Jerry L. Parrott

Dianon Systems, Inc. provides anatomic pathology, genetic, and clinical chemistry testing services. The firm offers services in uropathology, dermatopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, hematopathology, and breast pathology. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Stratford, CT.

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that exists to place new therapies into the hands of those battling serious disease. Its lead products include BENLYSTA for systemic lupus erythematosus and raxibacumab for inhalation anthrax. The firm's other products include, mapatumumab, darapladib, albiglutide, ZALBIN, HGS1036 and HGS1029. The company was founded by Alan G. Walton and William A. Haseltine in 1992 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Redpath Partners, Inc. provides complex cancer diagnostic testing for pathologists, oncologists and clinicians. The company was founded by Del Mary Brady and Sydney D. Finkelstein and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Clearant, Inc. produces tissue allograft implants, plasma therapies, blood and recombinant products. The company was founded on April 30, 1999 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops drugs for diseases related to the central nervous system. Its drugs are used in curing diseases such as Huntington's, Parkinson's, restless legs syndrome, schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, and sleep apnea diseases. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Washington DC.

For over a decade, XLHealth has been a leader in the development of programs and businesses that seek to improve healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries with special needs, such as those with chronic illnesses. Chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart failure place a heavy burden on the elderly nearly 80 percent of all Medicare beneficiaries have at least one chronic health condition. In addition to the daily challenges of managing a chronic illness, beneficiaries with chronic health conditions account for a majority of healthcare spending. The costliest five percent of Medicare beneficiaries account for about half of all Medicare spending each year. Among this top five percent, approximately 47% have congestive heart failure and approximately 35% have diabetes. At XLHealth, they are dedicated to providing solutions that improve quality and reduce healthcare costs. Through their Medicare health plans, they have pioneered a specialized approach to healthcare coverage, with a range of benefits and services to fit a variety of healthcare and social support needs. For those with chronic health conditions integrating customized disease management support and

Novartis Corp. manufactures pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health products. It manufactures drugs for oncology, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on November 15, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Hill & Knowlton, Inc. engages in the provision of international communications consultancy services. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Magellan Medicaid Administration, Inc. provides administrative & information technology services to medicaid and other public-sector health programs. The company processes medicaid prescription claims via its Pharmacy Benefit Administration Service. It also provides Healthcare Management Services such as pre-admission screening, quality assurance and utilization review. The company was founded in 1968 and is located in Glen Allen, VA.

Genetic Therapy, Inc. develops human gene therapy products for the treatment of genetic and acquired diseases. The company also conducts research on human gene development. Genetic Therapy was founded by M. James Barrett in May 1986 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

OPKO Diagnostics LLC engages in the provision of health services. It develops blood testing devices for use in homes and doctors offices. The company was founded by Vincent Linder, George M. Whitesides, David Steinmiller, and Samuel K. Sia in 2004 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

The Maryland Technology Council functions as a technology trade association. The private company is based in Rockville, MD.

ARM is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes global initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. The organization promotes legislative, regulatory reimbursement, investment, technical, and other initiatives to accelerate the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine technologies. ARM also works to increase public understand- ing of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was a need for more coordinated and cohesive advocacy representing the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 140 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field.

The University of Maryland Biopark operates as a bio-medical research center. The private company is based in Baltimore.

Warp Drive Bio, Inc. focused on proprietary genomic technology to discover drugs of natural origin. The firm deployed proprietary platforms Genome Mining and Small Molecule Assisted Receptor Targeting (SMART) to discover and develop novel molecules addressing new pharmacologic mechanisms. The company was founded by Gregory L. Verdine, George McDonald Church, and James A. Wells in 2012 and was headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Learning Undefeated, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides STEM education opportunities for underserved communities. The non-profit company is based in Gaithersburg. The American company's flagship education program features mobile STEM labs that have provided hands-on learning opportunities to more than 200,000 K-12 students in 18 states since 2003. The company also operates several other celebrated STEM education programs including the Young Science Explorers program, a summer camp for middle school students, and the Advancing Tomorrow's Leaders in STEM (ATLAS) college and career exploration program. Learning Undefeated is driving race and gender equity in STEM through experiential and deep-impact learning experiences for students from under-resourced communities.

MolecularMD Corp. develops and commercializes molecular diagnostics for oncology applications. Its tests are designed to assist pharmaceutical companies with selection, monitoring and management of patients treated with molecularly-targeted cancer therapies. The firm integrates gold-standard and innovative platform technologies with custom clinical assay design and validation to accelerate all phases of clinical development, including FDA approval and commercialization of in vitro companion diagnostic tests for novel anticancer agents. The company was founded by Brian Druker, Sheridan G. Snyder, and Chad D. Galderisi in 2005 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.