Jennifer Zachary

Jennifer Zachary is an accomplished legal professional currently serving as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Merck since April 2018. Prior to this role, Jennifer held positions at Covington & Burling LLP as a Partner and Associate from February 2011 to March 2018. Jennifer also served as Associate Chief Counsel at the FDA from September 2005 to January 2011 and took on a detail position as Special Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia in 2009. Earlier in the career, Jennifer was a Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from August 2004 to August 2005. Jennifer holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School (2001-2004) and a degree from Arizona State University (1996-2001).