Meet Our Founders

We acknowledge and thank the members of our founding Steering Committee for their initiative, foresight, and support: ​

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Stephanie Donahue (Head of Global Patent Litigation, Sanofi)

Gloria Fuentes (Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Bristol Myers Squibb)

Christine Hansen (Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP)

Cynthia Hardman (Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)

Averie Hason (Assistant General Counsel, Seagate Technology)

Julie Heaney (Administrative Patent Judge, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office)

Hon. Faith Hochberg (U.S.D.J., retired) (Mediation, Arbitration, Special Master) 

Lisa Jakob (Corporate IP and Litigation Counsel, Merck)

Collen Tracey James (Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel)

Dana Lau (Executive Director, IP Portfolio Development, Regeneron)

Kathryn Lutomski (Assistant General Counsel, Patents, GlaxoSmithKline) (retired)

Lydia McNally (Novartis) (retired)

Stephanie Monaco (General Counsel and Head of Regulatory Affairs, Kindeva Drug Delivery)

Mary Morry (Counsel, Merck)

Ryann Muir (Associate General Counsel, IP, Gilead Sciences)

Hon. Maryellen Noreika (U.S.D.J.)

Maria Pasquale (Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Incyte Corp.) (retired)

Lisa Pensabene (Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP)

Jennifer Reda (Assistant General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson)

Eberle Schultz (Sr. Counsel, Allen & Overy)

Karen Stoffan Moreira (Director, IP Litigation, Merck)

Claire Vasios (Vice President, Intellectual Property, Alkermes)

Naomi Waltman (Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Paramount Global)

Kathleen Williams (Partner, Nutter)