Jessie Colgan

Jessie Colgan is an accomplished professional in the biopharmaceutical industry with extensive experience in external manufacturing and process development. Currently serving as Director of External Manufacturing at Eli Lilly and Company since October 2025, Colgan previously held similar director roles at Verve Therapeutics and contributed to Allena Pharmaceuticals as Senior Manager in Manufacturing Sciences and Technology, focusing on fermentation and purification processes for biologics. With a solid foundation in engineering, Colgan has worked at Sanofi Genzyme as a Process Engineer and Nabsys as Senior Detector Yield Engineer, demonstrating expertise in process optimization and engineering solutions. Education includes a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Brown University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.