Mark Schmitz

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

PBI-Gordon Corp. is a private company that manufactures a variety of products for agriculture, lawn and garden, farm and ranch, turf and ornamental, and IVM. The company is based in Kansas City, MO and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Okava Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American clinical stage biotechnology company.

Exubrion Therapeutics, Inc. develops electron therapeutic veterinary devices. The company is based in Buford, GA. The company was founded by Dennis F. Steadman. The CEO is Peter Selover.

ELIAS Animal Health LLC operates as a medical biotechnology company that develops treatments for cancer in companion animals. It focuses on developing targeted T cell-based immunotherapy for treating cancer in dogs, cats, and horses that harnesses the power of the animal?s own immune system to eliminate the cancer. The company is headquartered in Olathe, KS.

Ceva Animal Health LLC, part of Ceva Santé Animale SA, is an American company located in Rutherford, NJ, that provides animal health services; retails veterinary pharmaceutical products. The firm was acquired by Ceva Santé Animale SA from Sumitomo Corp. on August 26, 2010. The company says this about itself: Ceva Animal Health offers a growing line of products to meet the health needs of companion animals, poultry, and swine. Ceva established its U.S. presence in 2005. Since then, the company has invested nearly $100 million in facilities supporting the growth in research and development plus vaccine production. Ceva currently supplies more than 70 countries with critical vaccines from the company?s North American headquarters located in Lenexa, Kansas.

K&B Janitorial, Inc. provides commercial janitorial services. The firm engages in the provision of commercial cleaning and building maintenance services for building owners, managers, and tenants. Its services include nightly janitorial, day maker, green cleaning, carpet cleaning, hard floor maintenance, and construction clean ups. The company was founded by Henrietta Bahnsen-Morse and Lori Klatt in 1984 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Citoxlab USA LLC provides commercial physical and biological research services. It offers services in the fields of safety, pharmacology and pharmacokinetics to customers from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries. The company was founded by Tom Haymaker and Alfred Botchway and is headquartered in Stilwell, KS.

Progressive Printers, Inc. provides printing services. The company is headquartered in Dayton, OH.

Borealis Ventures (Borealis Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Jesse Devitte and Phil J. Ferneau. The firm is headquartered in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the manufacture of dairy products, food components, and ingredients. It offers a portfolio of branded milk, cheese, butter, and other dairy products. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, KS.

Part of Abengoa SA, Abengoa Bioenergy Co. LLC is a company that produces and supplies bio fuels and bio products. The company is based in Topeka, KS.

Renewable Fuels Association is a non-profit organization, which engages in the development, production and use of ethanol as a beneficial renewable fuel. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides pharmaceutical discovery, development and manufacturing services. Its product Captisol is a polyanionic beta-cyclodextrin derivative with a sodium sulfonate salt separated from the lipophilic cavity by a butyl ether spacer group, or sulfobutylether (SBE). The firm engages in technology with substantial characterization, safety documentation and regulatory review. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services, Inc. provides accounting services. It offers audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vince & Associates Clinical Research, Inc. provides clinical research services. Its clinical services include early development trials, human abuse liability and abuse potential, cardiac safety assessment, smoking evaluation, biosimilars, healthy normal volunteers, clinical support services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. provides pet food products and pet care services. It offers products to the breeders, veterinarians, and pet supply retailers. The company was founded by Mark L. Morris in 1939 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. develops and administrates sponsored university programs. The not-for-profit research foundation submits proposals for external support of research, instructional, and service projects. It also provides contract negotiation, proposal and post-award, facility construction and development, resources investment, and financial management support services. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Lawrence, KS.

Acenxion Biosystems, Inc. is based in Kansas City, KS. Acenxion Biosystems develops automated systems for bacteria detection in blood cultures and phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing. The CEO of the company is Roy Swiger.

Hendorn, Inc. provides nursing & residential care facilities. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Coudersport, PA.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation operates as a private, nonpartisan foundation that works in entrepreneurship and education to create uncommon solutions and connect people to the tools they need to shape their futures and be successful. It works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America and improve the education of children and youth. It works with educators and researchers nationwide to create awareness of economic impact of entrepreneurship. The company was founded by Ewing Marion Kauffman in 1966 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.