Bank

Leadership Now Project

Leggat McCall Properties

Leon and Co

Lerrag's Clan Publishing

Lesley University

LineVision

Litmus

Live365

Livius Tutoring

LNK Partners

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)

Lucky Strike Entertainment

Major League Baseball

Marcum LLP

Marcus Partners

Margulies Perruzzi

Marine Home Center

Maroun Landscaping

Mass General Brigham

Massachusetts Bankers Association

Massachusetts Business Roundtable

Massachusetts General Hospital

MassBio

MassChallenge

MassTLC

Matrix Medical Network

Mavrck

Mayor John H. Agenbroad, City of Springboro, OH

McLane Middleton

MedData

Medidata

Meketa Investment Group

Mental Heart

MENTOR

meQuilibrium

Merchants Fleet

Metropolitan Planning Council

Michael Mailer Films

MIDIOR Consulting

Mikva Challenge

Milton's Distributing

Mimecast

MITRE

Mosaic Global Partners

Mount Vernon Company

Murgen Croaker Productions

Murphy & King, P.C

mxHero Inc.

MyWellBeing

NAIOP Massachusetts

National Grid

Nauset Strategies

NC Global Education

NCPERS

NEPC

NESN

New Balance

New Boston Fund

New England Venture Capital Association

New Hampshire Public Radio

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

NewVantage Parners

Nickerson

Nordstrom

North Shore Medical Center

Northeast Capital Fund II

Northfield Medical

NorthMarq

Northwell Health

Nova Media, Inc.

Nutter

O'Neill and Associates

Omidyar Network

Oneida Nation Enterprises

OpAns

Open Society Foundation

Pac-12 Conference

Pan-Mass Challenge

Paradigm Properties

Parata Systems

Pastori | Krans, PLLC

Pearlmark

PHDouglas & Associates

Pohlad Companies

Poxy Clinical

Procurated

Project D.E.E.P.

Purple Heart Foundation

Putnam Investments

Qlik

Rapid7

Recognize Partners LLC

Regan Associates

RFPIO

Rho Capital

Risk Strategies

Rock Solid Solutions

Root Captial

Rue Gilt Groupe

RxMx

Saltwater Collective

Samuels & Associates

Saunders Hotel Group

SCAN Health Plan

Schroders North America

Segal Marco Advisors

Segall Bryant & Hamill

Seven Letter

Seven Letter Labs

Shapiro Foundation

Sisu Investment Partners

Six/Ten LLC

SixPlus

Smarsh

SMMA

Social Finance

Socure

Southern New Hampshire University

Squam Lakes Conservation Society

SquashBusters

STAG Industrial

Staples Inc.

Starwood Capital Group

State Street Corp.

Straight Wharf Restaurant

Studio SC Design

Suffolk Construction

Sundance Institute

Surdna Foundation

Sustainable Harvest

SV, LLC

Swift Current Energy

Synchrono Group

Tableau

Taconic Capital

Tamara Mellon

Teley-vision

Tenacity

Tendo Communications

The Boston Celtics

The Boston Foundation

The Bulfinch Cos.

The Bulfinch Group

The Campaign Workshop

The Castle Group

The Clubhouse Network

The Davis Companies

The Exchange

The Fallon Company

The Grail Law Firm

The HYM Investment Group

The Minnesota Twins

The Mishra Group

The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy

The Shapiro Foundation

The3PointFoundation

Thomas H. Lee Partners

TiE Boston

Trans National Group

TRB Advisors

Trinity Group

TruAmerica Multifamily

Tufts Health Plan

Tufts University, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life

Ubiquitous Productions

UFCW 8 Golden State

UFCW Local 99

UNITE HERE

UNITE HERE Local 11

UNITE HERE Local 26

United Derm Partners

United Dynamics

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union

United Properties

United South End Settlements

Universal Tennis

V2M Capital

Vanguard Group

Vantage Property Investors

Vast Capital Management

VDA

Verdad Advisers

Verisys

VillagePlan

Virtual

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Vote to Push Play

Washington Capital Management

Waterville Consulting

Wayfair

WBUR

WEDÜ

Weena and Spook Inc.

Wellness Workdays

Wells Fargo

Willig, Williams & Davidson

Wind River Holdings

WindSail Capital Group

Worcester Red Sox

Year Up

YG Consulting

ZSuite Technologies

About A Day for Democracy:

A Day for Democracy is a NON-partisan initiative founded by CEOs to encourage employers across the U.S. to take a pledge to help increase voter participation in the U.S. In taking the pledge, these leaders are committing to take action to give employees time off to vote, and/or to help workers register and access their right to vote – in local, state and national elections – on their terms, whether at polling locations or from the safety of their own home. The initiative was founded in Boston, Massachusetts.

To learn more, and to join CEOs across the U.S. in taking this pledge, visit www.aDayforDemocracy.com.

SOURCE A Day for Democracy