2023 Planning Committee

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RAPS Convergence 2023 Planning Committee

We would like to recognize and thank the RAPS Convergence Planning Committee for their leadership and thoughtful contributions towards the development of RAPS Convergence 2023 in Montréal, QC. This year's event promises an outstanding line up of dynamic speakers and thought-provoking sessions that cover all facets of the regulatory industry.

Committee Leaders


Chair: Kimberly Belsky Regulatory Policy & Intelligence and AdPromo, Regulatory Affairs	Vice Chair: Megha Deviprasad Iyer Director, Global Strategic Regulatory Affairs at Thermo Fisher Scientific	RAPS BOD Representative: Jethro Ekuta Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs at Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Committee Members


Bassil Akra Chief Executive Officerm at AKRA Team	Lisa Baumhardt Sr. Regulatory Affairs Manager of Global AI Strategy at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.	Francis Dekker Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific

João Duarte Director, Business Planning & Operations Regulatory & Quality Affairs (RQA) at Alexion Pharmaceuticals	Niedre Heckman Director, CMC and Devices/Combination Products, Global Reg. Affairs at Takeda	Sabina Hoekstra-van den Bosch Regulatory Strategy Principal at TUV SUD Product Service GmbH

Reddy Kal Senior Director, Quality and Compliance at Allergan Inc.	Jewell Martin Associate Director, US Regulatory Policy at BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.	Linda McBride Regulatory and Compliance Consultant at IAA Consulting LLC

Erin Oliver Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs at Haleon	Amra Racic Sr. Director Global Government Strategy at Veeva MedTech Veeva Systems Inc.	Chin-Wei Soo Global Regulatory Head, Devices and Combination Products at Genentech and Roche

Susan Speicher Director, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Compliance at Wolters Kluwer	Chris Whalley Director and Head of Global Regulatory Policy & Intelligence at Seagen

Health Authority Liaisons


EMA Liaison: Sabine Haubenreisser Principal Scientific Administrator, Stakeholders and Communication Division at European Medicines Agency	FDA Liason: Sonday Kelly Director, Regulatory Project Management Staff Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at U.S. Food and Drug Administration