
SPEAKERS AT-A-GLANCE
Co-Chairs:
![]() Neil McCullough, PhD, MSc |
…………. | ![]() Christopher Hilton |
Keynote:
![]() Lucien Engelen |
Presenters & Panelists:

Imogen Cheese
European Director, Business Development
Imperial Clinical Research Support

Evjatar (Evi) Cohen
Vice President, Global Life Sciences - Pharma/Biotech & Medical Devices
Appian Corporation

Nona Dokuzova
Head of Global Quality Compliance, Biopharma, Global Research & Development Quality (RDQ)
Merck KGaA (EMD Serono)

Patty J. Donnelly, PhD
Vice President, Research and Development Quality
Eli Lilly and Company

Ken Getz
Director, Sponsored Research Programs, Associate Professor
Tufts CSDD, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jeffrey S. Kasher, PhD
Executive Chair, Avoca Quality Consortium
The Avoca Group

Mitchell Katz, PhD
Vice President, Development Operations
Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Tanja Keiper
Director, GCO External Innovation/Clinical Applications & Innovation
Merck KGaA (EMD Serono)

Rose Kidd
Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Operations
ICON

Jim Kremidas
Executive Director
The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)

Jim Lane
Chief Business Officer
Longboat

Patricia Leuchten
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
The Avoca Group

Karen Lojeski, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Virtual Distance International

Crissy MacDonald, PhD
Executive Director, Client Delivery, Avoca Quality Consortium
The Avoca Group

Irene Catherine Michas, BA, MSc, PhD
Senior Consultant
The Avoca Group

Sue Murray
Vice President, Head of Quality
Agios Pharmaceuticals

Merrick Rosenberg
Chief Executive Officer
Take Flight Learning

Jonathan Rowe, PhD, MS, MA
Executive Director, Head of Clinical Development Quality Performance and Risk Management
Pfizer

Dennis Salotti
Chief Operating Officer
The Avoca Group

Steve Whittaker
Executive Director, Avoca Quality Consortium
The Avoca Group