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ISPE Announces the 2023–2024 Board and Honor Award Winners

Marcy Sanford
ISPE Announces the 2023–2024 Board and Honor Award Winners

As part of the 2023 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo, the 2023–2024 ISPE International Board of Directors was introduced and the gavel was passed to a new Chair on 16 October 2023 during the 2023 ISPE Membership Meeting and Awards Lunch in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Changes to the Board

Incoming Chair Scott W. Billman, Vice President of Engineering for Pharmaceutical Services at Thermo Fisher Scientific, began his year as Chair. Outgoing Chair Michael L. Rutherford, Executive Director of Computer Systems Quality and Data Integrity at Syneos Health, moves into the Past Chair position of the International Board’s officers.

The Membership Meeting included presentations by Rutherford, Billman, and Thomas Hartman, ISPE President and CEO, as well as reports on the financial health of ISPE and an update on the ISPE Foundation.

Sharing that ISPE was in a strong position for growth, Rutherford gave an overview of ISPE’s accomplishments in 2023, which include a new website that allows members to more easily access their benefits, increased engagement with emerging leaders, the formation of a new student grant program, the implementation of the 2023–2025 Strategic Plan, and continued execution of One ISPE.


ISPE Announces the 2023–2024 Board and Honor Award Winners
ISPE Board of Directors Immediate Past Chair Michael L. Rutherford (right) passes the gavel to incoming Chair Scott W. Billman.
ISPE Announces the 2023–2024 Board and Honor Award Winners
Liz M. Dooley, Zen-Zen Yen, Hirofumi Suzuki, Norman A. Goldschmidt, Michael Martin, David Churchward, Jeffrey A. Biskup, Ylva Ek, Scott W. Billman, Teresa Minero, Jörg Zimmermann, Vivianne J. Arencibia, Michael L. Rutherford, Georg Singewald, and Thomas B. Hartman

ISPE membership has increased nearly 30% from mid-2020. ISPE now has more than 21,000 members in over 120 countries.

“The goal of One ISPE is to make sure that we are connecting with all the affiliates and chapters. In 2023 we added our 40th chapter—the Southwest Chapter, who are hosting this event.” Rutherford also thanked outgoing board members Jörg Zimmermann, Vice President of Vetter Development Service and External Affairs at Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG, and Zen-Zen Yen, Head of Engineering at Bayer AG, for their contributions as they step off the board.

Hartman welcomed attendees to the Membership Meeting and spoke about the ways ISPE members are helping shape the future of the pharmaceutical industry: “All of our accomplishments are thanks to you.”

“ISPE membership has increased nearly 30% from mid-2020. ISPE now has more than 21,000 members in over 120 countries and our goal is to have 25,000 by 2025. This year we increased the number of Communities of Practice (CoPs) from 19 to 22 and we have plans to create an additional three, focusing on artificial intelligence, sustainability, and pharma compounding.”

“We have increased the number of guidance documents we publish. Conference attendance is increasing in numbers when compared to pre-pandemic levels. We have a very active, productive, and industry-relevant regulatory steering council. It is all thanks to you, our subject matter experts. You are the lifeblood of ISPE,” said Hartman.

Billman introduced the 2023–2024 board and presented ISPE’s goals for 2024. “Looking ahead, we want to engage more students and emerging leaders, expand our global reach through engagement and inclusion, continue to drive technical innovation through CoPs, and continue to have more interaction with global regulatory experts. We are committed to continue to evolve and grow ISPE, deliver value to our members, and celebrate the successes of our industry.”


THE 2023–2024 INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Scott W. Billman
Senior Vice President Global Engineering, Technology, & Facilities
Solventum
Chair
Jeffrey A. Biskup, PE
Executive Chairman of the Board
CRB
Vice Chair
Vivianne J. Arencibia
Vice President, Global Quality Systems and Compliance
Moderna
Treasurer
Ylva Ek
Founder
Robur Life Science Advisory AB
Secretary
Michael Rutherford
Principal, Computer Systems Quality & Data Integrity
Rutherford Consulting, LLC
Immediate Past Chair
Thomas B. Hartman
President and CEO
ISPE
Ex Officio Non-voting Member

Directors

Nina S. Cauchon, PhD
Director Regulatory Affairs - CMC
Amgen Inc.
David Churchward
Head of Operations Quality, Compliance and External Affairs
AstraZeneca
Liz M. Dooley, MSc
Senior Director, Global Engineering & Technology
Johnson & Johnson
Norman Goldschmidt
President
Genesis AEC
Sarah C. Pope Miksinski, PhD
Executive Director, CMC Regulatory Affairs
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Teresa Minero
Founder & CEO
LifeBee - Digitalizing Life Sciences
Georg Singewald
Global Head of Quality & Compliance
Roche / Genentech
Hirofumi Suzuki, PhD
Regulatory Affairs CH Japan, Manager
Bayer Yakuhin Ltd.
Timothy J.N. Watson, PhD
Vice President – Head of CMC Regulatory Affairs
Gilead Sciences

Ex Officio

Monique L. Sprueill, PMP
Director, GCP Quality Lead
Bristol Myers Squibb
Emerging Leader Representative (Non-voting)

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

The 2023 ISPE Honor Awards were distributed to recipients by Hartman, Rutherford, and Billman.

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

2022 ISPE Roger F. Sherwood Article of the Year Award

“Supporting Cell and Gene Therapy through Multimodal and Flexible Facilities” (November/December 2022)

Authors

  • Stephen Judd, Arcadis DPS Group
  • William G. Whitford, DPS Group (pictured)

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

2023 ISPE International Emerging Leader Hackathon Winning Team

Hack O’ Lantern

Team members

  • Alma Navarro Carmona, Operations Rotation Development Program Analyst II from Genentech
  • Christian Harper, Regional Sales from Stilmas Americas
  • Saurav Jain, chemical engineering student from North Carolina State University
  • Evangeline Colarossi Keiss, Formulation Scientist II from Tolmar Inc.
  • Isabella Tobin, pharmacy student from Purdue University
  • Anna Sun, Process Simulation Engineer from CRB
  • Filipp Voronov, QC Chemistry I from Fujifilm Diosynth Biotech
  • 2023 Company of the Year Award

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

2023 Company of the Year Award

Roche

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

2023 ISPE Affiliate and Chapter Excellence Award

Ireland Affiliate

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

2023 ISPE Committee of the Year

Advancing Pharmaceutical Quality (APQ) Initiative Team

 

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

2023 ISPE Max Seales Yonker Member of the Year Award

Diane L. Hustead

Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs

Merck & Co Inc.

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

2023 ISPE Richard B. Purdy Distinguished Achievement Award

Lorrie L. Vuolo-Schuessler

GAMP Americas Steering Committee

Retired, GSK and Syneos Health

 

2023 INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARDS

2023 ISPE Joseph X. Phillips Professional Achievement Award

Frances M. Zipp

President and CEO

Lachman Consultant Services

 

2023 ISPE Facility of the Year Award

Genentech South San Francisco Clinical Supply Center