Cathy Minton

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. develops tissue-based diagnostic solutions. It designs and delivers medical diagnostic systems and slide-based cancer tests. Its products include absolute Eosinophil count (AEC) detection kit intended for laboratory use to identify targets by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue or frozen tissue on a BenchMark and BenchMark XT instrument and DISCOVERY XT research instrument that brings automation, reproducibility, and productivity to IHC and in situ hybridization (ISH) slide preparation and processing. The company was founded by Thomas M. Grogan in 1985 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC develops, manufactures, and markets analytical and environment monitoring instruments. The company is based in Asheville, NC.

IQVIA RDS Consulting, Inc. provides global regulatory, compliance, and validation consulting services. The company offers strategic regulatory consulting in the areas of quality systems development and optimization, FDA enforcement solutions, validation, and bioresearch monitoring. It provides services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. The company was founded in 2001 and is located in Vernon Hills, IL.

Warth & Klein Grant Thornton AG provides financial consultancy services. It specializes in auditing, tax and legal advice, governance risk and compliance GRC and private finance. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

S & C Electric Co. designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution. It offers automation controls, automated switching equipment, energy storage systems, fusing equipment, handling tools, and metal-enclosed switchgear. The company was founded by Nicholas J. Conrad and Edmund O. Schweitzer in 1911 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Society for Laboratory Automation & Screening (SLAS) sets standards for microplate development through its Microplate Standards Advisory Committee. The non-profit company is based in St. Charles, IL. SLAS offers various platforms for education, scientific publishing, collaboration, networking, and career advancement for its international community. The company has developed a new micro-credentials program exclusively for the life sciences industry. SLAS's mission is to connect laboratory technology providers with laboratory technology users.

Asia Society is an educational organization that aims to promote mutual understanding and strengthen partnerships among people, leaders, and institutions. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in Hong Kong. The company was founded by Tom W. Su and Luis Juan L. Virata.

LightIntegra Technology, Inc. develops medical device that analyzes the quality of platelets. It offers ThromboLUX, a medical device that characterizes platelet suspensions with a score reflecting the quantity of platelets, microparticles and other particles in the suspension. The company was founded in 2008 by Elisabeth Maurer-Spurej and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Omnyx LLC provides digital pathology workflow solutions. The firm delivers new digital pathology solutions for diagnostic medicine, and software and transformative consulting. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Bioarray Genetics, Inc. develops a patent-pending chemotherapy response assay to help guide physicians in the selection of the most effective treatments. It also develops proprietary predictive diagnostic tests, based on cancer genes (markers), to choose to the most efficacious treatment for cancer patients beforehand, rather than the trial and error approach currently used. The company was founded by Marcia Fournier and Katherine J. Martin in 2009 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc. provides cancer genome analysis to help researchers identify cancer-related genetic changes. The firm's product PDGx develops liquid biopsy technology that uses patient-specific tumor alterations to create a simple blood test that enables tumor detection and monitoring. It provides cancer genome analyses to oncology researchers, drug developers, clinicians and patients. The company was founded by Luis A. Diaz Jr. and Victor Velculescu in 2010 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

MDNA Life Sciences, Inc. engages in the development of molecular tests based on the mitochondrial genome. It focuses on the development and commercial application of mitochondrial DNA based biomarkers for the early detection of prostate, ovarian and lung cancers, and endometriosis. The company was founded by Mark Birch-Machin, Robert Thayer, and Ryan L. Parr in 2001 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL.

Vermilion, Inc. is an international energy producer that focuses on acquiring, exploring, developing, and optimizing producing assets in various countries. Vermilion is based in Boulder, CO. The private company's business model emphasizes free cash flow generation and returning capital to investors when economically warranted, augmented by value-adding acquisitions. Vermilion's operations are focused on the exploitation of light oil and liquids-rich natural gas conventional resource plays in Canada and the exploration and development of conventional natural gas and oil opportunities in France and Australia. The company prioritizes health and safety, the environment, and profitability, in that order. The company was founded by Bob Morehouse, and Susan Touchette Aust has been the CEO of the company since 1992.

Penn Medicine Princeton Health provides health care services. It serves the lifelong needs of central New Jersey residents, including acute care hospital services through University Medical Center of Princeton, behavioral healthcare through Princeton House Behavioral Health, rehabilitation, home care, hospice care, ambulatory surgery, a medical practice, and fitness and wellness services. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc. (AACC) is a scientific and medical professional organization that focuses on clinical laboratory science and its application to healthcare. The organization is based in Washington and was founded in 1948. AACC provides leadership in education, advocacy, and collaboration to help lab professionals adapt to change and provide vital insight and guidance for patient care. The organization offers accreditation programs, press releases, media advisories, and statements that spotlight scientific, clinical, and technological breakthroughs. AACC has a longstanding commitment to provide customers with the best possible experience every time they use the AACC website. Mark J. Golden has been the CEO of the American company since 2020.