James Hicks

Virogenomics BioDevelopment, Inc. develops new drugs for the treatment of human diseases. Its business strategy is to identify and obtain rights to early-stage technologies, manage and develop these technologies to a critical phase, and then spin-off the developed technologies into new start-up companies. The company was founded by Jeffrey King and Renee Shirley in 2001 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

GenDx, Inc. provides healthcare services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc. provides research services. It operates educational institutions. The firm offers research in cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, and bioinformatics. It also offers laboratory workshops to science teachers, students, and other groups across the nation. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Sapient Health Network, Inc. operates on-line health information and support service. SHN currently manages 10 communities covering 16 conditions such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, asthma, depression, diabetes, heart disease, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, weight control, hepatitis-C, and women's health (including urinary incontinence). The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.