Our Team
Pinney Associates is pleased to announce the company’s new leadership team. Joe Gitchell is our new CEO, Lucy Owen is our new President, and Judy Ashworth has been promoted to Senior Vice President.
Pinney Associates’ founder, John Pinney, is now Founder and Chair.

Judy Ashworth, MD
Senior Vice President

Jack Henningfield, PhD
Vice President, Research, Health Policy, and Abuse Liability

August Buchhalter, PhD, MA
Director, Abuse Potential Assessment

Ryan Lanier, PhD
Director, Clinical Development and Abuse Liability

Michelle Ertischek, MPH
Director, Planning and Operations

Caitlyn Durgin
Associate
Marilyn Huestis, PhD
Senior Science and Policy Advisor, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cannabinoid and Other CNS-Active Pharmacotherapies
Jan Iles, MD, MPH
Senior Advisor, Clinical Development & Drug Safety
Sidney Schnoll, MD, PhD
Senior Advisor, Pharmaceutical Risk Management
Tom Huijbers, MS
Advisor, Regulatory Affairs
Marion Coe, PhD
Advisor, Clinical Development and Postmarketing Surveillance
Rachel Beck, PhD
Advisor, Abuse-Deterrent Formulations

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