G. Kirk Raab

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.

Velos Medical Informatics, Inc. makes disease management software for the renal dialysis, transplantation, and oncology markets. The private company is based in Fremont, CA and has subsidiaries in United States.

Oxford Glycosciences Plc provides biopharmaceutical products. The company develops and manufactures novel products for the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. Its products include bayer, pioneer hi-breddupont, medarex, genmab, glaxosmithkline, neogenesis and pfizer. It was founded in 1988. The company is headquartered in Abingdon, UK.

Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engaged in the discovery of treatments for rare and orphan diseases. Its research and development efforts leverage an internal genomics platform and an ongoing collaboration with the Center for Applied Genomics (CAG) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The company was founded by Andrew Leonard Pearlman on January 27, 2000 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

San Francisco Symphony provides symphony orchestra presentations. The firm enriches, serves, and shapes cultural life throughout the spectrum of bay area communities. It offers performer’s series, south bay, organ and chorus concerts, open rehearsals, chamber music, youth orchestra concerts, family-friendly concerts and special events. The company was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The UCSF Foundation promotes and supports the interests and welfare of the University of California San Francisco and the UCSF Medical Center. The UCSF Foundation’s daily operations are administered by a development staff responsible for major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation gifts, annual giving, development communications, alumni relations and campus events

San Francisco Ballet Association operates professional ballet programs and other related services. The firm performs the first American productions of Swan Lake and Nutcracker as well as the American Coppélia. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Follica, Inc. develops therapies for hair follicle disorders. The firm provides an out-patient therapy coupled with an at-home system for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (hair loss) and medical device development fields to develop and commercialize its product platform. The company was founded by Rox R. Anderson, George Cotsarelis, Vera Price, Daphne Zohar, David Steinberg, and Bernat Olle in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience. Its product pipeline is TO-2070, a novel, rapidly absorbed treatment for acute migraine incorporating dihydroergotamine as the active drug. The company was founded on January 30, 2009 and is headquartered in Point Richmond, CA.

Topica Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops treatment for onychomycosis, or fungal infections of the nail and nail bed. Its prodycte, Luliconazole, a topical antifungal a topical antifungal agent used to tinea pedis. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered Los Altos, CA.

SinuSys Corp. develops medical device therapies to improve the sinus health of patients with chronic sinusitis. Its products include Vent-OS sinus dilation system, Restora steroid-eluting spacer, and SinuSys product pipeline. The company was founded by Jerome Hester and Thomas A. Schreck in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Velos, Inc. provides an internet-based platform for clinical research and medical records management. Its clinical research management suite includes Velos eResearch, Velos eCompliance, Velos eSample and Velos eTools. The firm's specialty products include Velos eCardio, Velos Transplant, Velos Renal, Velos Aversi, Velos Farsima, Velos Stafa, and Velos IDS. Its products integrate the clinical, administrative and financial information needs of research management. The company was founded in 1996 by Amar P. S. Chahal, John S. McIlwain and N. Venu Gopal and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.