Novato’s Buck Institute is the largest independent scientific institute in the Bay Area. The Buck aims to end the threat of age-related diseases for this and future generations by bringing together the most capable and passionate scientists from a broad range of disciplines to identify and impede the ways in which we age. Its goal is to increase human healthspan, or the healthy years of life. Globally recognized as the pioneer and leader in efforts to target aging, the number one risk factor for serious diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer, macular degeneration, heart disease, and diabetes, the Buck wants to help people live better longer. For more information and to visit the Buck: https://www.buckinstitute.org/

Since it was founded in 1982, MIG has focused on planning, designing and sustaining environments that support human development. We embrace inclusivity and encourage community and stakeholder interaction in all of our projects. For each endeavor in planning, design, management, communications or technology our approach is strategic, context-driven and holistic, addressing social, political, economic and physical factors to ensure our clients achieve the results they want.

Digital Foundry, Inc. designs, builds, and maintains differentiating custom software products, services, and systems for leading public and private sector organizations. Founded in 1992, the firm leverages its passion for digital, deep technical knowhow, proven methods, and broad industry experience on each client engagement.  We'd love to chat! For more information, check out www.digitalfoundry.com

Freed Associates is a California-based consulting firm comprised of a team of experts who work exclusively in healthcare. With more than 26 years of direct experience in the healthcare industry, our teams collaborate with each client in their unique environment on complex and critical initiatives to deliver enduring value. At Freed Associates, healthcare is our passion and our business. Founded by Dava Freed in 1991, Freed Associates continues to consult with healthcare organizations on strategic and tactical initiatives. Our consultants provide specialized knowledge in healthcare management, operations, and IT for health systems, health plans, large IPAs and managed service organizations. When Dava Freed founded Freed Associates, her aim was to create a consultancy that delivered outstanding work for its clients while supporting a work-life balance for its employees. Freed develops immediate rapport with all levels at our clients and quickly gains an understanding of the culture and organization. Today, we remain committed to that goal, and continue to foster a culture that makes this possible. We take care of our people, supporting them in their professional and personal endeavors. In doing so, by extension, our consultants take good care of our clients. We believe this is simply good business.

DriveSavers Data Recovery provides certified secure data recovery services to corporations, government organizations, businesses, and consumers. DriveSavers engineers are experts at recovering data from firmware and physical failures, software corruption, solid-state drive (SSD) technology, smartphones, and mobile devices, and encrypted devices. Our engineers are trained and certified in encryption technologies and operate a Certified ISO Class 5 Cleanroom. DriveSavers Data Recovery successfully recovers over seven million files (5400GB) of lost data every day and is authorized by all the major data storage device manufacturers. Data may be rescued from any operating system and all types of storage devices – from legacy to state-of-the-art. All of the company’s services meet security protocols for financial, legal, corporate, and healthcare industries and posts proof of its SOC 2 Type II audit report and HIPAA data security and privacy compliance. DriveSavers Data Recovery adheres to US Government security protocols, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Data Security Rule (GLBA), the Data-At-Rest mandate (DAR), and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Data storage device manufacturers, backup storage system manufacturers, and cloud service providers routinely rely on DriveSavers to recover and restore lost data. Other satisfied customers include: Bank of America, Google, Lucasfilm, NASA, Harvard University, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, U.S. Army, and Sandia National Laboratories.

Pacific BioLabs is the leading West Coast provider of GMP/GLP laboratory testing services supporting Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology industries. As a CRO, we offer toxicology, biocompatibility, microbiology, sterility assurance, and analytical chemistry testing and research support services. Pacific BioLabs’ mission is to contribute to the development of safe and efficacious medical products while maintaining rigorous scientific integrity and the highest standards of regulatory quality. We have a strong commitment to confidentiality, impartiality, and continuous quality improvement. As The Service Leader in Life Science Testing, Pacific BioLabs continuously strives to meet and exceed client deadlines and offers personalized, proactive, and friendly client service.

