PDA New England Chapter

The PDA New England Chapter is a network of biopharma professionals, ranging from seasoned experts to early career professionals. The Chapter provides opportunities for networking, sharing industry best practices, and professional development through dinner meetings and events. Annually, the Chapter awards scholarships to high-achieving student chapter members to support the next generation of biopharma professionals in New England.

The New England chapter was formed in 1988 and represents a subset of the Global PDA members located in the six New England states: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine, and Connecticut. The Chapter welcomes both PDA members and non-members to all events!

Thank you to our past presidents for driving the continued success of our chapter!

• 1988-1989: co-presidents Tim Leahy and Robert Pazzano
• 1990-2002: Robert Pazzano
• 2003-2004: Mark Staples
• 2005-2006: Myron Dittmer
• 2007-2008: Louis Zaczkiewicz
• 2009-2010: Jerry Boudreault
• 2011-2012: Rusty Morrison
• 2013-2014: Roland Bizanek
• 2015-2016: Jonathan Morse
• 2017-2018: Amnon Eylath
• 2019-2020: Laurie Masiello
• 2021-2022: Steve Jones 2023-2024: Henry Brush

Get Involved

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The PDA New England Chapter is on LinkedIn - support the chapter by following us.

Attend our Dinner Meetings!

The PDA New England chapter hosts dinner meetings at diverse New England locations on exciting industry topics with engaging speakers and lively audience participation.

Each dinner meeting is sponsored to help defray the cost of the meetings. In return for sponsoring an event, companies gain exposure to our membership by prominent recognition in meeting announcements and exhibit tables during the meeting's registration/networking period.

We also offer reduced prices for retired / unemployed and full-time college students who are NEPDA Student Members.

If you are interested in sponsoring an event, please send an email request to our Chapter Secretary.

Participate in our Board Meetings!

All the Board Meetings are held virtually on the first Monday of every month other month from 6 pm to 7 pm. If you would like to attend these meetings, please send an email request to the Chapter Secretary.

Agendas for board meetings include a wrap up of past events and planning for future events along with reporting on status of the treasury, the membership rolls, and exchange ideas and camaraderie.

At NEPDA Board Meetings, we ensure that all the committees are on schedule and working toward the same common NEPDA goals. Some committees are Communications, Events, Webinar, Sponsorship, Membership, Volunteer, and Nominating. If you would like to volunteer your talents to assist in the NEPDA chapter's functioning, please send an email request to the Chapter Secretary.

Volunteer for a Committee!

• Programming Committee
  Researches and selects function spaces and menus, generates the event information for posting, develops the event follow-up information, provides images from the events, and chooses Meeting Managers to host the night's event.

• Marketing and Communications Committee
  Develops communication strategies through PDA's marketing channels by preparing event announcements, post- event newsletters, and email correspondence to chapter members. Develops and implements the PDA New England social media strategy to connect with current and new chapter members.

• Sponsorship Committee
  Responsible for the overall coordination of soliciting sponsorship opportunities and interfaces with sponsor contacts at events.

• Membership Committee
  Reaches out to expired members, develops new ways to gain new members, and tracks the health of the PDA New England membership.

• Nominating Committee
  Research candidates to assume board positions every two years and present their candidates to the board. 

• Scholarship Committee
  Coordinates the application, delivery, and selection process for the PDA New England scholarships..

Contact us If you would like to get involved, please send an email to the Chapter Secretary for additional information. .

Student Chapter

The NEPDA Middlesex Community College (MCC) Student Chapter shares PDA's mission, "to provide a local forum for discussion, meetings and information exchange." The NEPDA MCC Student Chapter involves members with the most updated topics in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical Industry, promotes science discussions, and builds relationships between PDA professionals and students.

The first New England PDA Student Chapter was founded in 2008 at the Middlesex Community College under past PDA President-Elect Jerry Boudreault. The first student officers were Matt Piasecki (President), Maurice Perez (President- Elect), Wayne Landis (Secretary), and Lackhena Pak (Treasurer). The initial faculty sponsors were JesseKlein and Paul Patev.