Gregg S. Sutton

Mitralign, Inc. operates as a valve repair company that engages in transcatheter annuloplasty system designed to treat both functional tricuspid regurgitation and mitral regurgitation. The Mitralign Percutaneous Annuloplasty System, MPAS, is intended for the treatment of symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation for annular reduction through tissue plication. The company was founded by Paul A. Spence and Richard P. Geoffrion in 2003 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Biothera, Inc. develops natural gluco polysaccharide that engages and directs natural innate immune systems. The company was founded by Daniel Conners in 1997 and is headquartered in Eagan, MN.

Vascular Therapies, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical firm that develops and commercialize treatments of patients requiring an AV fistula for dialysis. It provides plan on the hemodialysis vascular access indication. The company was founded by Sriram Iyer in 2001 and is headquartered in Cresskill, NJ.

CNS Therapeutics, Inc. develops and manufactures drug delivery products. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Minnesota Public Radio operates radio stations produces programs for radio, Internet, and face-to-face audiences. It operates 37-stations radio network serving to the people in Minnesota and in parts of Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Michigan, Iowa, and Idaho. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

BCBSM, Inc. engages in the provision of health care plans and resources. It offers individual and family plans, medicare plans, employer provided plans, prescription drugs, and dental plans. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

The University of St. Thomas is an institution that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. It offers over 150 undergraduate majors and minors, as well as graduate programs in various fields such as business, engineering, law, education, social work, and arts and humanities. The University of St. Thomas was founded in 1885 by John Ireland.

Covidien Unlimited Co. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of healthcare products for use in clinical and home settings. It operates through Medical Devices and U.S. Medical Supplies segments. The Medical Devices segment involves in the distribution of surgical solutions, peripheral vascular and neurovascular therapies, patient monitoring products, and airway and ventilation products. The U.S. Medical Supplies segment includes marketing of nursing care, medical surgical, SharpSafety brand, and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Minnesota State Bar Association operates a professional association for attorneys in Minnesota. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

The Science Museum of Minnesota provides research and collection facilities. It programs combine research and collection facilities, a public science education center, extensive teacher education and school outreach. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Greater Twin Cities United Way provides services related to basic needs, education and health to the people in some counties in Minnesota. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

NuAx, Inc. develops medical devices for the treatment of heart disease. The firm focuses on enhancing the clinical performance of pacing, cardiac resynchronization, and defibrillation therapy through advancements in lead design, placement and myocardial sensing, and activation. The company was founded by Robert G. Walsh and John L. Erb in 2008 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

American National Bank operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank. Its services include personal and business banking, loans, savings and mortgages. The company is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Biothera Pharmaceutical, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops Imprime PGG, a novel dectin receptor agonist that reverses tumor-mediated immunosuppression while promoting antigen presentation to drive T cell activation. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

StemoniX, Inc. provides IPS-based platforms for pharmacy and research institutions. It offers microBrain 3D Assay Ready, microBrain 2D Assay Ready, microPlate, microHeart Assay Ready, and microHeart Cell Ready. The company was founded by Yung-Ping Yeh and Robert Petcavich in 2014 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

InSitu Biologics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which focuses on the development of painkiller. It offers AnestaGel, a long-lasting and long-acting non-opiate painkiller used in post-operative surgical procedures. The company was founded by Kevin Bassett in 2017 and is headquartered in Woodbury, MN.

Gradient Denervation Technologies SAS engages in research and development in other physical and natural sciences. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.

The American company is focused on developing the Carlen technology, a transcatheter technology for the treatment of mitral regurgitation. The technology preserves the physiological valve geometry while restoring its function, eliminates the risk of stenosis, and offers the benefit of preserving a full range of transcatheter and surgical treatments as future options. Nyra Medical is also developing a novel transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair technology called the Cardiac Leaflet Enhancer (Carlen), which enables repair of leaky heart valves without the need for open heart surgery. Lori B. Chmura has been the CEO of the company since 2023.