Faculty Bios
Clinical Site Coordinator / Manager and GCP Virtual Workshop
Course faculty will be the following instructors.
Course Leader - Laura Holtz, MS, PMP, CCRP
Laura R. Holtz, MS, PMP, CCRP, is a Senior Quality Specialist at Yale University, Yale Cancer Center, Clinical Trials Office. Previously, she was a senior project manager at the Indiana University Center for Aging Research on federally- funded randomized control trials and demonstration programs to provide care collaboration for patients with dementia and their caregivers in multiple care settings. She also coordinated an annual statewide conference focused on palliative and end-of-life communication and research. She shares her expertise in regulations, informed consent, decision making capacity, patient/caregiver interviewing, ethics, and research project management at numerous local and national conferences. Laura established the Indianapolis chapter of Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) and organizes education opportunities which provide pathways for staff to become Certified Clinical Research Professionals. She is a co-facilitator for the SOCRA Clinical Site Coordination/ Management and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) workshop and the Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) and GCP Exam Prep course. As the SOCRA President, she contributes to the organization’s strategic objectives to provide research education, networking opportunities and professional credentialing for the research community. Laura has a Master of Science in Communications from Purdue University.
Course Leader - Jessica Rowe, MA, MS, CCRP, CIP
Jessica Rowe, MA, MS, CCRP, CIP, is the Quality and Education Director for the Yale Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office. Previously, she served as the Associate Director for Regulatory, Compliance, and Quality at the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) and the Yale Human Research Protection Program (HRPP). Before her tenure at Yale, Jessica was the HRPP Director for WellSpan Health, where she managed a comprehensive human research protection program.
Jessica has an extensive 13-year background at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), where she held multiple roles in the research field and was an active member of several research review committees. She continues to contribute as an IRB member for both UMB and Yale, and she chairs the Southern Pennsylvania SOCRA Chapter while also serving as the Immediate Past President of SOCRA.
Jessica is an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Graduate School, teaching courses in research compliance and administration. She is a recognized faculty member in several SOCRA workshops, including Quality Management and the GCP Prep Course.
With extensive experience in human subject research compliance, IRB, quality, clinical trial management, education, and training, Jessica is a Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) and a certified IRB Professional (CIP). She also holds a graduate certificate in Research Ethics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Her passion lies in human subject protections, bioethics, quality, and compliance.
Course Leader - Katrina Croghan, MS, CCRP
Katrina Croghan is a Quality Management Coordinator for the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center (MCCCC) focusing on the enterprise Quality Management System for MCCCC, which includes the establishment, maintenance, and education of all MCCCC documentation, policies, procedure etc. She holds a B.S. and M.S. from State Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota and became a Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) in 2014 from Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA). Katrina has been with Mayo Clinic since 2012 and started her career under the Department of Medicine- Clinical Research Office. She has been with the MCCCC since 2015 and has held Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC), Lead CRC, and Senior CRC within the Cancer Center prior to moving into the Quality Management Coordinator role. Katrina is also a co-chair for the SOCRA Southeast MN Chapter as of 2022; and was recently voted in as a SOCRA Board of Directors for 2025-2028 term. She is an Adjunct Faculty position with St. Cloud State University (in 2023), under the Applied Clinical Research Program; and as of October 2023, has achieved Assistant Professor of Health Care Administration academic ranking at Mayo Clinic.