Jennifer Carlson

Dr. Jenna Carlson is a Senior Technical Manager in Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Pharma Technical Quality System, Validation department. She is responsible for developing and overseeing governance activities for cleaning validation, including developing global standards and procedures for all Pharma manufacturing sites and support functions. She has over twelve years experience focusing on validation and quality assurance. Jenna has held key roles at leading biotechnology firms including Allergan and Baxter focusing on validation of equipment, cleaning, process, and methods. She was a co-author on PDA Technical Report No.49, Points to Consider for Biotechnology Cleaning Validation and PDA Technical Report No. 29 Points to Consider for Cleaning Validation revision. She is also the author and column coordinator for the Cleaning Compliance Forum published in the Journal of GXP Compliance. Jenna earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University.