J. Michael Millis

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network is a non-profit organization that coordinates organ and tissue donation and provides public education on donation in the Northwest region. The private company is based in Itasca, IL. The company works with 180 hospitals and serve 12 million people in their donation service area. Since 1986, they have saved the lives of more than 23,000 organ transplant recipients and improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of tissue transplant recipients. The CEO of the company is Harry Wilkins.

Vital Therapies, Inc. operates as a biotherapeutic company, which develops a cell-based therapy targeting the treatment of acute forms of liver failure. Its product candidate, ELAD System, is a human cell-based bio-artificial liver support system that operates outside the body or extracorporeal. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

American Liver Foundation engages in facilitating, advocating and promoting education, support, and research for the prevention, treatment, and cure of liver disease. It educates patients, policymakers and the public and provides grants to early-career researchers to help find a cure for all liver diseases. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in New York, NY.