Regulatory Summit USA 2022

Terry has spent more than 15 years as a reporter, editor and digital news team leader providing information for legal and regulatory professionals across a variety of topics, including health care, clean energy and climate change, occupational health and toxic substances. He joined Chemical Watch News & Insight in 2020.

Michal Ilana Freedhoff is the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), effective June 2021. Prior to that, she joined EPA as the Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for OCSSP in January 2021.

Lynn L. Bergeson has earned an international reputation for her deep and expansive understanding of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the European Union Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), and especially how these regulatory programs pertain to nanotechnology, industrial biotechnology, synthetic biology, and other emerging transformative technologies. She counsels clients on a wide range of issues pertaining to product stewardship; chemical hazard, exposure, and risk assessment; risk communication; minimizing legal liability; and product lifecycle strategy.

ob Sussman is the principal in Sussman and Associates, a law and consulting firm that offers advice and support on energy and environmental policy issues to clients in the non-profit and private sectors.  Bob serves as counsel to Safer Chemicals Healthy Families (SCHF), a coalition of non-profit environmental and public health groups.

Alexandra (Alex) Dunn is a Partner in the Environmental, Safety, and Incident Response group at the international law firm of Baker Botts with 27 plus years of practice at the local, state, and federal levels of government. Her deep relationships across the nation and reputation for transparency, fairness, and equity, make her an effective presence in the difficult settings. Alex works with companies of all sizes – from multi-national corporations to startups – and with national organizations on environmental justice and risk communication, sustainability, the regulation and management of emerging contaminants, chemical regulations, enforcement and compliance assistance, and risk communication. .

As Vice President of the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Division, Kimberly oversees the development of ACC’s policy positions in response to regulatory and legislative proposals. She also leads a staff of experts to identify, analyze and create technical and policy materials to serve as the foundation for ACC’s activities.

Dr. Passarella is an expert strategist in navigating international chemical regulations.  At Intertek, she uses her chemical and legal experience and skill at interpreting complex chemical regulations to design and implement effective policies to protect client’s products.  During her career, Dr. Passarella has advocated for sustainable chemical management to enable the manufacture and sale of products in US and global markets. After completing her Ph.D. in chemistry, she formulated products, managed R&D groups, and managed global Product Stewardship and Sustainability. It was during this time that she pursued a law degree at night school, and is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  Her combination of industry experience, and an in-depth knowledge of chemistry and the law enables her to translate regulatory trends and requirements into business and compliance action plans.

Nhat Nguyen is a US licensed attorney with over 9 years of global regulatory compliance. He currently serves as the Chief Analyst for Enhesa Product Intelligence and leads a new department which provides further insights and solutions to Enhesa Product Intelligence's customers on regulatory compliance, technology and scientific data regarding chemical and chemical products. 

Carolyn has served as Deputy Executive Director of ECOS since 2008. Prior to that she was a Senior Project Manager at ECOS for five years. Previously she worked for the Smithsonian Institution and taught high school chemistry. She holds an MPA and certificate in nonprofit management from George Mason University and graduated magna cum laude from Davidson College with a BS degree in chemistry.

Jean-Philippe Montfort is a partner at Mayer Brown based in Brussels, and the leader of Mayer Brown’s REACH and EU product regulatory team. Jean-Philippe provides strategic advice, as well as advocacy and litigation support to companies and trade associations in the defense of their substances under various REACH and CLP processes. Jean-Philippe is widely recognised as a very innovative, yet pragmatic legal advisor and litigator. He has a very successful track record before the European Courts and the Board of Appeal of ECHA, with landmark wins, such as the recent “TiO2” case.

