Mayank leads the operations strategy and network capacity planning for Takeda’s $10B biologics portfolio - which includes several recombinant proteins, antibodies, and gene therapies. In this role he is responsible for 10-year Long Range Plan for the entire portfolio, capacity planning, make-vs-buy decision, and supporting new investments. He's a subject matter expert in operations management, supply chain management, and business processes within TechOps. Prior to Takeda he was with Novartis Vaccines and before that in management consulting. Based out of the Lexington location, he is also part of the leadership team for Takeda’s Employee Resource Group called Building Asian Leaders. He lives in the Cambridge area with his wife and 7-year old son.

Chuck maintains over 25 years of experience within the science and technology sector being immediately involved in global real estate, large scale capital projects, facilities engineering and management, global environment, health and safety, corporate security and related technical and operational support functions. He possesses extensive knowledge in developing science and technology facilities from the ground up having been involved in all stages of the process: developing and managing successful project teams in the planning, construction, delivery and validation of multiple large scale facilities worldwide. Chuck’s current responsibilities at Vertex include oversight over the company’s facility global assets including Planning, Construction, Operations, Security, EHS, Business Continuity and Real Estate. Chuck is a member in the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) as well as the Association of Facilities Engineers (AFE), International Facilities Managers Association (IFMA), CORNET and CEB – Real Estate Chuck is a graduate of both Norwich University and Umass Lowell obtaining both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Engineering Technology and Environmental Science. Civil Service: Police Officer, Brookline, NH 1993-1997; AFROTC 1983-1987

Adrienne Dawson is the current Head of Customer Care for MilliporeSigma’s Research and Applied Commercial organization. In this role, Adrienne oversees an organization that provides frontline support for direct customer through order management, order status and assisting with back order management and escalations. She leads a team of 90 employees that manage 1.7 million orders, 633,000 calls and 456,000 emails from customers throughout the U.S. annually.

Dr. Nicholas J. Everage is a Director, Epidemiology, in Analytics and Data Sciences at Biogen, which he joined in June 2014, and has over a decade of experience working in the post-marketing, observational data setting. He currently leads a team of epidemiologists focused on Biogen’s expansive multiple sclerosis (MS) portfolio. Among the various aspects of his role, Nick provides strategic leadership in the conduct of multinational, observational studies, including pregnancy exposure registries and Post-Authorization Safety Studies, with a special focus on long-term, observational safety studies. Prior to joining Biogen, Nick was an epidemiologist at Optum, where he was responsible for the day-to-day conduct of pharmacoepidemiologic studies using administrative claims data for numerous industry clients. He earned his A.B. in Community Health (with a focus on healthcare policy and organization) from Brown University and, after working for 4 years, returned to Brown to obtain his Master of Science and PhD in Epidemiology from the now Brown University School of Public Health.

Alex Ibanez, Site Operations Director at Merck Exploratory Science Center (ESC) at Cambridge, MA. She holds a Master’s in Science degree in Cell and Molecular Biology, and an Executive MBA with concentrations in General Management and International Business. She is certified in Project Management and Lean Six Sigma- Green Belt. While working as a researcher, she held positions of increasing responsibility from lab assistant, to lab associate, and finally sr lab manager through three different research labs specializing in Infectious Diseases and later on in Neuroscience. She has authored or coauthored over 29 scientific publications and presentations. Subsequently, Alex moved into the operational support of the research laboratories at Merck and is currently responsible for the Cambridge Site Operations; prior to this assignment, she was the Director for strategic planning of the research facility operations in Kenilworth and collaborative support of discovery programs. She is also involved in the Merck Hispanos Organization (MHO) holding positions as MHO-Rahway, NJ Site Lead; Treasurer; Talent Management Lead and currently MHO Global Lead. She participates in educational programs directed towards the Hispano-Latino community such as the Hispanics Inspiring Students’ Performance and Achievement (HISPA), a 501c3 non-profit organization with the mission to mobilize Latino professionals to serve as active role models for the youth in order to inspire them to pursue higher education and consider careers in STEM.

Cam Judkins works in Pfizer Digital as an Informatics Analyst and serves as site lead for Pfizer KSQ’s LGBTQ+ colleague resource group, OPEN. As an informatics analyst, he assists Pfizer’s Technology Centers in their digital strategy including data management, web presence, and external collaboration. Cam currently focuses on developing and maintaining partnerships with local LGBTQ+ non-profits as the OPEN site lead. In both of his roles, he is a promoter of connectivity and accessibility. Cam received his BA in Mathematics from Ithaca College and his MS in Library and Information Science from Clarion University.

