Amy Jo McCardell

Standard Diversified, Inc. is a holding company, which owns and operates subsidiaries in a variety of industries, including other tobacco products, insurance, and outdoor advertising. It operates through the following segments: Smokeless Products, Smoking Products, and NewGen Products. The Smokeless Product segment manufactures and markets moist snuff and contracts for and markets chewing tobacco products. The Smoking Products segment imports and markets cigarette papers, tubes, and related products; imports and markets finished cigars, MYO cigar tobaccos, and cigar wraps; and processes, packages, and markets pipe tobaccos. The NewGen Products segment trades e-cigarettes, e-liquids, vaporizers, and other related products; and distributes a wide assortment of vaping products to non-traditional retail outlets via VaporBeast and Vapor Shark. The company was founded by Martha C. Reider, Anne Cavanaugh and Richard C. Birkmeyer in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sorrento Tech, Inc., also known as Roka Bio Science, is a private company that specializes in food safety technology. The company is based in Warren, NJ and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's core technology is the Roka pathogen detection assays, which combine the power of target capture, transcription-mediated amplification, and hybridization protection assay to deliver a fully automated, single-protocol assay with reduced enrichment times and superior sensitivity. The company's products include the Atlas® system and various detection assays for E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Legionella. Roka Bio Science provides solutions for the beef, dairy, pet food, poultry, produce, ready-to-eat foods, spices and ingredients, and environmental testing industries. Roka Bio Science was founded in 2009 by Paul G. Thomas.

Lonza Biologics Plc manufactures monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Slough, the United Kingdom.

Certified Laboratories LLC engages in the provision of laboratory testing services. It offers chemistry, import, food forensics and filth testing, microbiology, nutritional label, consulting, and food validation services. It serves agricultural, dairy, import, juice, meat, pharmaceutical, refrigerated and frozen foods, seafood, and spices industries. The company was founded by Charles Paley in 1926 and is headquartered in Melville, NY.