Biocides USA 2022

David has recently retired after 35 years in global legislative processes, and a wide range of experience of EU biocide committees, working groups and technical workshops. In addition to his recent role as Senior Regulatory Analyst in Chemical Watch he worked for just under 20 years at UK HSE (UK Competent Authority for Biocides) as well as 7 years in industry and 5 years as a consultant.

Anita is the Director of the Antimicrobials Division (AD) in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs. As the Director of AD, Anita has oversight of all registration and registration review activities including review of scientific data, development of human health and ecological risks assessments and regulatory decisions for antimicrobial pesticides.

Rhonda, RM (NRM), is the CEO of Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc. (SRC). With over 30 years of experience in Federal Regulatory affairs, she has unique insight into antimicrobial product development including test method design, management of studies, product development, technical support, quality control, manufacturing, and facility auditing.

Royan was chief of Region 7’s pesticides section from 2008 to 2016 and currently serves as Chief of the Pesticides and Tanks Enforcement Branch within EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance in Washington, D.C. He began his career with the EPA in 1991 after earning a degree in environmental engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.  Prior to joining the EPA Headquarters Team, he served in several programs including air, water, solid waste, pollution prevention, and pesticides in the Agency’s Region 7 Office.

Seth Goldberg focuses his practice on a broad range of chemical regulatory, environmental, and life sciences matters. His chemical regulatory practice is built on an understanding of federal and state regulatory programs, including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and California Proposition 65. He also has experience with regulatory regimes in other jurisdictions, such as biocides, plant protection products, and general chemical regulation (REACH) in the European Union, as well as similar programs in China.

John has worked in EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) in various capacities since 1989 with the exception of three years when he worked at an environmental consulting firm.  Since 2013, he has been Chief of the Regulatory Management Branch 1 in OPP's Antimicrobials Division.  My branch manages regulatory issues for a variety of antimicrobial pesticides.

Steve leads the Scientific Affairs and Regulatory Affairs team at HCPA. He and his team work on the technical aspects of FIFRA, TSCA, air quality, sustainability and a wide-range of regulatory issues in support of HCPA’s seven product divisions. Before joining HCPA, he taught several years in academia and continues to lecture at Johns Hopkins University. Steven holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Delaware and a B.S. in Chemistry from Lock Haven University.

Nina is an environmental scientist dedicated to increasing access to safer and more sustainable products. Nina has guided many manufacturers through product certification reviews since joining Green Seal in 2016, and more recently, she developed Green Seal’s Guidelines for Safer Cleaning and Disinfecting in response to the ongoing pandemic.

Tajah is Senior Scientist in the Efficacy Brach (EB) in the Antimicrobials Division (AD) at EPA. She also served as an international pharmaceutical investigator with the FDA, specializing in high-risk sterile inspections in China, India, Europe, South Korea, New Zealand, and Australia, and as Section Chief at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Rebecca serves as Team Lead for the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs Microbiology Laboratory Branch and has been with EPA since 2003. Her primary focus includes disinfectant efficacy testing and quantitative efficacy test method development.

Adrian is a Master of Science graduate from the University of Maryland who worked briefly for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the area of immunotoxicology. Since 1988 he has been involved in various aspects of chemical regulation for Troy Chemical Corporation, a division of Troy Corporation. In this role he addressed chemical regulation for Troy in the biocidal area as well as agricultural products domestically and internationally. Since the acquisition of Troy Chemical Corp. in 2020 he has continued in his role as Director, Product Registration under Arxada.

Neal Blossom has been in the marine antifouling industry for over 30 years. Since joining American Chemet in 1988, Neal has served in numerous roles in the development and production of copper and zinc chemicals, as well as the management of global regulatory issues for those products.

Teresa, Chief Research Officer, leads Healthy Building Network's Research and Education strategies. With prior experience in government, NGO and industry, she brings a wealth of holistic knowledge and multi-sector experience to our team. Teresa led the Chemical Management Program for Sherwin-Williams, the largest paints and coatings company in the world, where she focused on hazards reduction and transparency, and assisted business units in meeting sustainability and green chemistry goals.

