2025 Faculty

Co-Chairs

Kurt R. Karst

Director Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.

Maarika L. Kimbrell

Partner Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Former FDA Director, OND and CDER

Distinguised Faculty

Naomi Birbach

Partner Goodwin Procter LLP

Cathy L. Burgess

Partner, Leader of FDA, Food, Drug & Device Team Alston & Bird LLP

Timothy A. Cook

Partner Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Torrey Cope

Partner Sidley Austin LLP

Thomas J. Cosgrove

Partner Covington & Burling LLP

Bryan C. Diner

Partner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

Joanne S. Hawana

Member Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Michael Hinckle

Partner K&L Gates LLP

Heidi F. Gertner

Partner | Global Regulatory Hogan Lovells

Bryant M. Godfrey

Partner Foley Hoag LLP

Perham Gorji

Partner DLA Piper LLP (US)

Seth A. Mailhot

Partner, Leader of FDA Group Husch Blackwell LLP

Mercedes K. Meyer, Ph.D.

Partner Banner Witcoff

Jennifer D. Newberger

Director Hyman, Phelps, & McNamara, P.C.

George O’Brien

FDA Partner Mayer Brown LLP

Jonathan B. Roses

Shareholder Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Melissa Runsten

Counsel Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Rachel Turow

Of Counsel, FDA Regulatory Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

Shashank Upadhye

Partner Upadhye Tang LLP