Steering Committee

The BBCIC Steering Committee manages the consortium’s charter, operational policies and procedures, and research plans. The Steering Committee oversees public communications for BBCIC activities and findings. 

BBCIC Steering Committee Members

  • Chairperson: Mark Cziraky, PharmD, Vice President, Elevance Health, and President, Carelon Research
  • Rebekah Angove, Vice President Patient Experience and Evaluation, Patient Advocate Foundation
  • Robert Ball, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Brian Bennett, Project Manager, Carelon Research
  • Leah Christl, PhD, Executive Director, Global Regulatory and R&D Policy, JAPAC Lead and Global Biosimilars, Amgen
  • Jeffrey R. Curtis, Marguerite Jones Harbert – Gene Ball Endowed Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama, Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology
  • Amy Gross, PharmD, BCPP, Director, Clinical Specialists, Express Scripts Inc
  • Katherine Harris, Principal Scientist, Carelon Research
  • Michael Hasenkamp, Director of Sales, PearlDiver Technologies™
  • Anna Hyde, Vice President of Advocacy and Access| Department of Advocacy and Access, Arthritis Foundation
  • James T. Kenney, MBA, RPh, Founder and President, JTKENNEY, LLC
  • Ed Li, PharmD, MPH, BCOP, Director, HEOR & RWE, Sandoz
  • Aaron B. Mendelsohn, PhD, MPH, Senior Health Services Researcher, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
  • Josh Roth, PhD, MHA, Director, HTA, Value & Evidence, Biosimilars, Pfizer Inc.

  • Darren Toh, ScD, Professor, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

  • Cheryl N. Walraven, PhD, Executive Director-Safety Surveillance & Collaboration, CVS Health

  • Audrey Wolfe, MPH, Project Manager, Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

  • BBCIC Staff:
    • Cate Lockhart, PharmD, PhD, Executive Director, BBCIC
    • Patrick Pithua, DVM, MS, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, BBCIC
    • Julia Marsh, Assistant Director, Projects & Operations, BBCIC
    • Cara McDermott, PharmD, PhD, Research Consultant, BBCIC
  • BBCIC Counsel: George Constantine, JD, Counsel, BBCIC