Lori Wright, President
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Lori Wright, LLC is a consulting organization specializing in CNS site consulting and study placement. 

Lori Wright, President of Thievon-Wright Consulting has been in the clinical research field for over 28 years.  In the early 1980s, Lori began her career with Oxford Research International Corp., one of the first full-service CROs in the industry.  Lori held positions as Marketing Manager, Director of Personnel, and Director of Business Development.

After ten years with a CRO, Lori became Director of Research and Finance at Fieve Clinical Services, Inc. and simultaneously managed The Foundation for Depression and Manic Depression in New York City.  Over the next four years, Lori worked very closely with Ronald R. Fieve, M.D., the world-renowned psychiatrist from Columbia and New York State Psychiatric Institute, and author of the popular books Moodswing and Prozac.  Under the training and direction of Dr. Fieve, Lori managed a staff consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical research coordinators and patient recruiters and participated in over 20 clinical trials.

Lori was then recruited by Valence Research, an SMO owned by ARC Ventures, a for-profit arm of Rush Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago.  As Vice President of Business and Network Development, Lori spearheaded the formation of investigator networks in psychiatry, infectious diseases, cardiology and women’s health.  With Jan Fawcett, M.D. as the Thought Leader, Valence’s Psychiatric Network consisted of many of the most well-respected and experienced research sites in the country.  Lori was then responsible for procuring clinical trials for that and other networks until Valence was sold in 1998.

In 1999, Lori began consulting on an independent basis for various corporations as well as private-based investigators.  While continuing to provide consulting services to various parties in the pharmaceutical industry, the organization is primarily focused in CNS site consulting.  The investigators Lori represents find her to be a valuable member of their team as she provides business development services that complement their own internal efforts.  Sponsors rely on Lori’s expertise in assisting them in the site selection process for clinical trials in psychiatry, pain, sleep and related areas.

Steven T. Satek, Sr. Vice President

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Steve T. Satek, Sr. Vice President brings more than 22 years of research experience to the Thievon-Wright Consulting Group.  As Sr. Vice President, he is responsible for providing strategic operational guidance to TWCG’s clinics and contributing to their global Business Development program.

Steve holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Molecular Biology and in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin –Madison and an Executive MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.  He began his career as a bench researcher at the Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center and since that time has held senior management postions at Radiant Research, Comprehensive Neuroscience, Cognitive Drug Research and Forenap Pharma.  Steve’s depth of expertise lies in the management of clinical trial site and CRO operations and study budgets & contracts.  Since 1999, Steve has focused his career on Business Development in the psychiatry and neurology research market – including clinical pharmacology, late phase, CRO and ancillary vendor sales.

Susan Rice, Vice President
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Susan Rice, Vice President of Thievon-Wright Consulting and administrative operations of the organization.  Susan’s strong background in management, accounting and banking makes her a crucial member of the group.  Susan has developed tracking systems for budgeting and the daily administration of the organization.

Susan is also spearheading the group’s efforts in Alzheimer’s Disease and MCI study procurement.

Barbara Smallwood, Vice President
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Barbara Smallwood, Vice President Thievon-Wright Consulting has been involved in the pharmaceutical industry for over 25 years. Research and development activities in a major pharmaceutical company included preclinical, clinical support and QA/RA experience. These positions provided a strong background for the pharmaceutical/biotechnology service industry in the CRO and SMO arena. Barbara has been involved for over a decade in this service industry with BioReliance, Charles River Laboratories, MDS Biopharmaceuticals, Valence Research and Acurian Inc. Barbara received her BA Degree from Russell Sage College in Troy, NY and a Masters Degree from Temple University, Philadelphia PA.

Joanne Praul, Vice President of Finance

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Joanne Praul, Vice President of Finance handles all administrative aspects of the organization including finance, administration and contract client database management. She serves as the primary contact for all client budgets and contracts. Joanne is also heading up the development of our investigator information database: the E-Room.

An essential member of our team, Joanne's overal respnsibility is to enable the business development team to become more productive and responsive to all our clients' needs.

Joanne joined Thievon-Wright Consulting Group in 2009, following 17 years of service with Merrill Lynch in New York City. While with Merrill she was Senior Associate/Certified Financial Manager, and is Series 07 and 66 licensed.

Joanne has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Kean University in Union, NJ.