Sharon O'Keefe

Vocera Communications, Inc. engages in the provision of secure, integrated, intelligent communication and workflow solutions. It offers smartphone and wearable devices, clinical communication software, system interoperability and alarm management, and patient and family engagement products. The firm serves the healthcare, hospitality, retail, veterinary care, education, and energy industries. The company was founded by Robert E. Shostak, Paul Barsley, and Randy Nielsen on February 16, 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Illinois Hospital Association offers hospital and health care services. It provides health care legislation and regulation quality and patient safety improvement and health care transformation activities through its institute for innovations in care and quality and data, tools, education and information. The company is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

The University of Chicago Medical Center includes a primary adult care hospital, a children's hospital, a women's health and maternity facility, an outpatient care center, a network of area physicians and a home health care organization. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

University Healthsystem Consortium, Inc. provides online health management services. The company is based in Chicago, IL. University Healthsystem Consortium was acquired by VHA, Inc. on April 01, 2015.

Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) is a non-profit organization that aims to find a cure for epilepsy by promoting and funding patient-focused research. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL. CURE has raised over 20 years to fund innovative studies to advance its goal of no seizures and no side effects. The organization has funded more than 270 cutting-edge research projects in 17 countries around the world. CURE sponsors conferences focused on communicating and advancing epilepsy research. The CEO of the company is Beth Dean.

Aviv Healthcare Properties LP provides real estate services. It engages in owning and leasing of skilled nursing facilities across the United States. The company was founded by Craig M. Bernfield on March 4, 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Loyola University Health System engages in the provision of healthcare services. It offers primary care, surgical, digestive health programs, orthopedics, neurology and neurosurgery, transplant, and other medical services. The company is headquartered in Maywood, IL.

America's Essential Hospitals is an association for hospitals and health systems. It provides primary care through trauma care, disaster response, health professional training, research, public health programs, and other services. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. is a medical technology company, which focuses on the design, development, and commercialization of medical devices to advance gastrointestinal therapeutic endoscopy. It offers Endoscopy, Surgical and Other products. The firm's endoscopy product portfolio consists of the OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System, the OverStitch Sx Endoscopic Suturing System, and the Orbera Intragastric Balloon System. Its products are used by gastroenterologists and bariatric surgeons in a variety of settings to treat multiple gastrointestinal conditions including closure of acute perforations and chronic fistulas, inadvertent perforation of the GI tract, tissue closure after the removal of abnormal lesions in the esophagus, stomach or colon, the treatment of swallowing disorders, esophageal stent fixation, and obesity. The company was founded by Christopher J. Gostout and Dennis L. McWilliams in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.