Alice Pomponio

Alice Pomponio is a systems-level strategist, creator, and convener with over twenty years of experience in life sciences industry, public policy, and community nonprofit. Recognized for her broad and deep technical knowledge and out-of-the-box thinking, Alice is a trusted advisor to organizations and coalitions embarking on internal and external transformation in life sciences and healthcare. In 2018, Alice Pomponio founded Accendo to accelerate entrepreneurial consumer-facing approaches to patient access and affordability to quality care. She advises high-growth life sciences companies on patient centricity and product planning strategies as an advisor at Red Sky Partners. She has held prior strategy and operational leadership roles at Radius Health, AstraZeneca, and Sanofi Genzyme where she launched multiple US and global specialty products and championed the passage of orphan drug policy across the globe. Her public sector experience spans across innovation, trade, and healthcare policy through roles in the UK Government and US Office of Management and Budget. Alice Pomponio holds a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from MIT. She currently serves on the Boards of Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, MassEcon, American Cancer Society Eastern New England, ACS BrightEdge, ACS CAN Inc., and PhagePro Inc.