Convergence Planning Committee

Meet the 2023 Convergence Planning Committee

A special thank you to the Convergence Planning Committee for making this year’s conference possible.

Committee Leaders

 

Kimberly Belsky
(Chair)

Executive Director, Regulatory Policy and Intelligence and AdPromo
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

Megha  Deviprasad Iyer
(Vice Chair)

Director, Global Strategic Regulatory Affairs
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Jethro Ekuta
(RAPS Board of Directors Representative)

Vice President, Head of Established Products Regulatory & Quality Affairs (RQA)
Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Committee Members

Bassil Akra

Chief Executive Officer,
Akra Team

João Duarte

Director, Business Planning & Operations
Regulatory & Quality Affairs (RQA),
Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Linda McBride

Regulatory and Compliance Consultant, IAA Consulting LLC

Susan Speicher

Director, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Compliance, 
Wolters Kluwer

Jewell Martin

Associate Director, US Regulatory Policy,
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Sonday Kelly

Director, Regulatory Project Management Staff Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Lisa Baumhardt

Sr. Regulatory Affairs Manager of Global AI Strategy,
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara

Niedre Heckman

Director, CMC and Devices/Combination Products, Global Reg. Affairs,
Takeda

Erin Oliver

Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, 
Haleon

Chris Whalley

Director and Head of Global Regulatory Policy & Intelligence,
Seagen

Reddy Kal

Senior Director, Quality and Compliance,
Allergan Inc.

Sabine Haubenreisser

EMA Liaison, Principal Scientific Administrator, Stakeholders and Communication Division, European Medicines Agency

Francis Dekker

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager, 
Thermofisher Scientific

Chin-Wei Soo

Global Regulatory Head, Devices and Combination Products, 
Genentech and Roche

Amra Racic

Sr. Director Global Government Strategy Veeva MedTech,
Veeva Systems Inc.

Sabina Hoekstra-van den Bosch

Regulatory Strategy Principal,
TUV SUD Product Service GmbH