10 Charles River Laboratories operations leaders
Rebecca Walker Comba, SVP and DSA Operations Leader at Charles River Laboratories, is one of ten Charles River Laboratories operations leaders, alongside a manufacturing SVP, regional executive directors and directors of site, technical and laboratory operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Charles River Laboratories from people who have held the role.
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Brad Parish
LinkedInExperience: Director of Technical Operations · Charles River Laboratories
Brad Parish has been Director of Technical Operations at Charles River Laboratories since October 2021, based in Charleston, South Carolina. Brad Parish was Director, Manufacturing at Charles River Laboratories from 2019 to 2021, Associate Director, LAL & PTS Production from 2015 to 2019 and Formulation Manager at Charles River Laboratories from 2011 to 2015.
Charles Cook
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Charles River Laboratories
Charles Cook has been Senior Director of Operations at Charles River Laboratories since January 2024, based in Baltimore, Maryland. Charles Cook was Director of Operations at Explora BioLabs from 2022 to 2023, Director Of Operations - East Coast at Explora BioLabs from 2020 to 2021 and Regional Program Manager at SoBran BioScience from 2019 to 2020.
Emily Cheah, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director APAC Operations · Charles River Laboratories
Emily Cheah, PhD has been Executive Director APAC Operations at Charles River Laboratories since November 2025, based in Singapore, and the profile headline lists the PDA Science Advisory Board. Emily Cheah was Senior Managing Director Head of APAC Operations at Charles River Laboratories from 2024 to 2025 and Managing Director at Charles River Laboratories from 2017 to 2022.
Jessica C. Brimecombe
LinkedInExperience: Site Director (ChanTest site) · Charles River Laboratories
Jessica C. Brimecombe has been Site Director (ChanTest site) at Charles River Laboratories since October 2015, a role the profile places in Cleveland, Ohio. The row also lists Senior Director Operations at ChanTest, a Charles River Company, and Head, Lab Operations at ChanTest from 2003 to 2011.
Kerstin Dolph
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Manufacturing · Charles River Laboratories
Kerstin Dolph has been Senior Vice President Manufacturing at Charles River Laboratories since January 2024, based in Windham, New Hampshire. Kerstin Dolph was Senior Vice President, Biologics Solutions at Charles River Laboratories from 2021 to 2024, Vice President, Global Biologics from 2019 to 2021 and Vice President, North American Research Models & Services from 2017 to 2019.
Marie-Pierre Prud'homme
LinkedInExperience: Directrice des opérations · Charles River Laboratories
Marie-Pierre Prud'homme has been Directrice des opérations at Charles River Laboratories since August 2025, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the row also lists Directrice associée at Charles River Laboratories. The profile headline gives the same operations director role at Charles River Laboratories in French.
Mark Broadley
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Charles River Laboratories
Mark Broadley has been Senior Director of Operations at Charles River Laboratories since November 2021, a role the profile places in Memphis, Tennessee. Mark Broadley was Director of Quality, Engineering, and Regulatory at IDEX Health & Science, LLC in 2021 and General Manager at Zimmer Biomet from 2010 to 2019.
Niall Power
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director Europe and APAC Operations · Charles River Laboratories
Niall Power has been Executive Director Europe and APAC Operations at Charles River Laboratories since April 2026, based in Dublin, Ireland. Niall Power was Senior Director at Charles River Microbial Solutions from 2024 to 2026, Site Director at Charles River Laboratories from 2020 to 2024 and Head of Operations at Trinity Biotech from 2005 to 2020.
Rebecca Walker Comba
LinkedInExperience: SVP and DSA Operations Leader · Charles River Laboratories
Rebecca Walker Comba has been SVP and DSA Operations Leader at Charles River Laboratories since January 2025, based in Reno, Nevada. The row also lists Regional General Manager and Corporate Vice President at Charles River Laboratories since February 2018 and Director, Toxicology at Charles River Laboratories since August 2004.
Stacy M. Duncan
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Operations · Charles River Laboratories
Stacy M. Duncan has been Director Of Operations at Charles River Laboratories since April 2022, based in the Greater Kalamazoo Area of Michigan. Stacy M. Duncan was Associate Director Specialty Toxicology at Charles River Laboratories from 2017 to 2022 and Supervisor at Covance from 2010 to 2017.
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- 01What did you change first when you took on your current operations role, and why?
- 02How do you keep schedules, staffing and capacity aligned when demand changes quickly?
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