HR & People
LEAP HR: Emerging Biopharma
2025 Event Guide Partner With Us Register Interest Funding pressures, regulatory shifts, global competition, and relentless layoffs are redefining the pre-commercial biopharma landscape.
37Speakers
16Sponsors
1Exhibitors
18Sessions
45Companies · in total
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Speakers
Programmed at LEAP, in alphabetical order.
Adam Thomas
Chief Administrative Officer · MOMA Therapeutics
Alison Hardgrove
Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer · Abeona Therapeutics
Amy Akillian
Head of Talent Acquisition · Ardelyx
Anna Goranson
Chief People Officer · Terray Therapeutics
Annah Litzenberger
Chief Human Resources Officer · Fosun Pharma USA
Anna O’Driscoll
Chief Human Resources Officer · City Therapeutics
Ann Hargraves
Chief Human Resources Officer · TScan Therapeutics
Brian Wilson
Head of Human Resources · Ventus Therapeutics
Caren Block
Chief People Officer · Clasp
Caroline Sprague
Senior Director, People & Culture Business Partner · Wave Life Sciences Ltd.
Chris Taitague
Global People, Culture, Mergers & Acquisitions Lead · Roche
Domenica Estrella
Sr. Project, Change & Comms Manager for Mergers & Acquisitions · Roche
George Quinn
Partner · Slone Partners
Heather Hamel
General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs · Dewpoint Therapeutics
Jenny Busa
Senior Director - Human Resource Operations & Total Rewards · EyePoint Pharmaceuticals
Jill Sincaglia
Vice President, Human Resources · Triveni Bio
Joe King
Benefits Consultant · OneDigital
Jo-Ellen Petrone
Vice President - Talent · Bicara Therapeutics
Kara Clarke
Senior Director - People Operations · Treeline Biosciences
Kate O’Brien
Vice President of Human Resources · Egetis Therapeutics US
Kerry Robert
Senior Vice President & Head of People & Culture · Entrada Therapeutics Inc.
Kim Hazen
Chief People Officer · Fulcrum Therapeutics
Sponsors
The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Agenda
Selected from 18 sessions.
- 10:20 am
Discover: Embedding a Values Refresh into Wave’s Core Business & People Practices
Utilizing a values refresh to preserve and modernize culture in action – taking values and moving it from beyond cultural branding to embed the values framework in business practic…
- 10:40 am
Discover: Powered by People for Patients: Building Company Values From the Bottom Up
How do you formalize the culture that got you here, capturing years of unwritten values built through rapid, founder-led growth, without losing what made the company special in the…
- 11:00 am
Develop: From Words to Behavior: Making Values Stick
This interactive Q&A asks what makes a values framework change day-to-day behavior rather than sit on a wall. - Embedding values into business practices, not just branding - Taking…
- 1:10 pm
Workshop: Engagement & Motivation During Uncertain Times
As funding pressures, shifting priorities, and limited promotion opportunities continue to shape emerging biopharma, how can HR leaders keep employees engaged, motivated, and commi…
- 11:20 am
Action: Values That Actually Change Behavior
This roundtable explores how to make values genuinely operational in your own organization. - Are our values shaping behavior, or just sitting in a deck? - What would a bottoms-up …
- 11:40 am
Panel Discussion: Reserved for Avetix
- 1:50 pm
Discover: Session reserved for LEAD3R
- 2:50 pm
Panel Discussion: Fractional Panel
Fractional and interim HR leadership is on the rise in emerging biopharma, whether you’re a company weighing it as an alternative to a full-time hire, or an HR leader considering b…
- 3:50 pm
Discover: How Spero Therapeutics Turned a Reduction in Force Into a Loyalty Engine
How can an organization navigate a reduction in force with enough care that former employees choose to come back? Discover how Spero Therapeutics handled its RIF with transparency …
Company intelligence
What does it mean when 45 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?
45 companies. two are betting more than once.
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