Rebecca M. Bergman

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Sigma-Aldrich Co. is a privately held life science and technology company. They produce chemical and biochemical products and kits for scientific research. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, MO

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

TEI Biosciences, Inc. develops and distributes novel biologic products for soft tissue repair, reinforcement and reconstruction applications. Its products include SurgiMend 1.0-4.0, SurgiMend-e, SurgiMend PRS, PriMatrix, PriMatrix AG, Durepair, TissueMend and Xenform. The firm’s products are used in general surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, trauma, wound care and burns, neurosurgery, orthopedics and urogynecology. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.