Meetings & Events

Elaine Brock

President & Senior Partner | C3 Authority, LLC

Project Manager | UIDP

Elaine is a Project Manager for the UIDP, managing the Contract Accords and Master Agreements projects, both of which develop practical guidance and materials to help parties negotiating collaborative research agreements. She is President & Senior Partner at Contracts, Compliance, and Conflict of Interest Authority, LLC, whereshe provides advice and counsel to universities and small business on research administration issues.

Jennifer Barron

Principal Subcontracts Manager | Collins Aerospace

Jennifer Barron has over twenty years’ experience in research and development contracting and subcontracting. Currently, she is a Principal Subcontracts Manager at Collins Aerospace, where she is responsible for the management of a subcontract from inception to end of life, which includes the development, negotiation, and management of complex and high risk subcontracts, and serves as team lead. Previously, she was Executive Director of Johns Hopkins University, where she served as lead negotiator on large, complex federal projects, and was responsible for policy and process development and implementation. She is well-versed in drafting and negotiating highly complex agreements including clinical trial, material transfer, non-disclosure, and intellectual property, as well as contracts and subcontracts involving diverse partners including the federal government, large and small industrial corporations, and foreign institutions.

Moderator

Elizabeth Adams

Director, Office of Research and Project Administration | Princeton University

Elizabeth H. Adams is currently the Director of the Office of Research and Project Administration at Princeton University. Previously, she was an Associate with the UIDP, consulting on range of research-related topics including public-private partnerships, the management of federal funding, operations management and compliance. Her nearly 20 years of experience in sponsored programs management (spanning preaward, contracts, postaward and information functions) across four major research universities (University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Virginia and Princeton University) provides her a wide frame of reference for managing and advising on university-based and cross-sector research. Elizabeth has worked at the center, department, school and central university administration levels.