Dr. Karen Bernstein is an entrepreneur who co-founded, co-owns and is chairman of BioCentury Inc., the leading provider of analytical insight and data for the biopharmaceutical industry.

She is also chairman of The Critical Path Institute, a non-profit that creates solutions to facilitate scientific and regulatory pathways in order to speed the development of therapies for people with unmet medical needs. In addition, she is a director at Mind What Matters, a non-profit focused on caregivers for Alzheimer’s patients. She has worked in the biopharma space since 1987 and has a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University.