What Do You Call Partners that Aren't Partners

There is a legal definition of a partner and it implies a specific business structure known as a partnership (duh). At The Podolny Group everyone works with us as a sub-contractor and is an independent business person. However, we do present ourselves to the world as a unified organization.

So what do I call my co-workers? Associates? Sounds to much like Wal-Mart. Colleagues? Sounds too informal.

My personal favorite would be something like 3 of 5, Terciary adjunct of Uni-Matrix 1.