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Kaizen Automotive Group

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Kaizen Automotive Group is a diverse automotive leader representing many automotive brands (GM, GMC, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, Ford, Lincoln, Nissan, Honda, Genesis and Hyundai) in both the Alberta, and Southern California market. Privately owned and operated by the Romeril family since 1989, several projects are underway as we continue to expand our footprint to increase customer engagement and connectivity. With more than 1,250 employees, Kaizen Automotive Group prides itself on being one of the 50 Best Managed companies in Canada. Our focus on exceeding customers’ expectations through sales, service, and aftercare guarantees a customer for life.

Myriad Genetics

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Myriad discovers and commercializes genetic tests that determine the risk of developing disease, assess the risk of disease progression, and guide treatment decisions across medical specialties where critical genetic insights can significantly improve patient care and lower healthcare costs. Since 1991, Myriad has invested heavily in educating patients and healthcare professionals about the role genes play in disease. Millions of patients have already benefited from Myriad’s tests that empower individuals with vital genetic insights and enable healthcare providers to better detect, treat and prevent disease. Today, Myriad continues this strong tradition. We are expanding our reach and increasing our impact on patient care by introducing new precision medicine tests for a growing number of diseases. We also are focused on expanding internationally in an effort to broaden our geographic footprint and provide our life-saving products and services to patients and healthcare professionals around the world.

First Place for Youth

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More Than Two Decades of Supporting Transition-Age Foster Youth on their Journey to Independence As graduate students attending the University of California at Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, Amy Lemley and Deanne Pearn were struck by how many young people who grew up in foster care faced intense challenges after aging out of care, including poverty and homelessness. With a small grant in hand, they were inspired to help break the cycle of poverty for these vulnerable youth and launched First Place for Youth, the first organization in Northern California exclusively dedicated to addressing the lack of affordable housing and resources for foster youth who had exited foster care. First Place for Youth helps foster youth build the skills they need to make a successful transition to self-sufficiency and responsible adulthood.

Rockefeller University

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The Rockefeller University invented the modern bioscience institute and has spent the last 124 years perfecting it. Recognized around the world as one of the most highly regarded scientific institutions, Rockefeller draws talent from around the world in pursuit of one mission: to conduct science for the benefit of humanity. The research underway in our labs today will transform medicine tomorrow.  A place of both quiet contemplation and intense scientific energy, our unique campus is the backdrop to a culture that values both independence and collaboration. Our labs employ the latest technology to answer the toughest questions in their fields, with New York City, a burgeoning hub for biomedical translation, providing a mecca for culture and ideas outside our campus gates.

Stanford University

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Stanford is one of the world's leading research universities, boasting respected and entrepreneurial programs in business, earth, engineering, law, medicine, education and humanities and sciences. Stanford serves approximately 7,000 undergraduate students and 9,000 graduate students with a student-teacher ratio of about 4:1. In 2015, Stanford has over 5,000 research projects with a $1.33 billion budget. There are 2,200 faculty members and 13,000 staff members, including employees in the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, which is a partnership with the Department of Energy. Stanford’s campus, consisting of over 8,000 acres, continues to expand beyond The Farm. As the campus grows, with locations throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, so does our pioneering spirit and ability to innovate, discover and explore new fields. A private institution, Stanford is supported through an endowment of more than $21 billion, one of the largest in the US.