Kathy Chester

As Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Kathy leads and directs the global regulatory affairs activities and provides guidance, strategy, and policy recommendations to the leadership team.

Prior to joining Sight Sciences, Kathy served as VP Regulatory, Quality & Compliance for Hero Health, a start-up company developing home medication dispensers. Kathy spent 6 years as the VP of Regulatory & Quality for the Hologic Diagnostics Division in San Diego and led programs such as the MDSAP single-audit certification as well as dozens of global product submissions/approvals, including the recent COVID molecular diagnostic tests.

Kathy has served as Head, Global Regulatory Affairs at Alcon in Fort Worth, Texas, for its Vision Care franchise (contact lenses, solutions, and intraocular lenses) as well as head of regulatory at one of their Surgical division’s facilities focusing on Excimer laser devices for corrective surgery (LASIK). From 2002 to 2014, she served in various leadership roles in Regulatory, Quality, and Clinical Affairs for St. Jude Medical (now Abbott) for products including cardiac pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, and spinal cord stimulators with her last position held as Corporate Officer/Vice President, Global Regulatory. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University in Louisiana and the Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) from the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS).