Our mission is to provide education and advocacy for Connecticut’s bioscience and life science communities at the policy level and ensure synergy of action and alignment of state and federal initiatives that have a significant impact on our members.
The Government Affairs Committee is comprised of BioCT board members, industry executives and business advisors including the government relations firm of Rome, Smith & Lutz, which has deep expertise in matters impacting our industry.
Dawn Hocevar
President & CEO
BioCT
Todd Arnold, Ph.D.
Chief Laboratory Operations Officer
Sema4
BioCT Director
Joni Arvai
State Government Affairs
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bill Claffey, J.D.
Partner, Tax Services
Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina
Jennifer Deperry
Alliance Development Manager
Pfizer
Jennifer Herz
State Government Affairs, Regional Director
Boeringer Ingelheim
Ken Hiscoe
Director, US Government Relations/Corporate Affairs
Pfizer
Richard Jacob
Associate Vice President for Federal Relations
Yale University
BioCT Director
Delman Lebel
Director, State Government Affairs and Public Policy
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Katherine Lutz
Partner
Rome, Smith & Lutz
Joseph Oros
Regional Director, State Government Affairs
AbbVie
Leigh Owano
Director, State Government Affairs
Alexion
Lonnie Reed
Former State Representative
Lisa Roy
Director of Government & Community Relations
Jackson Laboratory
Dmitri Siegel
Director, State Government Relation
Celegene
Kelly Sinko Steuber
Director, Governmental Relations for Health Affairs
University of Connecticut
Christopher Smith
Vice President
Rome Smith & Lutz
Karla White
State Government Affairs Manager, East Coast
CSL Behringer
Dawn Hocevar
President & CEO
BioCT