Rekha Kamat is focused on strategic business development for 3DEXPERIENCE platform at Dassault Systèmes and works on digital transformation initiatives. She comes from a deep technical background with Industry R&D team and prior to that with the customer success organization. Her interests include data science, security and digitalization initiatives that drive business transformation. Rekha holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University in Boston, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering. She has additional qualifications in Artificial Intelligence from MIT Sloan, Leadership and Management from Harvard University and Boston University. Recognized by Boston Business Journal as 40 Under 40 Honoree and by Women’s Forum for Economy and Society as Outstanding Global Rising Talent, Rekha was the Graduate Commencement alumni speaker at Northeastern University Khoury College of Computer Science. Rekha is a passionate advocate for women in technology. She leads the North America Women’s Initiative (WIN NAM) at Dassault Systèmes, is a STEM Ambassador and serves on the 2020 Women on Boards Boston Steering Committee.

Prior to starting The League, Lawler served in positions such as Chief People Officer in technology companies, Managing Director of a global consulting practice, a variety of executive positions running turnarounds, Director in an executive search practice, and a stint doing M&A strategy consulting. He started his career in a Customer Service position at a Japanese multi-national while simultaneously running a socially responsible import firm out of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He has also written two books, Passion at Work (Pearson Prentice Hall), which led to a belonging workshop business servicing firms such as Cisco, HP, and Pfizer, and The E Ticket, a fictional thriller that has been hailed as being “a groundswell for the next wave of feminism.”

Melinda Ng has been at bluebird bio since February 2018 and is the founder and co-lead of bUNITED (est. June 2018), an employee resource group for the Pan-Asian employees and friends at bluebird bio. bUNITED focuses on 5 pillars: Career, Commerce, Community, Cuisine, and Culture. In her day-to-day role, she supports the Clinical Development and Commercial team to support the experience, engagement, and development of every employee. Outside of bluebird bio, Melinda heads up the programming for Ascend New England, a non-profit Pan-Asian organization focused on providing professional development for Pan-Asian’s in the New England area.

Marie-Ange holds a doctorate degree in Chemistry from the University of Houston, Texas. She started her career as a research scientist, then joined EMD Serono in 2008, first as the local medical information and drug safety officer in Canada, then as global medical information Manager, and most recently, as associate director; US medical information. Marie-Ange is an As One for Patients change agent, led the unconscious bias sub team of the global women in leadership action team, and is the founder of the Leaders of Colour network, an initiative which focuses on helping attract, retain, and promote talented people of colour. Outside of EMD Serono, she chairs the medical information network - Canada, and spearheaded the development of the 1st Canadian medical information guidelines. She was selected as one of Canada’s top 100 black women to watch. She serves as President and chair of the board of directors of the global HIV Information system. A former model and former competitive show jumper, she spends her free time (outside of her husband and 3 children), at the local equestrian club or the local airport as she remains an avid horseback rider as well as a private pilot.

Devin Poor is a Quality Control Analyst II, serves as the male presenting co-chair for the Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) and was also involved with starting the employee driven Diversity and Inclusion Initiative at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, MA. Since starting in the industry in 2013, Devin has supported various contamination control programs at Genzyme and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. In their spare time Devin volunteers their time with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a 501c3 non-profit organization that takes non-religious vows to support the community through tenants of ministry, education and fundraising. Since beginning their journey with the Sisters Devin has been able to support and fundraise for an assortment of non-profits focused on minority populations that may not receive support from larger fundraising efforts. This interaction with larger variety of LGBT and non-LGBT minority demographics has allowed them to greatly expand their perspective in order to be a better advocate for others. Devin considers themself genderfluid and will go by any pronouns you care to use.

Sini Ngobese is a Manager of People Relations and Leave Management at Biogen, and also serves as the Global Co-Chair for the AccessAbility employee resource network. In her day-to-day role at Biogen, Sini provides support for performance management, manages the Leave of Absence (US) team, leads investigations in partnership with our Employment Counsel, and provides end-to-end support for workforce planning. Prior to People Relations, Sini was a Specialist in the HR Operations team, serving as a point of contact for managers and employees regarding HR processes, policies, and operational activities. Sini attended university in upstate New York in the Finger Lakes where she attained two degrees from Keuka College; a degree in Management with Human Resources concentration, and Organizational Communication degree.