PCF Pharma Congress Features Half-day Sessions on Whistleblowers, Privacy/Cybersecurity, Medical/Commercial, AI in Compliance & Government Pricing

  • A Hybrid Onsite Conference and Internet Event
  • The Leading Forum on Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Ethics and Compliance Issues
  • Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum
  • October 13-16, 2026
  • Washington Hilton, Washington, DC
  • www.PharmaCongress.com

PRESS RELEASE
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FEATURING ON THE AFTERNOON OF TUESDAY 10/13:

WASHINGTON, DC USA -- PHARMA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- SEPTEMBER 3, 2026: The Twenty-Seventh Annual Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Ethics and Compliance Congress sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Compliance Forum (PCF) will be held at the Washington Hilton, Washington, DC on October 13-16, 2026. Attendees may attend either virtually online or in person. Onsite attendees will also enjoy both live and post-conference access to the Congress audio/video archive.


THE 2026 27TH ANNUAL CONGRESS FEATURES
  • New half-day Focused Sessions on the afternoon of Tuesday 10/13
  • Over 50 concurrent mini summits and 15 plenary session presentations
  • The PCF-sponsored, Closed-door, invitation-only CCO Roundtable, last year attended by over 100 CCOs
  • The Industry-only Compliance Best Practices Think Tank hosted by PCF
  • A sold-out exhibit hall featuring many innovative ethics and compliance products, programs and initiatives
  • Numerous professional networking opportunities

FEATURING C-SUITE CONGRESS WELCOME BY

Albert Bourla, DVM, PhD
Chairman & CEO, Pfizer; Former Chair, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA); Former President, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), New York, NY

AND GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Jacob Foster, JD
Acting Chief, Health Care Fraud Unit, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC
Veronika Peleshchuk Fradlin, MPP
Director, Transparency & Data Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Brenna Jenny, JD, MPH
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC

Twyla Mosey, PharmD, RPh
Director, Division of Advertising & Promotion Review, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Mary E. Riordan, JD
Senior Counsel to the Inspector General, HHS Inspector General, Washington, DC

THE ANNUAL ADVAMED, BIO & PHRMA UPDATE BY

John Delacourt, JD
Deputy GC, VP Health, Regulatory & Commercial Operations, BIO; Former Chief Antitrust Counsel, FTC, Washington, DC
Ida Nassar, JD
VP, Assistant General Counsel, Ethics & Compliance, AdvaMed; Former Senior Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, US DEA, Washington, DC
Julie Ritchie Wagner, JD
Assistant General Counsel, PhRMA; Former Senior Counsel, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, US DHHS, Washington, DC

A QUI TAM COUNSEL ROUNDTABLE BY

Mary A. Inman, JD
Partner, Whistleblower Partners; Founding Member & Board Chair, Psst.org; Member of Advisory Board, Whistleblowing Canada Research Society, San Francisco, CA
Linda Severin, JD
Managing Member, Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC; Former Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York, US DPJ, Boston, MA
Gregg Shapiro, JD
Founder, Gregg Shapiro Law, LLC; Former Assistant US Attorney and Chief, Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit, US Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, US DOJ, Boston, MA

ETHICS & COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONALS AND IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

Peter Agnoletto, CPA
Compliance Officer, General Medicines and Consumer Health Care, Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ
Kaoutar Afif
Manager, Ethics & Compliance, Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH
Brian C. Barry, JD
Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Vertex; Former Compliance Officer, US & Canada, EMD Serono, Boston, MA

Allison Benkert, MBA
Sr. Director, Compliance Policies, Training & Investigations, Jazz, Doylestown, PA
Amy Bensten, JD
Head of Investigations for Americas, Ethics & Compliance, Takeda, Cambridge, MA
Ashley Blackwood
Manager, Lifescience Compliance, MiMedx, Marietta, GA

