Kevin Berner

HealthMarkets, Inc. provides health and life insurance services to individuals, families and small businesses. Its products include health plans and supplemental plans. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in North Richland Hills, TX.

Beckman Coulter, Inc. manufactures and distributes biomedical testing instrument systems and general biomedical research products. It develops and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. The firm’s systems operate in both diagnostics and life sciences laboratories on seven continents. Its products improve the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and delivering trusted solutions for research and discovery. The company was founded in 1935 by Arnold O. Beckman and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

Factory Mutual Insurance Co. provides commercial and industrial property insurance worldwide. Its products include sustainability select, cargo insurance, alternative risk transfer:Rent-A-Captain and business interruption coverage. The firm services include boiler and machinery services, predictive analytics and claims services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Johnston, RI.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

OnPoint Consulting, Inc. is a cybersecurity and technology firm delivering secure information technology infrastructure, enterprise systems, and national security solutions for the United States federal government. It also offers user experience design solution that goes beyond interaction and visual design. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Elgin Fastener Group LLC manufactures fasteners. It offers engineered fasteners, hot forging, wire forms, and cold forming. The company is headquartered in Brecksville, OH.

Minaris Regenerative Medicine LLC provides cell therapy services. It provides contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) services at current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) standards, including clinical manufacturing, commercial manufacturing, and manufacturing development. The company was founded by Robert A. Preti and Andrew L. Pecora in 1997 and is headquartered in Allendale, NJ.

B-MoGen Biotechnologies, Inc. provides gene editing solutions for antibody validation, human disease research, gene transfer, and mitochondrial DNA editing. It offers custom vector generation services that include multi-gene expression vectors that are delivered via the proven sleeping beauty transposon system; and custom gene targeting vectors. The company was founded by David A. Largaespada and Branden S. Moriarity in 2015 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

OX2 Therapeutics, Inc. provides treatment of primary brain tumors and other central nervous system tumors. The company was founded by Michael Olin, Christopher L. Moertel and Sumant Dhawan in 2016 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

InSitu Biologics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which focuses on the development of painkiller. It offers AnestaGel, a long-lasting and long-acting non-opiate painkiller used in post-operative surgical procedures. The company was founded by Kevin Bassett in 2017 and is headquartered in Woodbury, MN.

InteKrin Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics for metabolic and immune disorders. It develops therapeutics for diabetes, insulin resistance and multiple sclerosis. The company was founded by Dennis M. Lanfear and Christos S. Mantzoros in 2005 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical drugs. Its products include influenza fighter Tamiflu, controversial acne medication Accutane, HIV inhibitor Fuzeon, obesity drug Xenical, and hepatitis C therapy Pegasys. The company was founded in 1896 Roche and is headquartered in Nutley, NJ.

PDS Operating Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops immunotherapies for cancer and infectious disease. The firm’s versamune is capable of potent activation of immune cells without the side effects of traditional vaccines, efficiently delivering disease related antigen targets to the immune system and promoting antigen processing to present antigen appropriately to generate both strong prophylactic and therapeutic immune responses to disease. The company was founded by Frank K. Bedu-Addo and Gregory L. Conn and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

National Fire Protection Association provides fire, building, electrical and life safety materials. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Quincy, MA.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers operates non-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development for engineering community. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Industrial Research Institute, Inc. is an inclusive membership of private sector companies and federally funded laboratories. It engages in the development of innovation management. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Factory Mutual Insurance Co. provides insurance services. The firm offers claims, impairment, supply chain risk management, project, business risk consulting, site evaluation, appraisal, cargo claims, brokerage and cargo risk engineering services. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Affiliated FM Insurance Co. provides property insurance services. It offers risk identification, risk management, and risk improvement. The company was founded on May 6, 1949 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

American National Bank operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank. Its services include personal and business banking, loans, savings and mortgages. The company is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Biothera Pharmaceutical, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops Imprime PGG, a novel dectin receptor agonist that reverses tumor-mediated immunosuppression while promoting antigen presentation to drive T cell activation. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

FMIC Holdings, Inc. is a holding company. The company is based in Johnston, RI and was founded in 1956.

Cardea Bio, Inc. develops bioelectronics for use in research and diagnostics. Its products include AGILE 100 and pipeline. The company was founded by Ross Bundy, Kiana Aran, and Brett Goldsmith in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Serionix, Inc. develops technologies for water purification using fibrous activated carbon and ion exchange materials. It has initially targeted two niche markets drinking water purification and DOC collective chemical protection systems. The company was founded by James Economy, James langer and Weihua Zheng in 2011 and is headquartered in Champaign, IL.

Morris Transportation, Inc. provides transportation services. Its services include truckload carrier and freight services. The company was founded by T. Mark Morris in 1998 and is headquartered in Hamburg , AR.

First Student, Inc. provides transportation services to students. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.