Lauren Kaskiel (Past Speaker)

Lauren Kaskiel, leads Alliance Management for Spark Therapeutics, a biotech company challenging the inevitability of genetic disease by discovering, developing, and delivering treatments in ways unimaginable-until now.   Lauren is responsible for managing alliances for in and out-licensed programs and academic collaborations and also leads new product planning assessments for Spark’s R&D programs.  

Prior to joining the Corporate Strategy and Public Affairs team at Spark in June of 2015,   Lauren was with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for 14 years, starting her career in R&D after completing her B.S. in Biotechnology from Penn State University. After completing an M.B.A. from Drexel University in 2007, Lauren supported Oncology Business Operations before becoming an Alliance Director within Worldwide Business Development, managing a portfolio of GSK’s alliances with biotech, diagnostic and venture partners.

Lauren has her Certificate of Achievement in Alliance Management (CA-AM) through the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) and is an active member of the Board for the ASAP Tri-State Chapter.  Additionally, Lauren is a guest lecturer at Penn State University’s Science 402 course and has occasionally been a speaker on scientific career-related topics at both Penn State and Drexel University.