Brent Boeckmann, MBA
Strategic Advisor, Commercial Immunology, Sanofi; Fmr VP, Eli Lilly - Inproteo Affiliate, Boston, MA
Peter Brensilver, JD
Senior Vice President, Chief Global Commercial Compliance & Risk Counsel, Pfizer, New York, NY
Terra Buckley, JD
Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer, Bristol Myers Squibb; Fmr CCO, LivaNova, Summit, NJ

Sri Burra, MBA
Director, US Ethics & Compliance, Organon; Fmr Ethics & Compliance Lead, NA, Haleon, Malvern, PA
Briana Cabrera, MS, CFE
Senior Director, Global Privacy, Medtronic; Fmr Director, Forensic Audit, Covidien, Miami, FL
Robert Carnathan
Senior Manager, Ethics and Compliance Business Partner, Novo Nordisk, New York, NY

Regina Cavaliere, JD
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, VP Regulatory & Compliance, Henry Schein, Melville, NY
Maureen Cawley, JD
Senior Director, Corporate Counsel, Incyte; Fmr Global Agreements Attorney, Merck, Philadelphia, PA
Jessica Constant, MS
Associate Director, Compliance, AstraZeneca; Fmr Global Compliance Business Partner, QIAGEN, Washington, DC

Elizabeth Conti, JD
Senior Legal Counsel, Nestlé Health Science, Arlington, VA
Giulia Del Cane, MS
Head, E&BI Projects & Compliance Officer, Enabling Functions, Global Specialty Care, Sanofi, Boston, MA
Sharon R. Delshad, JD
Senior Director, Legal-Compliance Counsel, Travere Therapeutics, Del Mar, CA

Jason DiPietro
Senior Manager Compliance Analytics & Transparency Compliance, Lundbeck, Lake Zurich, IL
Colleen Doyle, ACFE
Senior Director, Risk Insights, Novo Nordisk; Fmr Senior Director, Compliance, Sage, Plainsboro, NJ
Jennifer Dubas, JD
CCO, Jazz; Fmr SVP & CCO, Concore; Fmr SVP & CCO, AmerisourceBergen, Ambler, PA

Katherine Dyson, JD
Head of US Compliance, Alexion; Fmr Head of Assurance, Alexion, AstraZeneca, Boston, MS
Kevin Espinoza, MBA
Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer, Indivior; Fmr CCO, Kaleo; Fmr SVP, Boston Scientific, Richmond, VA
Patrice Ettinger, JD, CIPP/US
VP, CPO, Regeneron; Fmr CPO, Pfizer; Fmr CPO, Avon, New York, NY

Yelena Ferreira, JD
Assistant GC & Head of Compliance, Pharmacosmos; Fmr Senior Director, AGC, Pacira, Morristown, NJ
Susana Franco, MBA
Director, Field Compliance, Lundbeck; Fmr Director, Compliance Operations, Orthofix, Dallas, TX
Rawan Fusisi
Head, Transparency and Third Party Compliance, Indivior; Fmr Transparency and Analytics Manager, Stryker, Washington, DC

Julian Gabbard, JD
Associate GC, Meso Scale; Fmr Head of Legal & Compliance, Kolon; Fmr Sr. Director, Arcellx, Washington, DC
Naveen Ganesh, MA, JD
VP, Global Head of Investigations, Takeda; Fmr Head of Investigations, North America & Global Specialty Care, Sanofi, Boston, MA
Jeanille Gatta, MA
Director, Compliance Business Partner, AstraZeneca, North America, Philadelphia, PA

Edmund Greenidge JD, LLM, CCEP
Senior Director, Compliance, Summit; Fmr R&D Ethics & Compliance Lead, Takeda, Menlo Park, CA
Lindsey LaMoria Gavin
Senior Director, Deputy Compliance Officer, Lundbeck; Fmr Compliance Director, Meetings & Events International, Deerfield, IL
Jim Gibney
Vice President, Global Compliance Operations, Regeneron; Fmr Director, Worldwide Programs, Pfizer, Ridgewood, NJ

Jillian A. Gillespie, MBA
Sr. Director, Compliance, Medical & Medical Affairs, Pfizer; Fmr Director, Compliance Business Partner, Seagen, Chicago, IL
Betania Glorio, JD
SVP & CCO, Avidity; Fmr CCO & Head, Group Compliance & Data Privacy, EMD Serono, Boston, MA
Kate Godfrey, JD, CCEP
SVP, Global Chief Compliance Officer, Karl Storz North America, El Segundo, CA

Kimberly Gold, JD
CPO & Senior AGC, Privacy Law, Genentech; Fmr Privacy Secondee, Pfizer, San Francisco, CA
Michele Guerino, MS
Executive Director, Ethics and Compliance Officer, Merck; Fmr Senior Regional Business Director, Cubist, Hopewell, NJ
Tracey Hannon, JD
Director, Compliance Business Partner, Alexion; Fmr Compliance Counsel, Ionis, Boston, MA

Kathryn Harris, JD
Head, US Compliance, Galderma; Fmr Senior Director, Global Compliance, Emergent, Boston, MA
Laura E. Heyduk
Vice President, Head of Global Compliance, KalVista; Fmr Head, US Compliance, Biogen; Fmr Compliance Director, Insulet, Cambridge, MA
Stefanie L. Hill, JD
Senior Director, Global Ethics & Compliance, Emergent; Fmr Senior Compliance Counsel, Prolacta, Gaithersburg, MD

Tom Hiney, JD
Head, Digital Ethics, US Business Unit, Takeda; Fmr Privacy Counsel, Blueprint, Boston, MA
Marla Izbicky, JD
Senior Director, Senior Corporate Counsel, Harmony Biosciences, Chicago, IL
Tahvia Jenkins, JD, CIPPUS
US Privacy Officer & Counsel, Sanofi; Fmr Assistant Counsel, University of California, Cambridge, MA

Kathy Johnson, JD
Vice President, Commercial and Development Legal, Vertex; Fmr, US Legal Counsel Consultant, Takeda, Boston, MA
Melissa (Missy) Kaschak, MS, CPA, CFE, CISA
GRC Operations, Olympus Corporations of the Americas, Center Valley, PA
Abe Kassis, MBA, PhD
Global Head Compliance & Legal, Bausch + Lomb; Fmr Global Compliance Director, Takeda, New York, NY

Geeta Kaveti, MHA, JD
CCO & US General Counsel, Nyxoah; Fmr VP, Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Nevro, Vernon Hills, IL
Jeffrey Kawalek, MBA
Chief Compliance Officer, Zambon US; Fmr Deputy CCO US, Jazz; Fmr Board Chair, PCF, New York, NY
Peggy Kruk, HMCC
Compliance Manager, MiMedX; Fmr Director, Compliance, Program Services, Vaniam Group, Dallas, GA

Cheryl Lee, MBA, CHC
Head of Compliance, Cycle; Fmr VP, ESG Strategy & Execution, BMS; Fmr VP, Compliance Worldwide, Celgene, New York, NY
Peter Lee, JD, LLM
Chief Compliance Officer, Kura Oncology; Fmr CCO, Mirati Therapeutics; Fmr CCO, Heron Therapeutics, San Diego, CA
Aaron Lewis, MBA
Director, Legal & Compliance, Cordis; Fmr Director, Compliance Insights, Cardinal Health, Miami Lakes, FL

Melissa T. Lozner, JD
Senior VP, CCO, Regeneron; Fmr CCO, Rafael Holdings; Fmr VP, Ethics, Novartis, Tarrytown, NY
Christian Malias, MBA
Assoc. Director, Compliance Program, Insmed; Fmr Assoc. Director Compliance, Sage, Pittsburgh, PA
Danielle Manner, JD
Chief Privacy Officer and Senior, Associate General Counsel, Gilead; Fmr Senior Privacy Counsel, Pfizer, Chicago, IL

Aaron P. Mastery, CPA
Senior Director, Compliance Operations, Mighty; Fmr Director, Compliance Auditing & Monitoring, Idorsia, Wilmington, DE
Rosemary McKenna, JD
Executive Director, Regulatory Legal, Organon; Fmr Director, Regulatory-Legal, Merck, Philadelphia, PA
Nick Merker, JD
Vice Preesident, Assistant General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer & Head of Digital Legal Office, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN

