John Edward Porter

Zila, Inc., headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and founded in 1988, is a diagnostic company that offers prevention, detection and treatment of oral cancer and periodontal disease. Zila manufactures and markets ViziLite Plus with TBlue (“ViziLite Plus”), the company’s product for the detection of oral abnormalities that could lead to cancer. ViziLite Plus is a medical device for use in a popilation risking for oral cancer. Zila designs, manufactures and markets products sold directly to dental professionals for periodontal disease, including the Rotadent Professional Powered Brush, the Pro-Select Platinum ultrasonic scaler and oral pharmaceutical products for both in-office and home-care use

Hogan & Hartson LLP provides legal services. Its is specialized in areas include energy, government contracts, immigration, and litigation. The company has offices in across Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. Hogan & Hartston was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Brookings Institution provides research and policy solutions. The firm's activities are carried out through four research programs: economic studies, foreign policy studies, governance studies, and metropolitan policy. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

American Heart Association, Inc. operates a voluntary health organization funded by private contributions. The organization offers services for coronary heart diseases and strokes, high blood cholesterol & physical inactivity, obesity, and diabetes. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

The RAND Corp. engages in conducting research and analysis to improve policy and decision-making. Its services include benchmarking, case study analysis, cost analysis, economic analysis, modeling, simulation, and optimization, performance measurement and measurement development, policy analysis, program evaluation, risk assessment and analysis, strategic planning, survey research, and technology assessment and development. The company was founded on May 14, 1948 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Public Broadcasting Service provides public broadcasting television services. They provide Television programming and related services to 356 noncommercial stations serving all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa. It offers oversees program acquisition and provides program distribution and promotion, education services, new media ventures, fundraising support, engineering and technology development and video marketing services. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Research!America is a lobbying firm. The non-profit company is based in Alexandria, VA. The CEO of the company is Mary Woolley.

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases engages in providing information and resources about vaccines recommended for adults, adolescents and children, including links to updated Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Immunization Schedules and a Fact Sheet about how vaccines work. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.