Culture Connect Roundtable

The T2B Culture Connect Roundtable brings biopharma communicators together to engage and excite one of their company’s most important audiences: Employees! This roundtable serves as a space for professionals across corporate, internal, agency, and consulting roles to exchange ideas and navigate the strategies and sometimes complex dynamics of employee engagement.

Roundtable objectives

  • Create a dedicated forum for biopharma communicators to focus “inward,” examining how to drive deeper connections with both current and prospective employees.
  • Explore the full scope of employee engagement, including culture, trust, and internal communication.
  • Facilitate knowledge-sharing around key employee engagement topics such as building psychological safety, aligning leadership and employee priorities, and responding to socio-political dynamics.
  • Empower biopharma communicators to more effectively partner with leaders and cross-functional colleagues to shape an engaged and committed workforce.

Why join

  • Leverage your enthusiasm for supporting employees and cultivating great workplaces into a forum for impactful conversations and shared insights.
  • Play a leading role in shaping best practices for the biopharma industry on how to foster a culture of collaboration, motivation and productivity.
  • Build meaningful connections and elevate your reputation as a thought leader within T2B’s global community of communicators.

Eligibility requirements

Applicants must have:

  • A passion for employee engagement.
  • The ability to volunteer 3-5 hours/month to co-create quarterly Culture Connect events and monthly resources for the broader T2B community.
  • The drive to participate in quarterly roundtable team meetings and contribute ideas and feedback.
  • An active T2B Pro membership.
Chair
Amy Bowman

Amy Bowman

Vice President, Communications, Life Sciences

Danaher Corporation

Roundtable members

Ann Melinger

Ann Melinger

CEO / Owner

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Agatha Newman

Agatha Newman

Global R&D Communications Head

Astellas

Stacy Nobles

Stacy Nobles

Vice President of Corporate Communications

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Carolyn Noyes

Carolyn Noyes

Senior Manager, Corporate Communications

Spur Therapeutics

Jessica Weinstein

Jessica Weinstein

Senior Director, Communications

Cullinan Therapeutics

Apply

Applications are closed and will reopen in February 2027. Each member term is for one calendar year.

“Biopharma is moving faster than ever, and communicators are being asked to do more with less–and faster. This roundtable remains essential because it gives us space to navigate AI, evolving employee expectations, and the realities of a pressured industry—together. I’m chairing Year 2 to help us turn those shared challenges into shared progress.”

Amy Bowman

Vice President, Communications, Life Sciences at Danaher