Fabiana Morette-Lattea, LLM, LLB
Global Compliance Program Lead, Telix; Fmr Associate Director, Compliance, Merck, Fishers, IN
Michael Morgan, MBA, CCEP
Global Compliance Officer, Telix; Fmr Ethics and Compliance Officer-North America, Corteva, Indianapolis, IN
Michelle Murphy
Executive Director, Compliance, Regeneron; Former Consultant, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, New York, NY

Meghan Naas, MA
Corporate Compliance Officer, Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics; Fmr Head of Corporate Compliance, Adaptimmune, Waltham, MA
Eric Ortman, MBA
Senior Director, Legal Operations Compliance, 4D Molecular; Fmr Senior Director, Legal Operations, BeiGene, Walnut Creek, CA
Alison Page, JD
Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer, New York, NY

Al Park
Senior Compliance Officer, Global Monitoring & Auditing, Jazz; Fmr Global Program Effectiveness, Amgen, Phoenix, AZ
Sandra Park, JD
Senior VP, Legal & CCO, Vera; Fmr GC & CCO, IDEOlogy Health; Fmr VP, Commercial Legal, Kite, Brisbane, CA
Samantha Brabant Philis
Director, E&C Policy, Training & Business Operations, Jazz; Fmr Sr Manager, Office of Ethics & Compliance, Medline Industries, Chicago, IL

Joan Podleski, CCEP, CHPC, CHRC, CHC
VP & CPO, Children's Health System of Texas; Fmr Director, Compliance Program, Duke, Dallas, TX
Lauren Ann Pond, JD
Assistant General Counsel, BridgeBio; Fmr Commercial Counsel, Biogen; Fmr Counsel, Takeda, Palo Alto, CA
Hannah Putnam, MHA
Head of Ethics & Compliance Operations, Oncology, Takeda; Fmr Senior Director, Ethics & Compliance, Veloxis, Cambridge, MA

Ariadna Quesada, MSJ
VP, Compliance, Global Compliance & Privacy, ZOLL; Fmr Compliance Director, Europe & MEATI, Hillrom, Madrid, Spain
Omar Richardson, MBA
Executive Director, Compliance, Shionogi; Fmr Compliance Officer, Grünenthal, New York, NY
Roberta Rima, MS
VP, Global Compliance Audit, Monitoring & Analytics, Zimmer Biomet; Fmr Sr Director, Gilead, San Francisco, CA

Megan Roberts, CPA, MS
Head, Integrity & Compliance, Par Health; Fmr Senior Director, Integrity, Mallinckrodt, St. Louis, MO
Jaya Saigal
Senior Director, C&E Policy, Education, Communications, Culture of Integrity and Ombuds, BMS, Princeton, NJ
Danielle Santiago, JD
Director, Legal Affairs, Otsuka; Corporate Secretary, Sozosei; President, Healthcare Businesswomen's Association, Miami Chapter, Miami, FL

Monica Schroeter, CPA, CISA
VP, Head of Compliance, F2G; Fmr Head of Compliance Operations & Risk, LivaNova; Goshen, NY
Christian Scognamillo, JD
Associate GC, US Market Access & Pricing, Abbvie; Fmr Senior Corporate Counsel, Market Access, Exelixis, San Francisco, CA
Alexis Shaw
VP, Head of Healthcare Compliance, Paratek; Fmr Global Compliance Investigations, Boston Scientific, King of Prussia, PA

R. Brett Short, CHC, CHPC, CHRC
CCO & CPO, University of Kentucky; Past Chair, Health Care Compliance Association, Lexington, KY
Jesse Siegel, JD
Head of Business Ethics, Americas, Ipsen; Fmr Senior Counsel, Neurology & Immunology, EMD Serono, Cambridge, MA
Matthew Stasiunas
RAMP & Project Management Lead, Indivior; Fmr Senior Specialist, Integrity & Compliance, Kaléo, Richmond, VA

