Steven J. Swanson

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. manufactures and markets cigarettes and tobacco products. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Essetifin SpA operates as a holding company. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.

Impax Laboratories LLC operates as a technology based specialty pharmaceutical company. It engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of controlled-release and niche generics. The company was founded on December 14, 1999 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

ViaCyte, Inc. develops a stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for the treatment of diabetes. Its development portfolio includes VC-01 product candidate, a cell replacement therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

AstenJohnson, Inc. manufactures paper machine clothing, specialty fabrics, filaments, and drainage equipment. Its products include pulp mill and paper mill. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Charleston, SC.

Part of Diageo Plc, Diageo India Pvt Ltd. is an Indian company that manufactures and wholesales wines and spirits. The company is based in Mumbai, India. The company was founded in 1993 by Deepak Shashibhusan Roy. Abanti Sankaranarayanan has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

AOBiome Therapeutics, Inc. develops microbiome-targeted therapies for local, nasal and systemic inflammatory conditions. Its portfolio includes three clinical-stage programs, a Phase 2b study to treat patients with acne vulgaris, a Phase 2 trial to reduce elevated blood pressure, and a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial in allergic rhinitis, as well as earlier-stage preclinical programs targeting diverse inflammatory indications. The company was founded by Jamie Heywood, David Whitlock and Lenny Barshack in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Balance Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to address conditions of intellectual disability. Its pharmacological approach, based on technology licensed from Stanford University, hypothesizes that restoring the proper balance between inhibition and excitation at the neuronal synapse by antagonizing excessive inhibitory circuits could result in the appropriate plasticity for memory and learning to occur in many conditions of intellectual disability. The company was founded by Lyndon Lien, Craig Garner and Daniel Wetmore in 2009 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America provides pharmaceutical research and biotechnology services. It represents the country’s biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered Washington, DC.

S1 BioPharma, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of drugs for the treatment of sexual dysfunction in both women and men. Its product portfolio include Lorexy's, Orexa, S1B-307, and S1B-3006. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc. operates as a therapeutic nutrition company. It offers Glytactin with GMP to help meet the nutritional needs of patients with Phenylketonuria; Tylactin with GMP to help meet the nutritional needs of patients with Tyrosinemia; amino acid formulas for the dietary management of disorders of amino acid metabolism; low protein food; KetoVie, ketogenic formulas for the dietary management of intractable epilepsy; and KetoVie Café Food low-carbohydrate ketogenic food for individuals following the spectrum of ketogenic diets. The company was founded by David Paolella and Lynn Paolella in 2000 and is headquartered in Ayer, MA.

Kidney Care Partners provides healthcare services. It specializes in patient survival, hospitalization and patient experience with care. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.