Executive Team

JoAnn "Jo" Tyson, RN, MS

JoAnn Tyson
CEO/President and Clinical & Regulatory Affairs Director

JoAnn is CEO and President of JTA. Her main work interests include audits, training, monitoring, data management, site management, site selection, budget and contract management/negotiation, medical writing, SOP development and management, pre-audit training, investigator meeting planning and organization. Phase I-IV, pharmaceutical, medical device, IVD and vaccine are some of her specialties. JoAnn has guided her company through 60+ clinical trial work efforts since starting the company in 1993 and JoAnn still provides her expertise to each and every trial. The JTA firm has been organized under tried and true procedures developed and maintained under strict ISO structures. JTA does not advertise but rather has been in business since 1993 based on word of mouth and repeat business. We love what we do and are proud to share our expertise with our customers and partners.

Dorianne 'Dori' Lueke, RN

Dorianne Lueke
Quality Assurance Director

During Dori's 13+ years with JTA, she has pursued continuous improvement and zero defects in her quality initiatives. A stickler for details, she "rides herd" on all projects ensuring they complete quality compliance. As a customer or prospective customer, you can count on high quality and zero variation across and within all projects. Dori has been in the position of CRA and Sr. CRA as well as held clinical oriented managerial positions while at JTA and is an active member in the development and maintenance of JTA SOPs. Dori has been a team leader in all client directed audits as well as site specific audits under GCP. Previous to her JTA career, Dorianne was a dedicated nursing professional in bedside nursing.

Elizabeth 'Liz' Tyson

Elizabeth Tyson
VP Finance Services /
Director of Operations

 

 

 

During her 12 years with JTA, Inc., Elizabeth (Liz) has worked productively in all areas of the company; thereby giving her the necessary insight to direct your JTA work effort.

Liz keeps morale high at JTA so your projects get done right the first time. She maintains a ‘hands on’ approach to management and continues to sustain an ‘open door’ policy for all employees so all customer and employee questions get immediately action. Because of her strong commitment to the company’s success, she is regarded by her associates as a dedicated leader who takes pride in contributing directly to JTA’s customer-centric focus.

Liz is committed to continuous improvement. She continues her education at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. She also brings humanistic enthusiasm to her work and to her avocations. For example, during the summer, she participates actively in the NADAC (National American Dog Agility Council) circuit with her Dalmatian, Zelda.

Kim Bekersky, BA, MAT

Kim Bekersky
Senior Quality Assurance Manager

 

Kim began her career as a bench chemist and has fifteen years of analytical chemistry and research laboratory experience working for university/state laboratories, a contract laboratory, and in the pharmaceutical industry. Additionally, she has fifteen years of Quality Assurance experience working in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. All of Kim's work experience has been governed by state or federal regulations including OSHA, GLP, GMP and GCP. She has supervised lab assistants and file room clerks, conducted an investigational study of an agricultural product as study director, and managed projects for several areas of QA responsibility (Certificates of Analysis, Laboratory Data Records Center, QA and Regulatory Archives, Corporate Policies and Procedures). Her current position at J. Tyson and Associates, Inc. (JTA) is Senior Quality Assurance Manager. In this role Kim is responsible to ensure quality standards are met with each deliverable and also to provide oversight to quality directives.

Jodi Lichter, BA


Senior Project Manager and Clinical Reviewer

 

Jodi has been with JTA for 12+ years and has held positions of increasing responsibility during her tenure with the company. As our other expert staff members wear many hats, so does Jodi. Jodi not only holds an important position in project management, but also is responsible to ensure incoming completed monitor reports meet the rigorous standards dictated by the monitor plan, the protocol and the site plan. In addition to review of the incoming completed reports, she must track and ensure metrics associated with the deliverables are intact and without defects. In essence, she is tracking the quality through multidimensional end points such as GCP, protocol, regulatory guidance, project specific guidance, SOPs and timeliness. She continually strives for the best outcome on all fronts. Our clients love working with Jodi due to her tediousness in reading and then detailing possible risks and planned and unplanned outcomes with the given plan. She is an integral part of the team encircling the client, the site staff and the CRA team members.