WRA is an environmental consultancy that’s making a net positive impact. As a tenacious team of planners, engineers, and scientists, we believe in leaving the lands we love better than we found them. We partner with public agencies, non-profits, and private entities on multidiscipline projects in a variety of markets. From planning and design, through entitlement and post-construction, we have your back. Our clients lean on us to navigate them through tricky projects and achieve benefits for both the natural environment and local communities. From our roots in wetland research and supporting our first clients in the Bay Area following the inception of the federal Clean Water Act, we have more than 40 years of experience in California's diverse ecoregions. This gives us an understanding of the unique habitats throughout the state and the growing needs of local communities. While our roots are in California, we have supported clients in nearly 30 states and counting. WRA is proud to be an employee-owned, certified small business (SB-PW ref. #13333) with 100 team members working from four offices in California, and a growing distributed workforce throughout the West.

For more than 45 years, ZFA Structural Engineers has collaborated with public and private clients to help build better structures. With a commitment to excellence, our team of 22 Structural and 29 Professional Engineers delivers innovative and practical design solutions in multiple sectors including: justice, high-end residential, education, civic, wineries, commercial, healthcare, seismic retrofit and more. ZFA serves clients throughout California with offices in Santa Rosa, San Francisco, Napa, Sacramento, and Silicon Valley. Our firm is a California State licensed Small Business Enterprise (SBE). ZFA principals are committed to each project through completion with a proactive management approach and by allowing for ample engineering time to ensure that structural solutions are thoughtful and appropriate. Projects begin with a series of pre-design meetings to understand the client's goals and vision. From there we identify solutions and deliverables, and establish a schedule. Involvement by principal staff creates a collaborative work environment and minimizes end-of-design changes. Throughout the project, principals and staff are on-call to assist and ensure project needs and deadlines are met. Sustainable design is another important part of ZFA's philosophy. Eight of our Structural Engineers are LEED Accredited Professionals and contribute to the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) Sustainable Design Committee. We are also committed to the use of alternative building methods, such as Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) and the Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) wall system on several building types.

Point Blue Conservation Science (Point Blue) is dedicated to conserving birds, other wildlife, and ecosystems through innovative scientific research, restoration, outreach and extensive partnerships. Our highest priority is to reduce the impacts of habitat alteration, climate change and other threats to wildlife and people, while promoting adaptation to the changes ahead.. Point Blue is a non-profit organization founded in 1965 as Point Reyes Bird Observatory. Point Blue is a leader in bird and ecosystem research, conservation management support, habitat restoration, conservation education, and conservation training. Point Blue primarily researches birds due to their role as excellent indicators of environmental health, but we also study other species and all of our work is in an applied ecosystem context. Point Blue is headquartered in Petaluma, California and maintains field research sites throughout California, other parts of Western North America, and Antarctica.

Weiss Associates has served both the private and public sector as a full-service environmental science, engineering and management resource since its founding in 1980. Weiss Associates has established a reputation for quality in characterizing and remediating soil and ground water, and fulfilling a wide range of permitting, chemical/emissions inventory, and regulatory strategy services. Weiss Associates delivers creative, practical and responsive solutions to environmental challenges. We provide these solutions by: * Listening to our clients and understanding their business objectives. * Maintaining the highest standards of scientific, engineering, and management innovation. * Creating a work environment that promotes teamwork and attracts a talented, motivated, and creative staff.

Outside/In is our unique philosophy and approach to building brands. Our insights and motivations are cultivated from outside the industry, but the ultimate impact happens on the inside. To understand business and marketing challenges fully, we take our advertiser hat off and experience things as a consumer. Looking at a brand anew, with a truly outside perspective, rather than one served up so often it becomes easily ignored wallpaper, fuels Outside/In. We’re confident this outside perspective will ultimately garner outsized results for your brand. This type of thinking has allowed us to reach beyond the conventional boardroom, outside traditional and expected advertising, outside coastal bubbles, and win an impressive amount of Effie’s along the way.

Our cloud software services are powering the energy transformation by enabling utilities to engage customers about their energy options, automate DER program administration and integrate solar resources. The solar industry relies on high-accuracy SolarAnywhere data and intelligence to reduce project risk and operational costs.