Jackie Schumacher is currently the Head of Regulatory and Quality at Rallybio where she is responsible for the regulatory strategy and operations across the portfolio along with Quality Assurance oversight. Prior to Rallybio, Jackie was the VP of Regulatory and Quality at Lyndra Therapeutics. Before Lyndra, Jackie spent most of her 35+ year career within Pfizer; starting as an analytical chemist followed by a long tenure within the CMC Regulatory organization in roles of increasing responsibility. She has led teams to develop successful global registration strategies for new small molecules, product enhancements, and complex/combination products and held regulatory leadership positions within the former Established Products Sterile Injectables organization. Within Pfizer she also expanded her experiences taking on business-facing/commercial roles for emerging markets and established products.
Jackie has served as a board member and chair for IPAC-RS, an industry consortium focused on strategic pharmaceutical and regulatory development objectives for orally inhaled and nasal drug products. She is currently on the board of directors for Women in the Enterprise of Science and Technology (WEST), a nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women in science, technology, and engineering.
Jackie received a B.A. in chemistry and in classical studies from Hamilton College.