Yuzo Murayama

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Society for Science & the Public (SSP) is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and education. SSP offers educational programs to aspiring scientists, bringing information on scientific advances to the public.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Pharmaco-Kinesis Corp. provides research and development services. Its products include smart drug delivery systems and associated advanced devices to measure biological responses; and Magnetic Breather Pump, a device in the field of local drug delivery that delivers a remotely programmable metronomic combination of tumor fighting medications in single implantable system, as well as is used for the treatment of malignant gliomas and other aggressive brain tumors. The company was founded by John Shachar, Frank Adell, Eli Gang and Thomas C. Chen in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Nippon Travel Agency Co. Ltd. engages in the business of travel agency services. It offers incentive tours, conventions, cultural exchange programs, music and fine art tours, business travel, government programs, religious group travel, international sporting events, sister city exchanges, sightseeing trips, individual tours, holiday tours, multilingual tours, value pack tours, excursions, and adventure walking tours; and access to rail passes, homestay and hotels, and airport transfers. The company was founded in November 1905 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Soft Switching Technologies Corp. provides power quality and monitoring solutions for the automated industrial markets. The firm offers scalable, battery-free DySC products, voltage sag detectors and I-Sense intelligent sensors to semiconductor, food and beverage, and automotive industries, as well as manufacturing customers and utility industries. The firm's customers include both middle market firms and blue chip companies. The company was founded by Deepak M. Divan in 1995 and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

Wenatchee Valley Medical Center PS provides healthcare services. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Wenatchee, WA.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle operates as a federally chartered bank which provides liquidity and funding services. It offers collateralized loans, provides letters of credit, accept deposits and other services to its members. The firm works with non-profit organizations to provide housing and community economic development funds through direct subsidy grants and low or no-interest loans for individuals and communities in need. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Exelixis Plant Sciences, Inc. operates solar powered plants. It identifies plant DNA sequences, specific genes and its functions and produces natural flavors and colorants for food and cosmetics. The company is located in Portland, OR.

The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Comagine Health provides healthcare management services. It provides healthcare assessment and improvement services, as well as consulting and management services in healthcare industry. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Merck KGaA, Advanced Separation Technologies, Inc. (New Jersey) is a company that manufactures chemicals for chiral separations. The company is based in Whippany, NJ. Advanced Separation Technologies, Inc. (New Jersey was acquired by Sigma-Aldrich Corp., part of Merck KGaA from November 19, 2015 on October 09, 2006.

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. offers community housing. Its offers include green communities, transit-oriented development, senior housing, supportive housing, rural and native American, building sustainable organizations, technical assistance and consulting, health and housing, asset management, tax credits, development and consulting, grants, conventional equity and community loan fund. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered Columbia, MD.

United Way of King County is a non-profit organization, which provides rental assistance, educational solutions, and financial support. Its programs include Jobs Connect, Streets to Home, Home Base, ParentChild+, Reconnecting Youth, Bridge to Finish, and Free Tax. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. ASM's membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to more than 39,000 members today, with more than one third located outside. The members represent 26 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators.

American Leadership Forum is a non-profit organization that conducts events and programs.

PricewaterhouseCoopers provides audit, assurance and crisis management services. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Muscat, Oman.

Central Washington Health Services Association provides healthcare services. Services include inpatient and outpatient surgery, cardiac program, coronary and intensive care, respiratory care, oncology, dialysis, neonatal nursery, home health and hospice, regional trauma emergency department, skilled nursing and rehabilitative services such as cardio-pulmonary, physical, speech, and occupational therapies. The company is headquartered in Wenatchee, WA.

Northwest Research Associates, Inc. provides geophysical science research services. It offers research services on solar and stellar physics, atmosphere and climate, electromagnetic wave propagation and fluid mechanics, and data assimilation and statistical signal processing. The firm also provides space weather indices, field observations in the Indian ocean, shoreline monitoring service, video metric systems, and coherent radio receiving system. The company was founded by Donald Delisi and Edward Fremouw in 1984 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Enerpro, Inc. designs and manufactures power electronics components, packages and assemblies. It offers firing, medium voltage, regulator, snubber, and auxiliary boards, control packages, and SCR assemblies. The company was founded by Frank John Bourbeau in 1983 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Bioverge Funds Management LLC (Bioverge Funds Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Bioverge, Inc. founded in 2016 by Neil Jay Littman and Rick Gibb. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Confluence Health provides inpatient and outpatient health care services and cutting edge technology. The company was founded in July 2013 and is headquartered in Brewster, WA.

WinSanTor, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The firm focuses on the discovery and development of treatments for peripheral neuropathies, including diabetic peripheral neuropathy, chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy, HIV-induced and others. The company was founded by Stanley Kim, Nigel Calcutt, Paul Fernyhough and Lakshmi P. Kotra in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

BentallGreenOak (US) LP (BentallGreenOak) is a SEC-registered real estate investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded in 2010 as Bentall Kennedy (US) LP and is a majority owned indirect subsidiary of Sun Life Financial, Inc. (TSE: SLF) in Canada. BentallGreenOak acts as a real estate investment advisor for a select number of public, corporate and Taft-Hartley retirement systems and private real estate funds, as well as major university endowments and sovereign wealth funds.