Cambridge Forum for Compliance Leaders

Deb Horwitz, Esq. has worked in the Life Sciences industry for 17 years and 13 of these years has been with Merz Aesthetics, serving in several various roles within the organization. “Carrying a bag” or serving on the front lines as a sales representative is highly valued at Merz. Deb was a top 5% performing sales representative with Merz for almost six (6) years after which she moved internally into the Compliance Department. She managed corporate compliance responsibilities before being promoted to managing the HCP Compliance and Engagement department. Today, Deb is the Sr. Director of Global Compliance Operations and Privacy.

Yousri Omar is Senior Corporate Counsel, Business Conduct and Ethics at Amazon. After clerking for the Hon. Michael F. Urbanski in the Western District of Virginia, Yousri spent seven years with Vinson & Elkins’ white collar and government investigations practice in Washington DC before joining Amazon. Yousri helps lead Amazon’s global corporate compliance program.

Anna Gitner is Associate General Counsel, Compliance Programs at Facebook. Anna designs and implements strategic compliance programs to drive risk mitigation and foster a culture of ethics and compliance. Anna’s work has spanned across risk areas, including anti-corruption, privacy, conflicts of interest, and tax. Prior to her work at Facebook, Anna was an associate in White & Case’s White Collar / Investigations practice and started her career as a paralegal at the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.

Mike leads McDonald’s Compliance Counsel and Engagement team in the Global Compliance department. In his role, Mike manages the Global Compliance team members responsible for administering McDonald’s compliance program, including anti-corruption initiatives, compliance investigations, and compliance stakeholder engagement. Prior to joining McDonald’s, Mike was the Regional Compliance Officer North America for Thyssenkrupp, a large multinational company, and before that he was a litigator with the law firm of Mayer Brown. Mike holds a Juris Doctor from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Before attending law school, Mike was a CPA and worked as an internal audit professional for PwC and as Assistant Vice President, Internal Audit at a large banking institution.

Amie Phillips Pablo is a Senior Director, Ethics Compliance & Privacy at Novo Nordisk, Inc. where she leads the North America Privacy Office and oversees the organization’s compliance with complex government requirements. She has extensive experience with providing strategic oversight for compliance with government regulations relevant for the healthcare industry. Specifically, Amie’s work focuses on creating and implementing ethics and compliance programs that adhere to the mission of the organization. Amie has worked through compliance obligations such as Drug Price Transparency, Data Ethics & Privacy, HCP/HCO Transparency, Drug Affordability, Corporate Agreements with HHS (e.g, CIA, DPA), REMS, FDA, TAA, etc. Prior to Novo Nordisk, Amie was with Ernst & Young’s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Practice.