Featured Speakers

Ingrid Abrahamsen
Ingrid Abrahamsen
SQZ Biotechnologies Company

Nicole Boice
Founder & Chief Mission Officer
GLOBAL GENES

Peter Brown
President
Reverba

Stephanie Bryant
Senior Director, Patient Advocacy & Engagement
Deciphera

Bill Caddell
Senior Manager, Regional Patient Advocacy Relations
Genentech

Jean Campbell
Principal, JF Campbell Consultants
Founding Board of Directors PPALS

Julia Carpenter-Conlin
Sr. Director, Patient Advocacy
Apellis

Dean Carson
CEO
Viridia Life Sciences; EmpathBio

Cynthia Cassandro
Vice President, Patient Advocacy
Vigil Neurosciences

Hayley Chapman
Senior Program Director
PATIENT FOCUSED MEDICINES DEVELOPMENT (PFMD)

Sonali Chopra
Executive Director, Patient Advocacy Relations
Genentech

Kristie Cline
Senior Director, Head of Patient Advocacy
PHARMING

Lori Ann Correia
Patient Advocacy Consultant
Tenaya Therapeutics

Andrea Eichman
Senior Director, Legal
Agios

Sarah Emond
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Institute for Clinical & Economic Review (ICER)

Wendy Erler
VP, Global Head Patient Experience, Patient Advocacy & Patient Caregiver Insights
AstraZeneca

Ricki Fairley
Founder and CEO
TOUCH - the Black Breast Cancer Alliance

Kathleen Flynn
Chief Executive Officer
National Tay-Sachs & Allied Diseases Association

Elizabeth Franklin
Head US Public Affairs and Patient Advocacy, Oncology
Sanofi

Nereyda Garcia
Head, Ethics & Compliance, US Business Unit
Takeda

Jayne Gershkowitz
Chief Patient Advocate
Amicus Therapeutics

Clare Grace
Chief Patient Officer
Parexel

Amy Grover
Senior Director, Patient Advocacy
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals

Molly Harper
Chief Business Officer
Synlogic

Regina Hartfield
President and CEO
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America

Jennifer Helfer
Senior Director, Patient Advocacy & Engagement
Viridian Therapeutics

Rachel Israel
Director, Regional Patient Advocacy Relations
Genentech

Holly John
Senior Director, Patient Advocacy
Agios

Darren Jones
Principal, Life Sciences Consulting Practice Leader
Baker Tilly

Nerissa C. Kreher
M.D., Chief Medical Officer
Entrada

Neal Lakdawala
M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiovascular Division, Director, Section of Cardiovascular Genetics
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sharon Lamberton
Deputy Vice President, State Policy and External Outreach
PhRMA

Jeff Lemay
Executive Director, North America Compliance Officer
Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Robert Long
Executive Director
Uplifting Athletes

Grace Macalino
PhD, MPH, Director
Baker Tilly

Amy Dockser Marcus
staff reporter
The Wall Street Journal, author of the book, We the Scientists: How A Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged A New Path For Medicine

Jean McCoy
EVP, Partnerships
Reverba

Emily McGinnis
Chief Patient Officer
Taysha Gene Therapies

Tricia Mullins
Executive Director, global Head, Early Patient Engagement & Professional Societies (Ex-China)
Beigene

Ifeyinwa (Ify) Osunkwo
MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Patient Officer
Novo Nordisk Rare Disease

Kendalle Burlin O’Connell
CEO and President
MassBio

Maria Pandolfo
Senior Vice President of Patient Services
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals

Adam Pawluk
Chief Client Officer
JPA Health

Paul Pereira
Vice President and Head of Patient Advocacy
Ardelyx

Nathan Plasman
Father and Advocate

Kathryn Pucci
Senior Vice President of Education
PlatformQ Health

Jeanne M. Regnante
Strategic Health Equity Advisor and Program Manager for TNBC initiatives, Tigerlily Foundation; CEO and President
Patient 3i, LLC

Parisa Sanandaji
Head of Global Patient Advocacy
Stoke Therapeutics

Lisa Savitt
Vice President
Smithsolve

Fatima Scipione
Vice President Global Patient Affairs
Blueprint Medicines

Regan Sherman
Head of Patient Advocacy
Entrada Therapeutics

Stuart Siedman
Global Head of Patient Advocacy, Rare Disease
CHIESI GROUP

David Spotts
Senior Director, US Brand Lead – Opthalmology Marketing
Apellis

Anna Subrizi
Associate Director, Universal Patient Language
Bristol Myers Squibb

Emma Sutcliffe
Global Patient Officer
Ipsen

Kate Tighe
VP, Head, US Public Affairs and Patient Advocacy – Immunology
Sanofi

Carmen White
Director of Multicultural Participant Experience
Pfizer

Jenee D. Williams
Director, Patient Advocacy Relations
Genentech