Karen Noonan

About Karen Noonan

Currently based in the Pacific Northwest, I am a global government affairs executive with 25 years of leadership experience in creating transformational advocacy and lobbying strategies. My passion is propelling organizations to high-profile thought leadership and a front seat at the policymaking table. My expertise includes both global regulatory policy and also US state-level legislative and regulatory policy across the 50 states.In my current role, I cultivate strong relationships with global regulators and government policymakers by establishing the industry trade association ACRO as a trusted, credible, and expert resource to inform and positively shape regulatory policy across diverse regulatory regimes – including both clinical research authorities and cross-sector, multi-industry data protection and privacy regulators. I have especially deep expertise in legislative and regulatory policy in the US, the European Union, and the United Kingdom – meeting with regulatory authorities in Brussels, Amsterdam, and London. Through past leadership roles earlier in my career, I also possess expertise in US state-level legislative and regulatory policy – where I have designed and executed multi-state analysis and campaign strategies across the US. My state level experience in designing winning persuasion campaigns includes multi-state legislative and regulatory lobbying strategy (for a national professional society) and also multi-state electoral strategy (for a national electoral campaign committee).

Experience

1. Senior Vice President (SVP) of Global Regulatory Policy

   Acro

   Nov 2019 — Present · DC, US

Education

• Western Washington University

  MA

• Western Washington University

  BA

• University of Washington

  ABD ("All But Dissertation"​) -- passed PhD oral/written exams -- did not complete PhD dissertation

• College of Europe

  Certificate (Executive Education)

  2024

Skills

• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Fda
• Pharmaceutics
• Regulatory Affairs
• Regulations
• Coalition Development
• Clincial Research
• Clinical Trials
• Alliance-Building
• Oncology
• Policy
• Strategic Alliances
• Public Policy
• Writing
• Lobbying
• Alliance Formation
• Innovation
• Positioning
• Biopharmaceuticals
• French
• Politics
• Issue Advocacy
• Biotechnology Industry
• Biopharmaceutics
• Crisis Communications
• Healthcare
• Government
• Languages
• Issue Management
• Alliance Creation
• Research
• Political Communication
• Message Development
• Strategic Communications
• Biote
• Policy Analysis
• Legislative Relations
• Political Campaigns
• Government Relations
• Regulatory Guidelines