Karla Childers is Head, Bioethics-based Science & Technology Policy in the Johnson & Johnson Office of the Chief Medical Officer. Her primary responsibility is leading and coordinating various bioethics-based, science policy projects since 2013. Her longest running responsibility has been the support and coordination of J&J’s Clinical Trial Data Transparency Initiative. She is the Chair of the J&J Bioethics Committee and serves as a bioethics subject matter expert for internal and external policy work. Ms. Childers began her career in industry as a chemist and then project manager for global drug development teams. Ms. Childers is also the co-chair of the DIA Bioethics Community.

Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MSB is Principal Consultant at Equipoise Consulting. She was previously the Chief Medical Officer for WCG. In role she oversaw WCG IRB, and provided consultation to institutions and biopharma companies on a wide range of issues related to clinical protocol design, regulatory compliance, human subject protection, and ethical policy development. Prior to joining WCG, she was a consultant to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, providing medical oversight of all phases of clinical trials.