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This year's speakers are renowned experts, industry leaders, and visionaries who embody the spirit that anything is possible.

They will help you recognize the unique, valuable assets you bring to the causes of gender and health equity, so that you can create new possibilities for yourself, your company, and our industry — starting today.

More speakers to be announced!

Peter Anastasiou

2019 HBA Honorable Mentor, and CEO

Capsida Biotherapeutics

Marsha Anderson

Marsha Anderson

Senior Director, Global Head

Gender Parity Collaborative

Janet Barker Evans

Janet Barker-Evans

EVP, Chief Creative Officer

AbelsonTaylor

HBA Annual Conference

Rose-Ann Blenman-Abange, PhD, CPM

Senior Director, Head of EDDS Portfolio Strategy and Integration

Johnson & Johnson

Theresa Britt-Eckstein, MA

Executive Director, Marketing and Sales Operations

Otsuka

Sharon Callahan

2019 HBA Woman of the Year, and Executive Coach

What's Possible, Inc.

SusanChilds

Principal Managing Partner - Strategic Workforce and Business Dynamics

LCA Enterprises Limited

Rochelle Cooper

CEO

Cooper Management Consulting, LLC

Kelly Copes-Anderson

Kelly Copes-Anderson

VP and Global Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Eli Lilly

Carla Daily

Global PBRG Lead, BMS Network of Women

Bristol Myers Squibb

Heather Dean

SVP, Hematology Franchise Head

Takeda

Karen Dindial

Co-Founder and Executive Partner

DKI Health

2023 HBA Honorable MentorJag Dosanjh

2023 HBA Honorable Mentor Jag Dosanjh

SVP, AbbVie, and President, Neuroscience and Eye Care

AbbVie

Roberta Duncan

VP, mRNA Program

CSL

Debbie Dyson

CEO

OneTen

SVP, Medical Specialties Business Unit

Astellas

Janet Franklin, MD, MPH

VP, Global Development Biosimilars

Amgen

Archana Gilravi

Archana Gilravi

SVP, Strategy, Programs, and Partnerships

Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation

Kimberley Goode

Kimberley Goode

Chief Communications and Social Impact Officer

BMO Financial Group

Vicki Guida

COO

Atlas

Rashmi Gupta

Senior Director, Sales - Global Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

Microsoft

Carla Harris HBA

Senior Client Advisor

Morgan Stanley

Mike Huckman HBA

Global Practice Leader, Executive Communications

Real Chemistry

Cynthia Isaac, PhD

Managing Director, Head, Corporate Communications Practice

Syneos Health

NamiJagtiani

Nami (Nameeta) Jagtiani

CEO/Founder

The Mind Quotient LLC

Sharlene Jenner

Sharlene Jenner

VP, Engagement Strategy

AbelsonTaylor

Otis Johnson

Otis Johnson, PhD, MPa

HBA Advisory Board Member, and Principal Consultant

Trial Equity

Brad Johnson

W. Brad Johnson, PhD

Professor, U.S. Naval Academy, and Faculty Associate

Johns Hopkins University

EVP, Global Inclusion and Health Equity

Real Chemistry

Nikki Jones

Chief People and DEI Officer

HBA

Senior Director, Global Commercial Strategy and Operations, Immunology

Sanofi

Keri Kelly

Wellness Coach and Consultant

Dahlia + Agency

CEO and Founder

100% Capacity

Managing Partner / Group President

Calcium + Company

Cheryl Lubbert

CEO

Reverba

Rajvir Madam

SVP and Chief Digital and Information Technology Officer

Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Allison Marshall

Group Director, Integrated Intelligence

Real Chemistry

Sherlonda Martin

Global Head, DE&I (GMSGQ)

Takeda

Tonyka McKinney

Tonyka McKinney, DrPH, MPH

VP, Health Equity and Justice

Real Chemistry

Lindsay Merkle

VP, Client Development and Experience

GoodRx

Jennifer Negron

Jennifer Negron

Executive Director, Corporate Services, and Tampa Capability Center Site Lead/Global Chair WE2

Amgen

VP, Engineering

Syneos Health

Executive Director, Head of Regional Market Access - US

Amgen

Juanita Oh

National Senior Director, Women’s Health and Wellness Innovation and Strategic Accounts

Astellas

Jimi Okubanjo HBA Annual Conference

Producer & Director

Arise Firebird

Charlotte Owens

SVP, Head of Medical Affairs and Outcomes Research

Organon

Linn Parish

Head of Health Equity Alliances and Partnership

Takeda

Director, Investor Relations Analytics

Bristol Myers Squibb

Estelle Paysinger

Estelle Paysinger-Hill

Director, Nonclinical Project Management

Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.

Bob Pearson

Founder and Chair

The Next Practices Group, The Bliss Group, The Next Solutions Group

Tracy Picon

Global Learning Officer, Health and Life Sciences

Microsoft

Myrtle Potter

2000 HBA Woman of the Year Myrtle Potter

President and CEO

Sumitomo Pharma America

Caitlin Purinai

Senior Director, HR Business Partner

Syneos

Global Head, Global Public Health and Social Impact

Johnson & Johnson

Susan Robertson

Susan Robertson

CEO

Sharpen Innovation

Perika Sampson

Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Strategist

Sampson Dearborn Consulting

Senior Director, Analytics and AI

IQVIA

Sema Sgaier

CEO and Co-Founder

Surgo Health

Gigi HBA

District Sales Manager

AstraZeneca

Christi Shaw HBA

2023 HBA Woman of the Year Christi Shaw

Former CEO, Kite Pharma, Life Sciences Leader, Patient Advocate, and Co-Founder

More Moments More Memories Foundation

US Sustainability and Equity Senior Manager

Deloitte

Head of Health Equity, Customer Engagement

Genentech

David Smith

David Smith, PhD

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business

Michelle Speller-Thurman

VP, Head, Legal Mergers and Acquisitions and Licensing

Organon

Mary Stutts

CEO

HBA

Kristen Vargas

VP, Retail Operations

Walgreens

Kristen Von Seggern

VP, Strategic Programs, Supply Chain, and Operations

Johnson & Johnson

Celeste Warren

VP, Global Diversity and Inclusion Center of Excellence

Merck

Wendy White

2022 HBA STAR, and Board Member

CEEK Women's Health

US Consulting Managing Director

Deloitte

Shelley Zalis

Founder and CEO

The Female Quotient