Women’s IP Forum 2026 Ashburn, VA
September 23-25, 2026
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Krista Aiello

Assistant General Counsel, Patents

Unilever

Kelly Anderson (GIPC)

Kelly Anderson

Executive Director

Global Innovation Policy Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Nancy Braman

Senior Associate

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Sarah S. Burg

Partner

Foley Hoag

Janine Carlan

Partner

ArentFox Schiff LLP

Francesca Cruz

Senior Vice President of IP Solutions

Juristat

Stephanie Curcio

IP Lawyer, Co-founder & CEO

NLPatent

Kendra Ervin

Vice President & Head of Global Litigation and Enforcement

IP House

Erica Fishel

Counsel

GTC Law Group

Anna-lisa Gallo

Global Leader of Intellectual Property and Strategy

Lixil International

Allison Gaul

Legal Counsel

Boston Consulting Group

Dr. Kirti Gupta

Vice President and Chief Economist of Global Technology

Cornerstone Research

Sheila Kadura

Chief Innovation Officer & Associate General Counsel

The University of Texas System

Becky Kaufman

Associate Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel

Ohio State University, Office of Legal Affairs

Sherry Knowles

Principal

Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies

Nicole Mastrangelo

Senior Director, IP Counsel

Cognito Therapeutics, Inc.

Eileen McDermott

Editor-in-Chief

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Elisabeth (Bette) Muirhead

Partner

Merchant & Gould

Ngoc Ngo

Economist

Competition Dynamics, Inc.

Katie O’Sullivan

Senior Corporate Counsel, US Litigation

Renesas Electronics

Mary Penn

Managing Associate General Counsel

Verizon

Melissa Pytel

Melissa Pytel

Head of Intellectual Property

Entrada Therapeutics

Renée C. Quinn

President

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Sydney Redden

Associate Director, Global External Affairs

IP House

Liliane Roriz

Partner

Licks Attorneys

Runa Shah-Qaderi

Intellectual Property Manager

Cellphire Therapeutics

Jamie Simpson

Jamie Simpson

Chief Policy Officer and Counsel

The Council for Innovation Promotion

Margaret Turchinski

Attorney Advisor

U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Jocelyn Ulrich

Vice President of Policy and Research

PhRMA

Marlene Valderrama

Principal Intellectual Property Assets Manager

Halliburton

Alaina van Horn

Chief of the IP Enforcement (IPE) Branch

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Erin Wills

Senior Princial IP Counsel

Medtronic

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