Karen Gotting Smith

Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. provides private education to preschools, elementary, and middle schools. It also operates as an accredited private online school, offering programs for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. The firm also offers summer camp programs including sports and games, swimming, field trips, arts and crafts, science, and nature. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in West Chester, PA.

Cempra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops medicines for treating drug-resistant bacterial infections. The firm's antibacterial products, both in clinical trials, address the urgent and increasing need for new treatments targeting drug-resistant bacterial infections in both the hospital and the community. The company was founded by Prabhavathi B. Fernandes IN 2006 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

Cure DM, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops new therapies that may prevent, ameliorate or reverse diabetes and allow for the discontinuation of insulin. The company was founded by Loraine V. Upham, Claresa S. Levetan and Rita El-Hajj in 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Baldwin Investment Management LLC (Baldwin) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded by Peter Havens in 1999 and is wholly owned by Baldwin Management LLC. Baldwin provides investment supervisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations, pension and profit-sharing plans.

Vantage Specialties, Inc. manufactures chemicals and industrial cleaning agents. It offers fuel & oilfield products, natural oils, waxes, emulsifiers, esters, and fire retardants. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The General Hospital Corp. provides healthcare services. It offers diagnostic and therapeutic are in every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. The firm's care center provides cancer, digestive disorders, heart disease, transplantation and vascular medicine services. The company was founded in 1811 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Boenning & Scattergood, Inc. (dba 1914 Advisors) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1914 and is a subsidiary of Boenning & Scattergood Holdings, Inc. 1914 Advisors provides personalized fee-based financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and small businesses.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Main Line Health, Inc. provides health care services. Its services include pediatric emergency medicine, orthopedic surgery and orthopedics, bariatric and weight loss surgery, breast cancer program, neurosurgery, urology, obstetrics and gynecology and maternity, vascular surgery, emergency medicine, cardiology, pediatrics, maternity, neurovascular care, general surgery, primary care, trauma centers, imaging and diagnostic radiology. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, PA.

The Kimmel Cancer Center operates as a cancer center. The private company is based in Philadelphia, PA.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University operates museum. The company was founded in 1812 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is a non profit biomedical research institution. It helps to improve human health and well-being through basic research, education, and development ventures. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Bar Harbor, ME.

Part of AstraZeneca PLC, AstraZeneca LP is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing and commercializing prescription drugs for various therapeutic areas. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

The Stop ALD Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Houston that focuses on accelerating the process of developing new knowledge and new therapies for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). ALD is a deadly genetic disease that affects 1 in 18,000 people, most severely affecting boys and men. This brain disorder destroys myelin, the protective sheath that surrounds the brain's neurons, and it knows no racial, ethnic, or geographic barriers. The foundation's mission is to develop therapies for ALD and raise awareness about the disease.

Ald Connect, Inc. is a non-profit organization that aims to improve health outcomes for patients with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) by empowering patients, raising awareness, and accelerating the translation of scientific advances into better clinical care. The non-profit company is based in Middleton, MA, USA. ALD is a rare genetic disease that affects the adrenal glands, the spinal cord, and the white matter of the nervous system. Ald Connect offers various opportunities to get involved with their community, including advocacy, fundraising, volunteering, and participating in their programs or events.

Ohana Biosciences, Inc. operates early stage biotechnology firm. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

AviadoBio Ltd. is a gene therapy company based in London, UK. AviadoBio's technology is based on pioneering research from King's College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute. The British company's mission is to develop and deliver transformative gene therapies for neurodegenerative disorders, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The company is developing AVB-101 for patients with FTD-GRN. AviadoBio's investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Monograph Capital, Advent Life Sciences, EQT Lifesciences, Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), F-Prime Capital, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC), and LifeArc. The company was founded by Youn Bok Lee, Do Young Lee, Chris E. Shaw, and Lisa Deschamps has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Epicrispr Biotechnologies, Inc. is a leading epigenetic editing company based in South San Francisco, CA. The company leverages the power of CRISPR without cutting DNA through its proprietary Gene Expression Modulation System (GEMS), which includes the smallest Cas protein known to work in human cells. Epic's lead program is in IND-enabling studies for the treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), and additional programs seek to address alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD), heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), and other indications. The company is financially backed by Horizons Ventures and other leading investors. The company was founded by Lei Stanley Qi, and the CEO is Amber Salzman.