Mark Walton

US Foods, Inc. engages in the market and distribution of fresh, frozen, dry food and non-food products. The firm offers meats and seafood; dry grocery products; refrigerated and frozen grocery products; equipment, disposable, and supplies; dairy; beverage products; and produce. Its brand portfolio includes Chef’s Line, Rykoff Sexton, Stock Yards, Metro Deli, Monarch, Monogram, Molly’s Kitchen, Glenview Farms, Valu+Plus, and Harvest Value. The company was founded on August 1, 1989 and is headquartered in Rosemont, IL.

Synchrony, Inc. engages in the provision of magnetic bearings, motors and generators solutions. The company was founded by Victor Iannello in 1993 and is headquartered in Salem, VA.

Biomatrica, Inc. produces reagents and devices used for sample collection and analysis in diagnostics systems, nucleic acid analysis, and bio banking. Its technology is used to protect analyst in samples at the molecular and cellular level, chemically position laboratory workflows on microfluidics chips. The firm’s products include DNAstable, DNAgard, RNAstable and RNAgard. The company was founded by Judy L. Müller-Cohn and Rolf Müller in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

The Climate Corp. develops solutions for farming operations. Its products include FieldView Pro, FieldView Plus and FieldView Prime. The firm's proprietary climate FieldView platform combines hyper-local weather monitoring, agronomic modeling, and high-resolution weather simulations to deliver climate FieldView products, mobile SaaS solutions that help farmers improve profitability by making better informed operating and financing decisions. The company was founded by Siraj Khaliq and David Friedberg in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Third Security LLC (Third Security) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Randal J. Kirk. The firm is headquartered in Radford, Virginia.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in St. Louis, MO. The garden also offers a discounted rate of $6 for St. Louis residents with proof of residency. The garden offers general admission tickets for $14 for ages 13 and up, and free admission for members of all ages. The garden is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last entry at 4:30 p.m. The William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening is closed for maintenance from July 12-24. The garden accepts cashless payments only. The garden also offers free admission for children ages 12 and under, and seniors 65 and up can purchase tickets for $14. The garden offers customized tours tailored to visitors' interests through the MyGuide program. The website is currently undergoing maintenance. The garden relies on its members, donors, and volunteers.

Renessen LLC operates as a biotechnology company that develops traits for the feed and processing industry. The company is headquartered in St Louis, MO.

Part of Bayer AG, The Monsanto Fund operates as a non-profit organization for farming communities.

Aquaculture Without Frontiers is a non-profit organisation. It is an aquaculture company, which engages, trains and feeds the disadvantaged aquaculture; and creates initiatives, projects and programs. The company projects include Blue Economy Challenge; John Forster, Ricardo Radulovich – Ch 11 Seaweed and Food Security; and Radulovich. Aquaculture Without Frontiers is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.

AVINTIV, Inc. manufactures nonwoven fabrics for the hygiene, medical and industrial markets. The firm's products include disinfectant wipes, surgical gowns and drapes, face masks, medical filtration, protective house wrap, industrial cable wrap, HVAC filtration media, construction, geosynthetics and crop protection, home and bedding components, industrial cleaning wipes, disposable baby diapers, feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence products, baby wipes, facial care wipes and fabric-softening dryer sheets. The company was founded on November 22, 2010 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

St. Clair Advisors LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Mayfield Heights, OH. The company was founded by Christine Thompson St. Clare.

SunTrust Bank provides commercial banking services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Makana Therapeutics, Inc. engages in human transplantation of cells, tissues and organs. The firm focuses on simplified genetics and optimized pig cloning techniques. The company was founded by Joe Tector in 2009 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

The EVERY Co. engages in producing eggs. Its egg white products are used in food cakes, meringues, and macarons. The company was founded by David Anchel, Isha Datar, and Arturo Elizondo and is headquartered San Francisco, CA.

AVINTIV Specialty Materials, Inc. is a private company that manufactures nonwoven fabrics. The company is based in Charlotte, NC.

Castle Creek Biosciences, Inc. engages in the research and development of gene therapies for patients with rare and genetic diseases. It offers treatment for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB) and localized Scleroderma; and topical ointment for Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex. The company was founded by Jeffrey S. Aronin in September 2018 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

B-MoGen Biotechnologies, Inc. provides gene editing solutions for antibody validation, human disease research, gene transfer, and mitochondrial DNA editing. It offers custom vector generation services that include multi-gene expression vectors that are delivered via the proven sleeping beauty transposon system; and custom gene targeting vectors. The company was founded by David A. Largaespada and Branden S. Moriarity in 2015 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.