Larry is CEO and Founder of Weiss Bioscience, Inc., a San Francisco based microbiome research and development company and the manufacturer of Symbiome Skincare. Prior to that, he was Founding Chief Medical Officer at AOBiome where he formulated AOB-101, the first live topical therapeutic, and Mother Dirt AO Mist, the first probiotic cosmetic.  While at AOBiome, he ran the first successful remote clinical trial in collaboration with Science 37.

Michel is the Acting Manager for the Disinfectants Division at Health Canada. He has been with Health Canada since 2009 and has held various positions of responsibility including Acting Manager of the Non-prescription Drugs Evaluation Division. As a trained Virologist, he has played a leading role in the review and approval of disinfectants as part of Health Canada’s COVID-19 response.

Diane’s specialty includes project management and fostering cross functional relationships between companies, contract facilities, regulators and trade associations. As Senior Managing Scientist she has worked on projects meeting global microbiology regulations, registered various EPA end-use antimicrobial products and been involved in writing policies and guidelines alongside Federal EPA, state agencies and trade associations.

Since 2008 Juan has worked in Regulatory Affairs, currently as Manager of Regulatory Affairs for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, at Atanor S.C.A./Albaugh, LLC. He is Adjunct Professor of the Division of Agri-Food Systems at the School of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires and member of CampoLimpio, SETAC, and ICCAS.

Debora Leite is regulatory affairs consultant and coordinates Vigna Brasil’s international projects in Latin and North America and Europe, since 2017, covering all the company’s area of expertise, from sanitizers, foods and cosmetics to pesticides and fertilizers. At Vigna Brasil, she is also responsible for the Biotech Division, supporting companies to regulate their activities with GMOs in Brazil. Her past professional experiences include R&D in sugarcane genetic transformation and biosafety regulatory affairs in a multinational company.

Sylvie joined the OECD in 1992, and has been responsible for the work on pesticides, biocides (i.e. non-agricultural pesticides), international standardisation of agricultural inputs and outputs, agricultural markets and outlook, as well as evaluation of national chemical policies and capacity-building for low and middle-income countries on chemicals management. She is currently responsible for managing the OECD Programme on Biocides in the Environment Directorate, Environment, Health and Safety Division.

Claudio has been Head of the Biocidal Active Substances Unit of the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) since April 2020. Previously he was Head of Unit dealing with evaluation and hazard identification under REACH. He joined ECHA from its start-up phase in 2007, coming from the European Commission Joint Research Centre in Ispra. He holds a PhD in chemistry and has more than 25 years’ experience in the field of chemicals risk assessment.

Dr. He has been engaged in scientific research and teaching of environmental ecological risk assessment and environmental toxicology in Universities for more than ten years. 6 years of molecular genetic toxicology research and teaching experience. Since 2007, she has been engaged in the registration of chemicals management regulations, the implementation of relevant regulations, registration scheme design, and toxicological assessment. Familiar with EU REACH regulations, chemicals management regulations in China and Asia Pacific region.

Wayne joined knoell Germany GmbH in 2018, with a subsequent move to knoell Korea Ltd in early 2021. In both Germany and South Korea, he applies the experience gained at the CA for biocides in his current role as a consultant. His main focus is on the recent biocides legislation in Korea (the K-BPR), whilst other duties also include supporting and managing biocidal product authorisation and active substance approval applications in the EU and also globally. 

Joost is Chair of the Biocides Products Committee and was previously team leader of the Biocidal Products Team and process coordinator for Union Authorisations. He worked on biocides for almost 10 years at the Dutch competent authority. During that period he worked in a number of roles, among others as project manager for biocidal products, chair of the Coordination Group and he was also a Seconded National Expert at ECHA. He holds a Ph.D. in medical biology.