Gary M. DeWood

Avista Capital Holdings LP (Avista Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Steven Webster and Thompson Dean. The firm is headquartered in New York.

SolmeteX, Inc. engages in the manufacture of chemicals for regulating toxins from drinking water and wastewater. It offers Hg5 series and PowerClean series products. Its services include amalgam recovery, lead recycling, photo chemical recovery, biohazard/sharps disposal. The company was founded by Owen E. Boyd in 1994 and is headquartered in Northborough, MA.

XIFIN, Inc. engages as a healthcare information technology company. Its products and services include revenue cycle management, laboratory information systems, precision medicine informatics, and digital pathology consultation. The company was founded by L?le White, Donald Lavigne, Michael Coats, and Jeffrey Yates in 1997 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

ACP Charger Holdings, Inc. engages in the business of technology. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vertical/Trigen Holdings LLC operates as a holding company with interest in developing pharmaceutical products. It engages in the development, marketing and distribution of both branded and generic prescription pharmaceuticals in the United States. Vertical, the segment of the company focused on branded pharmaceuticals, specializes in women’s health, pain management, and respiratory and allergy medications. Trigen, the generic pharmaceutical arm of the company, markets over 70 unique formulations in an expanding array of categories including prenatal, hematinic supplements and cough and cold.The company is headquartered in Sayreville, NJ.

Inform Diagnostics, Inc. provides pathology diagnostic services. It offers subspecialty anatomic pathology in the fields of breast health, dermatology, gastroenterology, hematology, and urology. The company was founded by David D. Halbert and Harold Roe in 1996 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, sale, and distribution of medical imaging products. It provides diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine products that assist clinicians with the detection of disease, primarily cardiovascular. Its product protfolio includes DEFINITY, TechneLite, Xenon, AZEDRA, Cardiolite, and NEUROLITE. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in North Billerica, MA.

eMolecules, Inc. is a company that was founded in 2005 with the aim of reducing drug discovery timelines by improving the compound search and acquisition process. eMolecules is based in San Diego, CA, and has subsidiaries in the Netherlands and the United States. The company has created a powerful, reliable, and accurate digital chemical search engine that connects chemists to the world's largest readily available chemical space. eMolecules specializes in unique structures with dependable delivery options from a trusted network of hundreds of suppliers. The company has an extensive chemical database combined with industry-leading supply chain management, which enables the delivery of compounds quickly and reliably to chemists, allowing for the completion of more syntheses with more confidence and less time in the lab. The company was founded by Craig James and Klaus Gubernator, and the CEO is Niko Gubernator.

Cosette Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures self labelled generic topical dermatology products. It offers Acyclovir and Fluocinolone Acetonide ointments, Anucort-HC suppositories, Betamethasone Dipropionate cream, Ciclopirox Topical solution, and Doxycycline capsules. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ.

ACP Nimble Holdings, Inc. engages in the pharmaceuticals business. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

ZEST Anchors LLC engages in the design, development, manufacture, and distribution of dental solutions. Its portfolio includes Zest Anchors, Danville Materials, and Perioscopy. The company was founded by Max Zuest in 1972 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette is a private company that provides investment banking services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Laredo Energy develops natural gas reserves. The company is in the process of acquiring leases and drilling wells based on approximately 1,100 square miles of 3-D seismic data. The company was founded by Scott G. Stevenson, Glenn D. Hart and Steven B. Jaques in October 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Strategic Partners LLC Strategic Partners LLC provides professional business support services. Its services include turnaround management, financial and capital planning, performance management, strategic planning, lender services, and litigation support. The company was founded on May 23, 2001 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

WideOpenWest Finance LLC engages in the provision of internet, cable television, and telephone services for commercial and residential customers. It offers digital cable, internet, local, and long distance phone services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

BIOMET 3i LLC manufactures and markets dental implants, abutments, and related products. It develops and distributes oral reconstructive products, including dental implant components and bone and tissue regenerative materials. The company was founded by Richard J. Lazzara and Keith Beaty on May 27, 1987 and is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

GE Healthcare, Inc. manufactures and distributes diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging modalities that are used in medical imaging procedures. It offers dyes that are used in magnetic-resonance-imaging procedures. The firm also manufactures medical diagnostic equipment including CT image machines. It develops healthcare technological solutions for medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

National Spine & Pain Centers Holdings LLC operates pain management hospitals. The company was founded by Marc Loev and Les A. Zuckerman in 1998 is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

OptiNose US, Inc. operates as a a specialty pharmaceutical company. it specializes on the development and commercialization of products for patients cared for by, or in consultation with, ear, nose, and throat (ENT) or allergy specialists. its products include XHANCE, ONZETRA, and Xsail. The company was founded by Per Gisle Djupesland and Helena Kytttari Djupesland in 2000 and is headquartered in Yardley, PA.

Probo Medical LLC purchases, repairs, and then resells medical equipment. It provides diagnostic ultrasound services including ultrasound system and probe sales, ultrasound system and probe rentals, ultrasound service and loaners, ultrasound probe repair, and c-arm sales, service and rentals. The company wad founded by David Trogden in 2014 and is headquartered in Fishers, IN.

Centerview Partners Holdings LLC (Centerview Partners Holdings) is a private equity subsidiary of Centerview Partners LLC founded in 2006 by David M. Hooper and James Marshall Kilts. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Taconic Biosciences, Inc. provides research rodents and related products and services. It offers monoclonal antibody production, drug safety testing and other services. The firm also provides contract breeding solutions, animal models, Taconic transgenic exchange, custom model generation, contract research solutions, and research services. The company was founded by Robert K. Phelan in 1949 and is headquartered in Rensselaer, NY.

Arcadia Consumer Healthcare, Inc. provides healthcare products.The firm provides solutions to help achieve the harmony of feeling good and looking good. The company was founded by Guido Mendoza in 1960 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

United BioSource Corp. is a scientific and medical affairs organization that partners with life science companies to develop and commercialize their products. The company is involved in pre- and post-approval product development; pricing, coverage, reimbursement, and access strategies; and medical publication and communications. United BioSource Corp. was founded by Ethan D. Leder and Mark P. Cleinin in 2003 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

Cordis Corp. develops and manufactures devices for interventional vascular medicine and electrophysiology. The firm's products include guidewires, balloons, forceps, catheters, and stents to treat a variety of circulatory system problems including coronary artery disease and cerebral aneurysms. The company was founded by William P. Murphy Jr. in 1959 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Jostens, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes school-related affinity products and services. It provides products, programs and services that help people to celebrate the important moments, recognize achievements, and build affiliations. The firm offers yearbooks, class rings, graduation, and athletic champion’s products. The company was founded by Otto Josten in 1897 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

A subsidiary of Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity, DLJ Investment Partners is a mezzanine investment firm located in New York City. Their ultimate parent is Crédit Suisse Group (NYSE: CSR).

Visant Corp. provides publishing and marketing services. It operates business through the following segments: Scholastic, Memory Book, and Marketing and Publishing Services. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Warner Chilcott Ltd. develops and provides pharmaceutical products. It focuses on the women’s healthcare and dermatology segment. The company was founded in 1996 and headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.