Colleen Proffitt

The Atlas Economic Research Foundation is a nonprofit organization. It connects a global network of free market organizations to the ideas and resources needed to advance the cause of liberty. The company was founded by Antony Fisher in 1981 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Reason Foundation advances a free society by developing, applying, and promoting libertarian principles, including individual liberty, free markets, and the rule of law. It produces public policy research on a variety of issues and publishes the critically acclaimed Reason magazine. The company was founded by Robert W. Poole, Jr. in 1978 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

New York Academy of Sciences is an independent, not-for-profit organization, which engages in the advancement of scientific research, education, and policy. The company was founded in 1817 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc. provides research services. It operates educational institutions. The firm offers research in cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, and bioinformatics. It also offers laboratory workshops to science teachers, students, and other groups across the nation. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Santa Fe Institute of Science operates as a nonprofit, independent research center. It provides research and education services. The company was founded by George Cowan, David Pines, Stirling Colgate, Murray Gell-Mann, Nick Metropolis, Herb Anderson, Peter A. Carruthers, and Richard Slansky in May 1984 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM.

Property & Environment Research Center (PERC) is a national leader in market solutions for conservation. The non-profit company is based in Bozeman, MT. The company explores how aligning incentives for environmental stewardship produces sustainable outcomes for land, water, and wildlife. PERC offers research, law & policy field projects, and programs to explore resource problems and creative solutions.

Vistan Corp. manufactures fruit pitting machinery and equipment. The firm manufactures food-processing machinery for cherry, olive, date and prune pitters and olive slicers. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA.

Metanexus Institute engages in promoting scientifically rigorous and philosophically open-ended explorations. It facilitates a global conversation that uses insights from big history to discuss solutions to big problems and debate big questions. The company was founded by William Grassie in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, NY.