Kristen Buck

Cend Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of therapies for solid tumor cancers. Its offers CendR Platform, which provides a targeted tissue penetration capability to specifically enhance drug delivery to tumors. Its lead compound CEND-1 seeks out tumors and activates the CendR transport pathway. The company was founded by Erkki Ruoslahti in 2016 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Eisai, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals products. It focuses on neurology, gastrointestinal disorders and oncology critical care. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures novel small molecule medicines. It engages in developing novel medicines in the areas of hepatitis C and oncology. The firm develops ANA598, a direct-acting antiviral for the treatment of hepatitis C. The company was founded by Stelios B. Papadopoulos and Kleanthis G. Xanthopoulos in 1992 and is headquartered in Little Falls, NJ.

Ascend Learning LLC provides technology based learning solutions. The firm offers online education, assessment, remediation, certification, and e-learning solutions for the post-secondary academic markets. It also serves the nursing, allied health, sports medicine, public safety, and the financial services industries. The company is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

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.

Miriam's Kitchen is a non-profit organization based in Washington that aims to end chronic homelessness in the area. The American company provides healthy, restaurant-quality meals prepared by professional chefs and use their meal program as the first step towards housing. The non-profit company's website offers information on meals, programs, and services for people experiencing homelessness, as well as profiles of their staff members who play a critical role in achieving their mission.

Part of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., The Advisory Board Co. (United Kingdom) is a British company founded in 2004 that provides insight-driven performance improvement solutions. The company is based in Dedmere Road, UK.

Part of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Optum360 LLC is a medical coding and billing company that provides books, software, and data files for CPT Codes, HCPCS, ICD-10, and ICD-9 medical coding. The company is based in Eden Prairie, MN. The company offers a consumer-friendly language solution that simplifies complex medical terms and technical jargon with easy-to-understand descriptions of medical services, treatments, procedures, and diagnoses. Optum360 enhances medical coding, billing, and other support tools with Optum billing data, including revenue codes, complete National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) and hospital outpatient (OPPS) NCCI, Medical Necessity LCDs and NCDs, and a breadth of data content.

St. Albans School is an independent boys school and private sixth form located in St. Albans, UK. It is one of the oldest private schools in the world and has a reputation for outstanding exam results. The school offers education for students in their first two years, 11+ and 12+, as well as scholarships and bursaries.

The Economic Club of Washington operates as a nonpartisan organization created to strengthen ties among the diverse and growing business community based in metropolitan Washington. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Definitive Healthcare LLC engages in the provision of of data, intelligence, and analytics on the healthcare marke. It offers healthcare data solutions to pharmaceutical, biotech, medical devices, technology, healthcare, and financial services sectors. The company was founded by Jason Krantz in 2011 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Iodine Software LLC is a machine learning AI technology based company. It provides client based technology solutions. The company was founded by Michael Kadyan in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Optimer Pharmaceuticals LLC operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative hospital specialty products. Optimer Pharmaceuticals primarily concentrates on developing DIFICID and other fidaxomicin products. The company was founded by Michael N. Chang in 1998 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

Sarah Cannon Research Institute LLC offers management, regulatory and other research support services for drug development. It is one of the largest clinical research programs, conducting community-based clinical trials in oncology, cardiology, gastroenterology and other therapeutic areas through affiliations with a network of physicians. The company was founded by John D. Hainsworth and F. Anthony Greo in 1993 and is located in Nashville, TN.

CenterLight Health System, Inc. provides residential and community-based health care services. Its services include nursing, rehabilitation, medical , adult day health care, home health care, housing and music therapy. The company was founded by Bertha Alperstein in 1920 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

Ipsen, Inc. design and manufacture of industrial atmosphere and vacuum heat-treating systems and supervisory controls systems. It offers vacuum furnaces, atmosphere furnaces, and PdMetrics software platform. The company was founded by Harold Ipsen in 1948 and is headquartered in Cherry Valley, IL.

Research Bridge Partners (Research Bridge Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Reid Hoffman. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops drugs and other pharmaceutical products. The company was incorporated in June 20, 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Impilo Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of platform for delivering nucleic acid-based medicines to solid tumor cancers. The company was founded by Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Frank J. Slack, and Michael Sailor and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Canji, Inc. is a gene therapy research company. The company is based in San Diego, CA. Canji was acquired by Schering-Plough Corp., part of Merck & Co., Inc. from November 03, 2009 on February 02, 1996 for $54.50 million.

Part of Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp., Telios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company focused on research. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Iain David Dukes, Erkki Ruoslahti. Telios Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. on August 17, 1995 for $35 million.

InterWest Partners LLC (InterWest Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979 by Wally Hawley, Scott Hedrick and Gene Barth. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

CollectiveHealth, Inc. provides self-insurance platform. Its platform helps organizations and its consultants to design, administer and optimize employee health benefit programs harnessing the power of data science and technology in ways that have simply not been possible to-date. The company was founded by Ali Diab, Kent Keirsey, Rajaie Batniji and Preston Tollinger in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.