Ronald Strauss, CIPM
Vice President Compliance, MiMedx; Fmr Sales Leader, Eli Lilly Specialty, Marietta, GA
Kelly J. Tope, JD, MBA
Head, Ethics & Business Integrity Governance, Sanofi; Fmr Head, USBU Ethics & Compliance, Takeda, Boston, MA
Emily Treanor, JD
Head of Global Investigations, Alnylam; Fmr Senior Legal Counsel, Global Compliance, Hess, Washington, DC

Natasha Trifun, JD
Head of Enterprise Compliance & Risk and Privacy, AstraZeneca; Fmr Corporate Counsel, Brazil Compliance Officer, Pfizer, Boston, MA
Akosua Tuffour, JD
Corporate Counsel, U.S. General Medicines, Sanofi, Washington, DC
Betsy Wade, MPH
Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer, Signature Healthcare; Board & Treasurer, Health Care Compliance Association, Louisville, KY

THE HILTON DISCOUNTED GUEST ROOMS ARE SOLD OUT ON 10/14 & 10/15. OVERFLOW HOTELS AVAILABLE.
Click here for Overflow Hotel information.

INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP REGISTRATION
Register by Sep. 18 for Early Bird
Click here to register individuals or groups.

UPDATED AGENDA
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SPONSORED BY


PRODUCED BY


PCF BOARD

Donna White, CCEP
Vice President and Compliance Officer, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Americas Region (Board Chair)


Christie Camelio
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Insmed


Jill Dailey, JD
Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Oncology, Menarini Stemline


Anisa Dhalla
Vice President, Global Head, Ethics and Business Integrity, UCB


Daryl Kreml, JD
Head of Ethics & Compliance, Global Oncology, Takeda


Melissa T. Lozner, JD
Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Regeneron

MEDICAL DEVICE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Sujata Dayal, JD
Independent Board Director, Emergent BioSolutions; Senior Advisor


JJ Kuhn, JD
Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Solventum


Mona Peterson Rosow, JD, MPH
Vice President, Global Risk, Ethics & Compliance Officer, Mozarc Medical


Tara Shewchuk, JD, LLM
Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy, Integrity & Compliance Officer, Medtronic


Daniel Spicehandler, JD
Vice President Compliance, Commercial Divisions, Stryker

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TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS
The Pharma & Medical Device Congress is now offering a limited number of partial and full Tuition Scholarships to qualifying representatives of government, consumer advocate organizations, academics, students, representatives of health services research organizations, and those in employment transition.

Achsah Warren, MSJ
Vice President Compliance, Sumitomo; Fmr Vice President Compliance, Urovant; Fmr Senior Compliance Manager, Allergan, Irvine, CA
Kelly Willenberg, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Kelly Willenberg & Assocs.; Board & Second Vice Chair, Health Care Compliance Association, Greenville, SC
Elizabeth Weiss, JD
VP, Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Invivyd; Fmr Head of Compliance for Americas & EMEA, Lupin; Fmr Assistant GC, Pfizer, Livingston, NJ
Amy Wilson, MBA, MSJ
VP & CCO, Esperion; Fmr Head of US Compliance, MorphoSys; Fmr Director, Enterprise Compliance, Alexion, Boston, MA
Suki Wiltman
Vice President, Global Ethics & Compliance, Ipsen; Fmr Business Partner, Governance, Ethics & Compliance, GSK, Toronto, Canada

Katie Winson, MS
Director, Ethics & Compliance Business Partner, Jazz; Fmr Senior Manager, Monitoring, US & Global Compliance, Celgene, Carlsbad, CA
Stacy E. Yeung, JD
VP & GC, SELLAS; Fmr Assistant General Counsel, Arena Pharma; Fmr Deputy General Counsel, DBV Technologies, New York, NY
Olga Zinavenka, CPA, MBA
Head of Compliance Operations, Keenova; Fmr Executive Director, Head of Compliance Operations, Endo, Paoli, PA

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