Gina Hester

Gina Hester is the Associate Director of Contracts at PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where they focus on drafting and negotiating various client and vendor agreements. Previously, they served as Senior Manager Counsel Contracts at PPD and as a Project Attorney at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC, handling pre-trial discovery for a major pharmaceutical company. Earlier in their career, Gina worked as a Property Specialist at Sprint Nextel and as a Legal Advisor at First American Mortgage Services, where they negotiated contracts for commercial loan transactions. Gina earned a Doctor of Law (JD) from Regent University School of Law and is currently pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education at Lee University.