Jonathan Gledhill is the President of Policy Navigation Group. He has advised trade associations and Fortune 100 clients on regulatory policy issues for over ten years. Prior to founding Policy Navigation Group, Mr. Gledhill worked at The EOP Group in Washington, DC. Prior to The EOP Group, Mr. Gledhill worked in the Natural Resources Branch of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for over four years reviewing regulatory, policy, and economic issues. Mr. Gledhill was the primary analyst for all hazardous and solid waste regulations and policies for OMB. Other issue areas included Superfund, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, housing standards, and underground injection regulation. Mr. Gledhill was recognized and awarded for outstanding professional achievement each year of his employment at OMB.

As VP of ACC’s CPTD division, Rob is responsible for managing ACC’s more than 100 self-funded chemical product and sector groups. Rob has had a variety of roles during his time at ACC, including responsibility for state, federal and international legislative and regulatory affairs on environmental, health, safety and energy issues. Rob has provided his expertise on PFAS chemistries to numerous state, federal and international legislative and regulatory bodies to help inform public policy.

Stephanie Griffin has worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics since 2016. As a member of the Data Collection Branch, she provides regulatory support for information collection activities under the Toxic Substances Control Act and for the Toxics Release Inventory program. Prior to joining the EPA, she was a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer and has worked for both private industry and environmental organizations.

Julie Froelicher is a Senior Director of North America Regulatory and Technical Relations for The Procter & Gamble Company and regularly engages with Congressional, Regulatory, and public interest stakeholders on US federal and state chemical policy. During her 25 years with P&G, Julie has managed a broad range of regulatory compliance and legislative advocacy activities. Julie’s recent advocacy efforts have included ingredient transparency negotiations for cleaning products in California and New York.

Jennifer is a sustainable chemistry consultant with 10+ years of experience supporting clients in finding effective solutions for their global regulatory and sustainability needs. She has expertise in assisting clients with developing and implementing innovative sustainable chemistry policies and strategies, working at the intersection of chemical and overall product sustainability impact. She brings expertise to clients in the product development process by helping to embed sustainability metrics into R&D, developing criteria for safer alternatives and chemical management programs, and evaluating chemical risk assessments. Jennifer also brings a broad understanding of the global regulatory landscape and assists clients in conforming to a variety of chemical regulations, as well as understanding how new and existing chemical regulation can impact business.

Anna, based in Denver, CO, is a Principal Consultant for the Product Sustainability Service Line at Anthesis Group. She has extensive experience in the regulatory compliance sector, having worked at both the federal (US EPA) and state (California EPA) levels on chemical review and alternatives assessment for both agricultural and consumer products.

Robert Guitteau, Jr. monitors EHS regulatory developments in Latin America. Mr. Guitteau provides the regulatory content of proposed and current chemical regulations for the 3E Monitor, including chemical management, GHS, regulation of substances by oversight agencies, and import-export controls. His duties and responsibilities include legal research and analysis of the regulation of chemicals, food and beverages, materials and substances in contact with food, and cosmetics. He frequently authors written guidance to client’s specific regulatory concerns.

Ms. Lidiane Moraes has over 20 years of experience in regulatory and governmental affairs, also in product stewardship in Latin America having worked for public and private sectors along her career. She is an expert on evaluating, advocating and advising companies on the regulatory aspects leading them through the evolving landscape of product safety for people. She currently assists ExxonMobil being its regulatory affairs lead for Latin America focused on the activities of surveillance, impact assessment of legislation (end use regulation, chemical management, plastic waste, etc) and advocacy activities. She also support the activities of the Latin America Regulatory Cooperation Forum – LARCF as a co-chair. She is an industrial and clinical pharmacist specialized in public health.

15+ years working in specialist information and events including product safety, chemicals compliance and metals. Joining Chemical Watch in 2018 and leading the brand transition to Enhesa, Ryan currently heads up the go-to-market strategy for Enhesa Product.

