Dawn Svoronos

AERIC, Inc., dba The Conference Board of Canada, is an independent, not-for-profit applied research organization headquartered in Ottawa, Saskatchewan. The Board helps build leadership capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights on economic trends, public policy issues, and organizational performance. They forge relationships and deliver knowledge through their learning events, networks, research products, and customized information services. Their members include a broad range of Canadian organizations from the public and private sectors. The Conference Board of Canada was formed in 1954, and is affiliated with The Conference Board, Inc. that serves some 3,000 companies in 67 nations.

AgNovos Healthcare LLC is a medical technology company that develops new products using regenerative medicine to address bone disease. The company is based in Rockville, MD, where they have their corporate headquarters, manufacturing, research & development, and corporate support services. The company's first product, the Ossure® Local Osteo-Enhancement Procedure Kit, is CE-marked to form new bone in the pelvis and extremities. AgNovos Healthcare was founded in 2012 by James Howe and Tanner Howe, with Tanner Howe serving as the CEO since then.

Endocyte, Inc. engages in the development of targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases. It uses a proprietary technology to create novel small molecule drug conjugates and companion imaging diagnostics for personalized targeted therapies. Its small molecule drug conjugates are actively target receptors that are over-expressed on diseased cells. The company was founded by P. Ron Ellis and Philip S. Low on December 6, 1995 and is headquartered in West Lafayette, IN.

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics to treat grievous blood-based disorders. It also provides oral medicines for sickle cell diseases. The company was founded by Matthew P. Jacobson, Andrej Sali, Jack Taunton, Charles J. Homcy, Craig D. Muir, and David R. Phillips in February 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Canada, Inc. is a Canadian biopharmaceutical company that has been inventing medicines and vaccines for over 130 years. The company is based in Kirkland, Canada and is committed to increasing access to healthcare through policies, programs, and partnerships. Merck Canada continues to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases such as cancer, HIV, and Ebola. The company aspires to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world. Marwan Akar has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

Analgesics Solutions LLC operates as a risk mitigation company which develops analgesics. The company was founded by Dr. Nathaniel Katz in 2006 and is headquartered in Wayland, MA.

Osteoporosis Canada operates as a national organization serving people who have osteoporosis. The company was founded by Joan Harrison and Timothy M. Murray and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.