Bio-Process Systems Alliance Announces Board Members for 2022/2023

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Nov 02, 2021, 13:15 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bio-Process Systems Alliance (BPSA), the international industry association of the single-use bio-processing industry, is pleased to announce the election of Board of Directors members who will serve two-year terms in leadership roles through December 31, 2023.

"With this election cycle we're pleased to welcome back three members of our leadership team for new terms, as well as two re-elected at-large Directors, and two new Directors," said Kevin Ott, BPSA Executive Director.

"As a unified Board, they represent a highly diverse leadership team that continues to work on issues of importance to the entire value chain of the single-use bio-processing industry, including resin suppliers, component manufacturers, systems integrators, auxiliary service and equipment suppliers and users," Ott said. "This diversity is the historic strength of BPSA, and that tradition continues with our 2022/2023 slate of Board members."

Executive Board officers for 2022-2023 are:

BPSA Treasurer: Eric Isberg, Savillex
Corporate Secretary: Janmeet Anant, Millipore Sigma
Scientific Advisory Board Chair: Kirsten Strahlendorf, Sanofi Pasteur

Board of Directors members for 2022-2023 are:

Mukta Acharya, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Anna Maria Bertasa, Solvay Specialty Polymers
Todd Kapp, Entegris, Inc.
David Radspinner, ILC Dover

Continuing roles on the Executive Board through 2022 are:

Chair: Jeff Carter, Cytiva
First Vice-Chair: Mark Petrich, Krystal Biotech
Second Vice-Chair: Joseph St. Laurent, Chemic Laboratories, Inc.

Board of Directors members continuing through 2022 are:

Todd Andrews, CPC
Ralph Daumke, FILTROX AG
Patrick Evrard, Pall Corporation
Scott Herskovitz, Qosina Corporation
Charlotte Masy, GSK Vaccines
Ravi Narayanan, Nordson Medical
Robert Sassa, W.L. Gore & Associates
Mark Sitcoske, High Purity New England
Elisabeth Vachette, Sartorius Stedim Biotech

Both the Board and Executive Board hold bi-monthly virtual meetings. BPSA currently has 68 corporate members and is the primary trade association for the single-use industry. Headquartered in Washington, DC, BPSA has represented the full value-chain of single-use interests since 2005.

About BPSA

The Bio-Process Systems Alliance (BPSA), an affiliated organization of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA), was formed in 2005 as an industry-led corporate member industry association dedicated to encouraging and accelerating the adoption of single-use manufacturing technologies used in the production of biopharmaceuticals and vaccines. BPSA facilitates education, sharing of best practices, development of consensus guides and business-to-business networking opportunities among its member company employees. For more information, visit www.bpsalliance.org, or contact Executive Director Kevin Ott at [email protected].

SOURCE Bio-Process Systems Alliance (BPSA)