State Policy Committee
2023 State Policy Committee
Dom Argento, Chair
Merck
M. Alexander Shaw
Prolifagen
Daniel Amburn
UCB
Missy Banashak
Incyte
Matthew Barkann
Colliers
Lindsay Bartoleit
Cook Myosite
Lauren Bates-Rowe
Biogen
Brendan Benner
MDMA
Lesa Brackbill
Leukodystrophy Newborn Screening Action Network
Stephen Burn
BIO
T.C. Cawley
KPMG
Michelle Consalvo
Takeda
Loredana Cromarty
Organon
Amy Dempster
Genentech
Bradley Dickerson
iECure
Diana Dickson
Fujirebio Diagnostics
Julie Dietrich
West Chester University
Mary Cushing Doherty
Leukemia-Lymphoma Society
Josh Eisner
Penn State Health
Evan Facher
University of Pittsburgh
David Forde
University of the Sciences
John Garrity
FCA Architects
Donna Greco
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Tony Green
Ben Franklin Partners of SEPA
Dennis Gross
PA Drug Discovery Institute
Arielle Gurwitch
Iovance Biotherapeutics
Ethan Hasbrouck
BMS
Cookab Hashemi
Inovio
John Hawayek
Spark Therapeutics
Shahram Hejazi
BioAdvance
Erin Hermance
Exelixis
Jennifer Hitchon
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
John Hohenwarter
Novartis
Jon Hood
EcoLab
Xiaofang Huang
Emergex Vaccines
Michelle Jacquis
Vertex
Sarah Kan
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Lou Kassa
PA Biotechnology Center of Bucks County
Brian Kennedy
Pittsburgh Technology Council
Roxy Kozyckyi
AdvaMed
Dylan Langley
PIDC
Katheryn Lavriha
Sanofi
Charles Leitgeb
Bayer
Tim Lyden
Eli Lilly
Suzanna Masartis
Community Liver Alliance
Mike Mattoon
Acadia Pharmaceuticals
Cate McCannless
Harmony Biosciences
Tim McNulty
Carnegie Mellon
Matt Meehan
Pfizer
Tim Miley
Gilead
Geoffrey Mock
Lehigh University
Cristina Munoz
Cencora
Katie Nash
University City Science Center
Amy Prentice
AstraZeneca
Aviva Rosenberg
Gaucher Community Alliance
Steve Sandor
Paratek Pharmaceuticals
Asher Schlussberg
The Plymouth Group
Matthew Sharp
The Association of Frontotemporal Degeneration
David Smith
Troutman Pepper
Michael Smith
University of Pennsylvania
Mary Beth Spencer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Meaghan Sprout
Johnson & Johnson
Elizabeth Steele
Wuxi Biologics
Gelvina Stevenson
The Wistar Institute
Tim Sullivan
GSK
Mona Thinavongsa
Smith & Nephew
Karl Uhlendorf
Astellas
Michael Vitali
Emergent Biosolutions
Michele Washko
Life Sciences Greenhouse Investments
Emma Watson
Novocure
Karla White
CSL Behring
David Wilson
Drexel University
Andrew Womack
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