Ginny Couch

BioMarck Pharmaceuticals Ltd. engages in the discovery and development of new drugs for the treatment of pulmonary diseases and disorders. It develops its lead compound, BIO-11006 Inhalation Solution, BioMarck has chosen chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (specifically chronic bronchitis) as its first target, but other diseases including asthma and cystic fibrosis are later disease targets. The company was founded by Indu Parikh, Allen F. Gant, Thomas H. Roberg and Kenneth Adl in 2002 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Tavve Software Co. develops security and network management software. Its software allows companies to securely manage applications and devices across firewall partitioned networks. The firm's product include ZoneRanger is an application-layer proxy firewall appliance for management protocol traffic and PacketRanger which is a smart and fast UDP packet director. The company was founded by Tim Clark, Gary Schlachter and Anthony Edwards in 1998 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Inc. operates charitable organizations. The firm conducts different types of programs such as intervention and prevention, wilderness education, residential and day treatment, and reentry and aftercare programs. The company was founded by Ruth B. Eckerd and Jack Eckerd in 1968 and is headquartered in Clearwater, FL.