Loretta Cipkus-Dubray

Loretta Cipkus Dubray has 35 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical arena. Loretta began her career in research, at Case Western Reserve University Medical School, Department of Pharmacology. The past 22 years have been spent working in the area of Clinical Supplies. Starting out as a Clinical Supplies coordinator, she gained much experience with international studies, expertise with collaborative in-licensing ventures, was Group Lead for the Materials Management Group; overseeing the functions of procurement, receiving, dispensing, warehousing, distribution, and destruction of drugs. Additionally, Outsourcing Liaison and Global Lead for Michigan at Pfizer. Here she participated in outsourcing many programs to US/EU vendors. She participated in global SOP harmonization initiatives and training and also participated in the Global Quarterly Vendor Reviews. As Program Director for the Lilly Grant Office at Alta Resources, under her leadership, the Lilly Grant Office was awarded Global Vendor of the Year, August 2006. Currently, as President and CEO of Global Clinical Connections, a consulting and clinical supplies coordination firm for small, medium, and large biotech and pharma companies, the group oversees drug product mfg->packaging->labeling->distribution of Phase I-IV clinical supplies and brings her experience into the forefront. She recently was the SME for Section 6 (IMP) of the TMF Reference Model team for DIA.

Loretta has a BS, and MS from John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. She has a Certification in Executive Leadership and Management through the University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business. She is currently affiliated with PEAK (Professional Executive Association of Kalamazoo), Global Clinical Supplies Group, Aquatic Exercise Association, Hospitality House, YMCA/YWCA. She was awarded the YWCA Woman of Achievement Award in 2009, Makers in 2013, and the Goldman Sachs 10000 Small Business Designation in 2015.