2022 Distinguished Speaker Faculty
Co-Chairs
Uttam Dhillon
Chair, Regulatory Defense, Compliance & White-Collar Practice Group
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
(Former Acting Administrator, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)
Dayle Elieson
Principal
Dayle Elieson PLLC
(Former Chief Counsel, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)
Keynote Speakers
Eric Triana
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Office of Diversion Operations, Diversion Control Division
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Amanda Liskamm
Principal Deputy Director, Consumer Protection Branch
U.S. Department of Justice
Dominic Chiapperino, Ph.D.
Director, Controlled Substances Staff
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Government
Scott B. Dahlquist
Trial Attorney | Opioid Coordinator
Consumer Protection Branch (CPB)
U.S. Department of Justice
Lindsay Saxe Griffin
Assistant United States Attorney Affirmative Civil Enforcement Coordinator
United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida
Monica Hanna
Special Counsel
New York State Office of the Attorney General
Elliot M. Schachner
Assistant U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York
Dwayne Jeffcoat
DEA Diversion Investigator
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Jay Baez
Legislative Director
New York State Senate
Joshua Vinciguerra, JD
Director, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
New York State Department of Health
In-House Leadership, In-House Counsel, Consultants, and Law Firms
Nathan Beaver
Partner
Foley and Lardner LLP
Jason Bologna
Shareholder
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Michele Buenafe
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Charrai Byrd, PharmD, MBA, RPh
Pharmacy Operations Manager - Controlled Substances
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Ronald W. Chapman II
Shareholder
Chapman Law Group
Kimberly Chew
Senior Counsel, Co-leader of Psychedelics and Emerging Therapies Practice Group
Husch Blackwell LLP
Roger Cohen
Life Sciences Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP
Corey Cox
Senior Counsel
Columbia Care
Shannon Cox
Counsel
King & Spalding LLP
Hunter G. DeKoninck
Practice Group Attorney
Quarles & Brady LLP
Delia Ann Deschaine
Partner
Epstein Becker Green
Tom Firestone
Partner & Co-Chair, White Collar & Internal Investigations
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Todd A. Harrison
Partner
Venable LLP
Jonathan A. Havens
Partner & Co-Chair, Cannabis Law; Co-Chair, Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
Derrelle M. Janey
Managing Partner
The Janey Law Firm
Michael Labson
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
Andrew O’Connor
Partner | Co-Iead, Health Care & Life Sciences Industry Group
Ropes & Gray LLP
Karla L. Palmer
Director
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC
Jackie von Salm, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Psilera
Quinn Shean
Strategic Advisor
Tusk Venture Partners
State Policy Advisor
American Telemedicine Association
Jack Teitelman
Founder & CEO
TITAN Group
