ISPE Announces 2025-2026 ISPE International Board of Directors Election Results

03 September, 2025

The 2025–2026 ISPE International Board of Directors has been announced. Newly elected Directors will assume their positions at the 2025 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo.

ISPE has announced the results of the 2025–2026 ISPE International Board of Directors election.

The ISPE International Board of Directors is responsible for the governance and strategic direction of ISPE. Board members will assume their elected positions at the 2025 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo, taking place in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, and virtually from 26 to 29 October.

The following pharmaceutical industry leaders have been elected to positions on the 2025–2026 ISPE International Board of Directors.

Executive Committee:

Vivianne Arencibia
Vice President, Head of Quality Auditing and Risk Management
Lonza AG
Chair
Ylva Ek
Founder
Robur Life Science Advisory AB
Vice Chair
David Churchward
Head of Operations Quality Compliance and External Affairs
AstraZeneca
Treasurer
Georg Singewald
Global Head of Quality & Compliance
Roche / Genentech
Secretary
Jeffrey Biskup
Executive Chairman of the Board
CRB
Past Chair
Mike Martin
President and CEO
ISPE
Ex Officio Non-Voting Member

Elected to a Second Term:

Liz Dooley
Senior Director, Global Engineering & Technology
Johnson & Johnson

New Directors:

Jose Caraballo-Oramas
Vice President, Quality
Kite, a Gilead Company
Victor Cruz
Sr. VP of Corporate Engineering and Global Health, Safety and Environmental
Eli LIlly & Company - Corporate Engineering
Francesco Intoccia
SVP Global Engineering, EHS & Sustainability
GSK

Board Members Continuing a Term in 2025-2026:

The following Directors were elected in 2024 to serve a two-year term and will continue their service on the Board in 2025-2026: 

Norman Goldschmidt
President
Genesis AEC
James Grunwald
Senior Vice President US Business Development
Arcadis
Shanshan Liu
Technical Director
No Deviation Pte Ltd
Vivien Santillan
Regional Director, Asia
Novatek International

Board Members Completing Service:

Scott Billman
Senior Vice President Global Engineering, Technology, & Facilities
Solventum
Chair 2023 – 2024 & Immediate Past Chair
Sarah Pope Miksinski, PhD
Executive Director, CMC Regulatory Affairs
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Timothy Watson
Vice President – Head of CMC Regulatory Affairs
Gilead Sciences

The election was run by an independent third party, which provided ISPE with the final audited results.

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About ISPE

The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) is a global nonprofit association serving its members through leading scientific, technical, and regulatory advancement across the entire pharmaceutical lifecycle. The 23,000+ members of ISPE provide solutions to complex pharmaceutical industry challenges through innovation, member and workforce development, and technical, regulatory, and compliance collaborations in more than 120 countries worldwide. Founded in 1980, ISPE has its worldwide headquarters and training center in North Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and its operations center in Tampa, Florida, USA. For more information, visit ISPE.org.