Heike Schoen is the Managing Director and Co-Owner of Lumis, an industry leader in legal representation, regulatory advice, outsourcing strategy vendor selection and vendor management for non‑European biopharmaceutical companies. With over 25 years of experience in leadership positions related to international clinical research and drug development, Heike is a seasoned expert in the biotech industry and highly knowledgeable about  in different indication likeOncology, CNS, HIV , Vaccines and medical device developments.
 
After earning a Diplom/Master of Science in Psychology from the Freie Universität Berlin, Heike went on to complete a Master of Business Administration from Schiller International University. She spent 3 years as a freelance independent psychologist, a period of time in which she helped to develop and validate diagnostic tools to test the impact of psychotropic drugs in CNS Clinical Research (Phase I Studies). Heike then took the position e as the Head of Clinical Monitoring for Arzneimittelforschung Berlin GmbH, and became the Director Operations  atParexel followed by international positions in Business Development. As Managing Director she was leading for 5 years a Contract Research Organization in Berlin.  To compliment her knowledge in Biotechnolgy she was the Director of  Clinical Operations for the Biotech company Mologen AG. She co-founded in 2013  her own company LUMIS International GmbH.
 
Heike is an active member of global professional associations, like the Association of Clinical Research Association (ACRP) (where she was for 7 years a member of the Board of Trustees and was leading the Board as the Chair in 2010) and the Drug Information Association. She speaks German and English, and has been listed by numerous articles in industry publications. She serves as scientific advisor for several Boards and is a regular invited speaker on international conferences.
 
Heike hopes to continue to develop new groundbreaking drugs to pave the way for healthcare and the medical industry, and credits her success to a positive attitude and the ability to work towards a solution.
 
A resident of Berlin, Germany, outside of running her international company Heike enjoys traveling, literature and spending time with her cats.
 
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Judith Allen is the Co-Founder and a Licensed Independent Insurance Consultant for Allen Insurance, a family-operated insurance agency established in 2001. Offering professional insurance services to individuals and families of all sizes, Judith and her associates provide a wide range of insurance and financial services, including annuity, long-term care, disability, term life insurance, not limited to property tax mitigation, cost segregation, and R&D tax credit.
 
Founded on the principal that family comes first, Judith founded Allen Insurance while her children were attending elementary school, because she realized the importance of providing safety and a security net. She has obtained insurance license certification in Senior Medicare Options (License 552601), and has completed business management training and coursework from the University of Phoenix. She is also a licensed Aesthetician.
 
An émigré from the Philippines, Judith speaks fluent English and Tagalog. She is a member of NAWP, Toast Master USA, and NAPA. Prior to founding Allen Insurance, her entrepreneurial spirit kept her busy as the founder of Sunshine Housekeeping Service and the founder of Integrated Touch and Bodywork.
 
Outside of helping her clients keep safe watch over their families’ wellbeing, Judith enjoys music, singing and traveling.
 
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Ann Pompilio is the COO of 3PL Links where she has worked for three years. She specializes in Logistics, Warehouse Operations, Inventory Control, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, and Supply Chain Management. She received her Masters in Supply Chain and Logistics Management from York University.
 
Ann has extensive experience with over 26 years of industry expertise working as CFO and COO for Canadian-based logistics companies.  She is looking forward to connecting with women in the logistics arena as well as women in COO and CFO roles internationally.
 
Ann speaks Italian and English. She is the Co-Chair of Women in Supply Chain, Toronto Chapter in addition to WWA, and looks forward to networking with other business professionals. She resides in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
 
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Cheryl Odom is the owner and principal management consultant of TCMA SOCIALMEDIA GROUP. Her business consists of managing the day-to-day social media frenzy for her clients as she helps small-to-medium-sized business owners with all their social media needs. Her clients’ posts never stop, her audience never sleeps, and the engagements just keep on flowing. She manages all data across all platform levels. From development to posting on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites, she helps clients get their business up to speed with ever-changing technology to increase overall business performance and revenues, and she assists business owners who are overwhelmed with managing social media.
 
Cheryl helps attract new clients with personal branding. She has developed strategies in business, in social media, in hiring, and in recruiting professionals for more than a decade. She is a dynamic, innovative trendsetter who has turned her passion into an opportunity in order to help others grow their business and stay connected. She has built a solid reputation in the industry based on her open and honest communication and unwavering integrity that is sought after by her ever-growing clientele. She knows businesses don’t have time to play the social media game, as they are too busy running their day-to-day business operations, so she appreciates and supports advancing business women and networking to keep moving forward and upward to their destiny.
 
In addition to being a social media expert, she enjoys writing in her spare time and is a published author. Cheryl’s book, A Web of Lies, focuses on the deception and lure of online dating. She holds an associates degree in Business and Marketing from Blackhawk Technical Institute, and resides in Memphis, Tennessee.
 
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Irina Kushnerova is the Founder of IKare Funerals & Cremations, Inc., a licensed funeral services provider in the Chicago, Illinois area. With more than 20 years of experience in multidenominational and traditional Eastern-European burial services, Irina and her staff offer compassionate, professional and efficient services that can be tailored to the specific needs of the deceased and their bereaved.
 
Inspired by her mother, a healthcare professional, Irina was always driven to work in a sector where she would make a positive impact on the lives of others. When personal tragedy struck and she faced the passing of a loved one, Irina knew she wanted to become a funeral director to help ease the journey and transition for people.
 
Acutely sensitive to others, Irina found she could tap into the emotions and relate to the needs of people experiencing grief. She decided these skills could be of greater benefit to clients if she branched out on her own. After 15 years working for a corporate conglomerate, she opened her own funeral service business in 2012, IKare Funerals & Cremations, Inc. to offer sensitive services in a setting accepting of various cultures and believes.  The absence of corporate investors, burden of multiple building maintenance, fleets of vehicles or quantities of staff, high cost of advertising expenses, allows the primary focus to remain on meeting the family’s needs in honest, reasonable fashion.  As an émigré to the United States from Belarus, she understood the importance for people from various cultures to honor their loved ones through traditional services and rites of respect, and as such she became an invaluable resource and center of healing for Eastern European funerals in the Chicagoland.
 
In her nearly 2 decades of experience, Irina has served over 2000 families. She partners with every hospice in the area and is known for being a provider where family members and loved ones can talk to an empathetic and understanding ear. In addition to practical services, she also offers life coaching and preparatory arrangements and advisory services.
 
Irina speaks fluent Russian and English, and truly embodies her company motto of “We are here for you! To Listen, To Serve, To Support!”
 
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