Advisory Services

Strategic Advisory for a More Equitable Clinical Trial Ecosystem

Fifteen years of global clinical operations experience, translated into strategic guidance for sponsors, vendors, and emerging companies navigating participant support at scale.

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Participant Payment Strategy

Donna provides strategic advice on participant compensation across countries, modalities, and regulatory frameworks. Drawing on a DIA Consortium landscape analysis and first-of-its-kind AI-assisted research on 14,000 informed consent forms, her advisory work helps sponsors move from static reimbursement to ethical, operationally sound compensation systems that reduce financial barriers and support diverse enrollment.

Focus Areas

  • Country-by-country compensation analysis
  • Ethical framework alignment
  • Diversity and access strategy
  • Regulatory compliance guidance
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Vendor & Startup Advisory

For vendors and emerging companies in the participant payments and support space, Donna offers market positioning strategy, go-to-market advisory, and thought leadership development. She helps organizations understand where their solutions fit in a rapidly evolving market and how to communicate their value to pharma and biotech sponsors.

Focus Areas

  • Market positioning strategy
  • Go-to-market planning
  • Thought leadership development
  • Sponsor-facing value communication
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Clinical Operations Strategy

Strategic consulting on the operational decisions that determine whether clinical trial participants can actually afford to participate — from site-level friction reduction to cross-functional budget planning. Informed by 15+ years of global operations experience, including her tenure leading global contracts and budgets at Bayer Pharmaceuticals.

Focus Areas

  • Operational friction reduction
  • Budget planning and modeling
  • Cross-functional alignment
  • Global operations strategy
04

Thought Leadership & Workshops

Donna develops and delivers executive presentations, workshop facilitation, and industry positioning for conferences including DIA, SCOPE, SCRS, WCG-MAGI, and GSCG. She regularly publishes in Applied Clinical Trials, DIA Global Forum, Clinical Leader, and Journal for Clinical Studies.

Focus Areas

  • Executive presentations and keynotes
  • Workshop design and facilitation
  • Industry conference speaking
  • Publication strategy and co-authorship
05

Nonprofit & Partnership Strategy

Strategic advisory on nonprofit engagement models for clinical trial sponsors — including the Whole-Person Participant Support™ framework's approach to responsible, financially neutral nonprofit integration. Donna helps organizations develop partnership structures that expand participant access while managing compliance risk.

Focus Areas

  • Nonprofit engagement frameworks
  • Financial neutrality structures
  • Compliance and IRB considerations
  • Scalable partnership models

Background

A Squiggly Line with a Consistent Purpose

Law. Diplomacy. Global health. Clinical operations. Patient advocacy. Every turn pointed toward the same question: how do we design systems that actually work for the people inside them?

15+

Years in clinical research operations

40+

Countries covered in global payment mapping

14,000

Informed consent forms analyzed for payment research

Ready to Rethink Participant Support?

If your organization is rethinking how it supports clinical trial participants — financially, operationally, or ethically — let's talk.

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