About Us

Rose Fitzgerald 09 Sep , 2015

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Mission Statement

BeyondPolio is dedicated to assisting the global effort to eradicate polio by educating the public on the polio disease and empowering the heroes that make a difference.

Sponsors

The Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation is dedicated to preserving and extending the contributions of one of society’s great scientists and humanitarians. It does so by helping to organize and make available the collection of Jonas Salk’s papers and historical artifacts, participating in and assisting with educational programs and projects, and exploring continued application of his scientific and philosophical vision towards solution of ongoing problems confronting humanity.  BeyondPolio, in conjunction with Spencer Trask & Co., is a continuing supporter of the Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation.  For more information, visit jonassalklegacyfoundation.org.

ST_bp_partnership_logoSpencer Trask & Co. is a leading network of early-stage investors and business leaders that has provided financial and intellectual capital for some of the most influential ventures in technology and healthcare including Myriad Genetics, Ciena, Osiris Therapeutics, Health Dialog and others. Spencer Trask brings together angels, business leaders and entrepreneurs into a value creation network where early-stage big ideas are transformed into great companies.  For more information, visit spencertraskco.com.

Spencer Trask & Co. Chairman, Kevin Kimberlin, is a proud recipient of the Rotary Club of Greenwich’s Citizen of the Year Award in 2011.

 

Challenge Platform Provider

InnoCentive is the open innovation and crowdsourcing pioneer that enables organizations to solve their key problems by connecting them to diverse sources of innovation including employees, customers, partners and the world’s largest problem solving marketplace. InnoCentive’s proven Challenge Driven Innovation methodology, community of millions of problem Solvers, and cloud-based technology platform combine to fundamentally transform the economics of innovation. Leading commercial, government and nonprofit organizations, such as Eli Lilly, Life Technologies, NASA, nature.com, Popular Science, Procter & Gamble, Roche, Rockefeller Foundation, and The Economist, partner with InnoCentive to solve problems and innovate faster and more cost-effectively than ever before.  For more information, visit innocentive.com.