2026 Science Symposium & Expo – Speakers

Personal Care Products CouncilEvents2026 Science Symposium & Expo – Speakers

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2026 Science Symposium & Expo – Speakers

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - Thursday, September 17, 2026

Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - Thursday, September 17, 2026

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Ryan Beverly

Method VI

Principal Consultant

Namandjé N. Bumpus, PhD

Charles River Laboratories, Inc.

Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific & Innovation Officer

Melanie C. Buser, PhD, DABT, MPH

RHP Risk Management Inc.

Senior Associate

Erin Crowley

Neogen Corporation

Head of Global Thought Leadership

Alonza Cruse

FDA, (Retired)

Former Director of the Office of Human & Animal Drug Inspectorate, Office of Inspections & Investigations (OII)

Rich Czarnecki

Micro Powders

Vice President

Carl D’Ruiz, MPH

dsm-firmenich

Head, NA Beauty & Care Science Advocacy & Business Development

Thomas Ferri

Thor Specialties, Inc.

Technical Service Specialist

Maggie Fleming, PhD

PCPC

Senior Environmental Scientist

Christine He

Colgate-Palmolive Company

Senior Director, Global Microbiology

Stephanie Kennedy, Ph.D.

ToxStrategies, LLC

Senior Scientist

Steven Kozlowski, MD

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Chief Scientist

Prashiela Manga

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Thomas F. Myers

PCPC

President & CEO

Kristina Parkanzky

Amway

Chief Compliance Officer – Quality Assurance

Devaki Patel

Alston & Bird, LLP

Senior Associate

Jacob Persky, MPH, CIH

RHP Risk Management Inc.

Principal

Elizabeth Petro, PhD

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Branch Chief, Cosmetics Regulatory Activities Branch

Jean-Philippe “JP” Therrien, PhD

AbbVie

Sr Director R&D

Kristie Restrepo

Ecolab

Regulatory Affairs Manager; NA & LA Pharma and Personal Care

Kyle Roush

Procter & Gamble

Senior Scientist Manager

CDR Chad N. Thompson

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Division Director, Office of Human & Animal Drug Inspectorate (OHADI), Office of Inspections & Investigations (OII)

Douglas Troutman, JD

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

Phillip A. Wages

The Estée Lauder Companies

Director, Global Product Safety

Daniele Wikoff, PhD, ATS

ToxStrategies

Chief Scientific Officer

Susan Youngquist

Ecolab

Manager, Global Technical Consultant, NA Life Sciences

Moderators

Tom Branna

Branna Media Company

Iain Davies

PCPC

Senior Environmental Scientist

Jeff Domsic, PhD

Charles River Laboratories

Sr. Scientific Portfolio Specialist – Microbial Solutions

Michael Loewenstein

Q Labs, LLC

Vice President, Scientific Consulting

Kimberly Norman, PhD, DABT, ERT

PCPC

Senior Director, Safety and Regulatory Toxicology

Cathleen Owen

Q Laboratories

Sr. Director, Regulatory and Technical Support

Tim Parrent

Mary Kay

Senior Manager of Corporate Quality

Scott Sadoff

Personal Care Regulatory & Safety Services, LLC

CEO

Jaap Venema, PhD

PCPC

Executive Vice President, Science & Chief Scientist

Andrew Warren, MS, DABT

The Estée Lauder Companies

Director of Raw Material Safety

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