Kenneth R. Bridges

The American Kidney Fund provides treatment and financial assistance to patients with chronic kidney disease. It also provides assistance with expenses that insurance will not cover, such as transportation to dialysis, medications, special diet, kidney donor expenses, and other treatments. It also conducts specialty programs that help patients afford treatment during emergency travel and recover from natural disasters. The company was founded in 1971, and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

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.