Robert R. Bonczek

EIDP, Inc. engages in the provision of science-based products and services. It operates through the Seed and Crop Protection segments. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms around the world. The Crop Protection segment serves the global agricultural input industry with products that protect against weeds, insects and other pests, and disease, and that improve overall crop health both above and below ground via nitrogen management and seed-applied technologies. The company was founded by Eleuthere Irenee du Pont in 1802 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Trimeris, Inc. develops therapeutics for viral diseases. It is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of viral disease. The core technology platform of fusion inhibition is based on blocking viral entry into host cells. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Centre Partners Management LLC (Centre Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Lester Pollack. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Los Angeles.

Senex Biotechnology, Inc. is a drug discovery and development company focused on oncology therapeutics. The company was founded by Igor B. Roninson and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

AspenTree Capital Corp. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Durham, NC.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP provides legal services. It specializes in trial, appellate, securities, regulatory, intellectual property, corporate transactions, bankruptcy, environmental, labor and employment, private client, real estate and tax matters. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

K2 Pure Solutions, Inc. manufactures personal care and household cleaning products. It provides mitigate the potential environmental, security and operational risks associated with the transport of chlorine for water treatment and other industries by producing exceptionally pure bleach, caustic soda and other chlor-alkali related products using only salt, water and electricity in the most economically viable manner. The company was founded by David Cynamon and Howard Brodie and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

NeurOp, Inc. manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products. It operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops new medicines for central nervous system disorders, including depression, neuropathic pain, ischemia, schizophrenia, and alzheimer's and parkinson's diseases. The company was founded by Raymond Dingledine, James McNamara and Stephen Traynelis in 2002 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.