Stephen R. Mascioli

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Smith & Nephew, Inc. develops and markets medical devices. Its products include television cameras and monitors, endoscopes, arthroscopes, orthopedic hand owered instruments, fiber optic illumination systems, laparoscopes, and surgical instruments. The company was founded on November 27, 1975 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Part of Welltower, Inc., Benchmark Senior Living LLC is a senior living provider with 65 communities in seven states throughout the Northeast. The company is based in Wellesley, MA. Benchmark offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities. The company has won over 300 local, regional, and national awards for its care and programs, and has been named one of the top places to work for 16 straight years in the Globe's annual employee-based survey. Benchmark has also been recognized in Fortune's Best Workplaces for Aging Services list and has received 53 U.S. News & World Report Best of Senior Living Excellence Awards based on resident and family feedback. The Massachusetts-based company was founded over 25 years ago by Tom Grape with the purpose of transforming lives through human connection.

Catalyst Health Ventures (Catalyst Health Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Darshana Zaveri and Joshua S Phillips. The firm is Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.