Biocides The Americas 2024

Nidia Mariana Calvo Mendez joined Enhesa Product Intelligence's Expert Services team as Managing Analyst almost 3 years ago. She oversees regulatory content and service relating to products in the Americas, and coordinates the global analyst team from her base in Guadalajara, Mexico. Prior to joining Enhesa Product Intelligence, Nidia spent her career in industries conducting regulatory analysis and risk management mainly for Latin America. She also has experience in TSCA, GHS, performing audits, and obtaining ISO 140001 certification

Elizabeth Donovan is currently the acting Associate Division Director of the Antimicrobials Division (AD) in EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), which falls under the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Elizabeth joined EPA in 2011 and has held various technical and supervisory positions throughout OPP. Most recently she was the branch supervisor of AD’s Risk Assessment Branch 2. Elizabeth received her Bachelor of Science in biology from Providence College in 2007 and her Master of Science in plant biology and conservation from Northwestern University in 2010.

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.

Heather F Collins, MS, Regulatory Consultant with Bergeson & Campbell, PC (B&C®), has more than two decades of experience developing, implementing and managing environmental, health and safety (EH&S) compliance for global chemical and chemical product companies.

Jim Aidala, Senior Government Affairs Consultant with Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is a critical ally for any client addressing chemical policy, legislative, and related issues. He has been intimately involved with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) legislative reauthorization and key regulatory matters for over four decades. Mr. Aidala brings extensive legislative experience on Capitol Hill and past experience as the senior official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for pesticide and chemical regulation, and provides clients with vital insights into not only relevant current policies of EPA and sister agencies, but also the way these policies have been or are likely to be formulated to help clients more successfully address regulatory matters. This unmatched wealth of experience allows him to explain, interpret, and predict EPA policies to help clients resolve or address their issues.

Chuck Peck is a senior fate scientist with over 15 years of experience in EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs.  He has experience with aquatic and air modelling and evaluating the potential ecological exposure from the use of conventional and antimicrobial pesticides. Mr. Peck has been involved in OPP’s efforts to address its requirements under the Endangered Species Act since 2013. 

Dr. Donohue is a Senior Managing Consultant at Ramboll, supporting Ramboll’s Health Sciences and Product Stewardship teams.  She received a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Michigan.  She has contributed to the development of several national and global standards, including the CSA National Standard for cleaning and disinfection of health care facilities in Canada.

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.

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.

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).

Denise Fernandez, Ph.D., is a Senior Consultant at Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc. (SRC). Denise earned her BS in Biology from Purdue University, Fort Wayne and her doctorate from Northwestern University in Microbiology. Her experience includes over 12 years of academic research experience, resulting in her contribution to the field of microbiology through numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at scientific conferences.

Ligia Duarte Iler is the Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs of the Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA). She leads HCPA’s activity on all aspects of antimicrobial products, as well as multiple scientific and regulatory areas both domestically and internationally. Before joining HCPA, Ligia was a Consortia Manager at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. Earlier in her career, she worked as an international consultant and trade association manager. Ligia has a B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Colorado Boulder, and an M.A. in Public Policy from King’s College London.

Nancy Beck, PhD, DABT, has nearly 30 years of applied public health experience, sixteen of which were from her time in government, including senior leadership positions at EPA and the White House. Dr. Beck currently serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator in EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.

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.

Kaitlyn R. Maxwell is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Environmental and Litigation practice groups. Kaitlyn represents clients in litigation relating to chemicals in the environmental, including FIFRA data compensation matters, as well as enforcement and regulatory matters under FIFRA, TSCA, CERCLA, and CAA. She advises clients in major contamination cases under the hazardous waste and Superfund laws concerning alleged environmental releases and defends clients in complex product liability matters relating to the presence of certain chemicals in products.

Eric is the Branch Chief of the Reevaluation Branch in the Antimicrobials Division (AD) in the EPA Office of Pesticides. The Re-evaluation Branch administers the Registration Review program for Antimicrobial Pesticides. EPA reviews each registered pesticide at least every 15 years to ensure that each pesticide can carry out its intended function(s) without creating unreasonable adverse effects to human health and the environment. Eric has been with the EPA since 2007 when he joined the Pesticide Reevaluation Division. In 2015, Eric joined the Antimicrobials Division serving as a Product Manager. After completing a temporary assignment in the EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Eric returned to AD in early 2023 as the Branch Chief of the Reevaluation Branch.

Anastasia is the Executive Director of the Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC) under American Chemistry Council. CBC is composed of more than 45 companies that manufacture and formulate antimicrobial pesticides, focusing on the broad range of scientific, regulatory, legislative, legal, and educational issues unique to antimicrobial pesticides, as well as those issues affecting all pesticide products. Prior to her role at CBC, Anastasia served as Director of Global Affairs at ACC, leading ACC’s engagement in multilateral environmental agreements.