Advocating for policies that grow our state’s life science industry.

In this fast-moving industry, BioCT keeps policy makers and influencers abreast of the latest developments and changing needs of the life science community.

Government Affairs Committee

The Government Affairs Committee is comprised of BioCT board members, industry executives and business advisors including the government relations firm of Rome, Smith, Lutz & Kowalski, which has deep expertise in matters impacting our industry.

LEADERSHIP

Jodie Gillon,
President & CEO,
BioCT 

Christopher Smith,
Partner,
Rome, Smith, Lutz & Kowalski

John Harkins,
Vice President,
Rome, Smith, Lutz & Kowalski

government affairs committee

Robert Anderson,
VP, Corporate Affairs,
Boehringer Ingelheim

Martha Auster,
Regional Director, Government Affairs
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Joni Arvai,
Senior Manager, State Government Affairs,
Bristol Myers Squibb

Lucija Barisic,
Director of Operations,
Bexorg

Geoffrey Becker,
Government Affairs Program Director, US State Government Affairs,
Medtronic

Kathy Bilotas,
Director of State Government Affairs,
Eli Lilly

Ranjit Bindra, MD, PhD,
Yale School of Medicine

Stephen Bloch, MD,
CEO and Founder,
EvolveImmune

Stephen Burm,
Director, State Government Affairs, Northeast Region,
BIO

Bill Claffey, Esq,
Partner, Tax Services,
Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina

Laura Ekas, PhD,
SVP, Head of Corporate & Commercial Strategy,
Rallybio

Ken Hiscoe,
Government Relations Director,
Pfizer

Katrina Iserman,
Director, Corporate & State Government Affairs
AstraZeneca

Jillian Jackson,
Associate Director for State Government Relations,
Yale University

Rich Jacob,
Associate VP for Federal and State Relations,
Yale University

Joe Kocinsky, 
Executive VP, Technical Operations,
Mannkind

Kathryn Lavriha, 
Director, State Government Relations,
Sanofi

Joann Lombardo,
Senior Director, Government Relations,
UCONN

Matthew O’Donnell, JD,
Senior Director, State Government Affairs,
Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Joseph Oros,
Director, State Government Affairs,
AbbVie

Jack Quinn, JD,
Head, State Government Affairs,
Regneron

Sandra Ribeiro,
Director, State Government Affairs,
GSK

Brian Rosen,
Director, State Government Affairs, East,
Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Lisa Roy,
Director of Government & Community Relations,
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

Marie Schweitzer, JD,
Director, Government Relations For Health Affairs,
UCONN

Dmitri Siegel,
Director, Alliance Development,
Bristol Myers Squibb

Laura Srebnik,
Associate Director, State Government Affairs-East,
BioMarin

Valerie Volpe,
Federal Liaison,
Regeneron

Karla White,
State Government Affairs Manager, East Coast,
CSL Behring