Sara Radcliffe

Sara Radcliffe is an American medical research advocate and business executive. She is the president and CEO of California Life Sciences Association, a non-profit organization that advocates for the medical research mission of the life sciences sector of California. She is best known for her expertise in the field of applied public health and an advocate for life sciences.

Early life and education

Radcliffe was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in London, Ontario. Her father is David Radcliffe, a retired professor of education at the University of Western Ontario. Her mother Shanthi Radcliffe is a retired director of public health clinics in Ontario. Radcliffe returned to the United States to attend Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She went on to attend Johns Hopkins University where she spent a semester abroad at Oxford. At PhRMA, she advocated for technologies in DNA research, including testifying before the United States Congress.

Radcliffe was appointed president and CEO of California Life Sciences Association in 2014. The CLSA was formed in conjunction with her appointment with the merger of the California Healthcare Institute and BayBIO, officially launching in 2015. At the time of her appointment, Radcliffe was the executive vice president for Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the largest trade organization to serve and represent the biotechnology industry in the United States and around the world.