Ruxandra defends industry interests towards legal and regulatory challenges to EU market access. Her practice is focused on EU regulatory law and litigation with a strong emphasis on product, environmental and sustainability regulations, across a large number of sectors ranging from raw materials (chemicals, minerals) to products such as electronics, consumer apparel, medical devices, cosmetics, food and food contact materials. Ruxandra also advises on supply-chain related matters, in particular environmental and regulatory. Although rules and regulations apply per jurisdiction, companies operate globally – her expertise and advice assist companies address global challenges and risks. Ruxandra’s litigation experience is extensive (she defended close to 100 actions before the European Court of Justice and before the Board of Appeal of ECHA), and she has formed and continues to act as a trusted advisor to more than 30 industry groups.

Peter Sellar has extensive experience advising clients on EU environmental, social and governance law, including on general chemicals, biocides and pesticides, ecodesign, electronic and electrical equipment, cosmetics, medical devices and medical products law, as well as on the circular economy and sustainability law.

Simon has recently joined the environment, chemicals regulation and product stewardship practice at Steptoe & Johnson. With a first-class joint honours degree in chemistry and law, Simon has developed particular expertise in EU and UK regulations on the control of chemicals and products, such as REACH and RoHS, supply chain risk, and liability arising from chemicals in the environment. Simon is recommended in the leading legal directories where he is described as “super – especially on chemicals regulation” (Chambers 2021).

Mark Thompson advises a wide array of businesses and trade associations on global compliance requirements applicable to finished foods, food additives, food packaging materials, cosmetics, industrial chemicals, and associated labeling in Asia, the U.S., and the European Union

Since joining knoell, Gayoung Lee has been leading knoell Korea team as a managing director with the oversight of all registrations and regulations including the review of scientific data, development of regulatory policy in Korea for Crop Protections, Industrial Chemicals, Biocides, Cosmetics and Food Contact Materials.

Evelyn is a regulatory professional with more than ten years of experience in legal and policy analysis for public health, EHS, and product compliance. She has been working with Enhesa since 2017 to offer clients compliance intelligence on EHS, sustainability, and product management strategy in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Evelyn has years of industry experience in medical products. She was Associate Reviewer for the Division of Medical Devices and Cosmetics in the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration and Legal Specialist at Yung Shih Pharmaceutical Industrial Co.

Sok-Han gains her industry experience as an independent regulatory affairs consultant, with a focus on Japan, South Korea and other Asian markets. She serves as a conduit between the Japanese market and the rest of the world, assisting industry in navigating through complex compliance frameworks. Her specialty is in food and beverage, food contact, health supplement and cosmetic products. Sok-Han is a fluent speaker of Cantonese, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin.

Jess Chia-Sui Hsu is currently the Regulatory Manager at Global Product Compliance (GPC). Her team is responsible for existing and emerging chemical regulatory compliance intelligence and support. She has a MSc in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES) and a PhD in Human Geography, both from Lund University. Since 2019, Jess has been involved in a wide range of regulatory compliance and training activities, such as REACH, supply chain management, product compliance and circular economy. She is also the coordinator for GPC’s internship program, which guides young talents to success in the regulatory field. 

Dr. Piyatida (Tung) Pukclai has worked in several technical and managerial positions within the Business Development and Regulatory Policy. Currently, she is Asia-Pacific Lead for Regulatory Policy and Business Development of knoell, an independent service provider for Regulatory Affairs and Product Registration over 25 years.

Dan Bastien is a subject matter expert in Canada with specific experience in the Chemical Management Plan. Dan serves as Senior Director of the Chemicals Group at Intertek Health Sciences, Inc. In this role, he delivers business development expertise, expert advice and direction to clients who seek support in understanding and complying with a wide variety of global chemical control legislation and regulatory initiatives. He works closely with the Chemicals team of regulatory and scientific experts who help clients address challenging regulatory climates and demanding marketplaces, in a timely and cost-effective manner. 

Frederik is responsible for REACHLaw Sales. Since 2004, he has been working in depth with EU Chemicals Regulations: REACH and CLP as well as REACH-like regulations globally including UK REACH, Turkey KKDIK and Eurasia REACH. As of late, the interphase between product and waste legislation has also become an area of interest.