Clarion News

Clarion is pleased to announce that Petya Spletzer, MBA and Ellen Edenberg, PhD have been promoted to Principal. Their deep expertise and dedication to excellence for our clients, and their strong commitment to internal growth by uplifting others and fostering development will only strengthen our Leadership Team.

Petya brings significant expertise in new product marketing and commercialization across multiple therapeutic areas, including CNS, cardiovascular, metabolic disorders, musculoskeletal and autoimmune disease. She leads project teams that support product strategy development and performance optimization, while also helping elevate organizational effectiveness and facilitate cross-functional collaboration and alignment. Prior to joining Clarion, Petya worked for Braun Consulting (formerly Vertex Partners) and Putnam Associates, strategy consulting firms focused on the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Petya received her MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and graduated with a BA in Economics from Middlebury College.

Ellen’s strategy consulting expertise spans a wide variety of projects ranging from early commercial projects including indication prioritization, opportunity assessments, and portfolio strategies through commercial strategy development, with a key focus on helping clients build strategies to tackle commercial challenges, including for novel therapeutic approaches and mechanisms of action. Ellen was one of the first hires through the PROPEL program for advanced degree candidates and has enjoyed contributing to the continued success of that program. Prior to joining Clarion, Ellen received a PhD in Genetics from the University of California, San Francisco, and performed post-doctoral research in biochemistry and molecular biology at the Whitehead Institute at MIT. In addition, she completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University in Biological Sciences and is the lead author in four peer-reviewed scientific papers.

“We are thrilled to welcome Petya and Ellen to the Leadership team,” shares Tom Murtagh, Clarion CEO and Founder. Ellen and Petya have been long-term, deeply valued members of the Clarion community. They have each had tremendous impact on our clients and their successes while at the same time they have been inspiring leaders, teachers, and coaches across our rapidly growing team. We look forward to their continued impact on Clarion’s future growth and expansion.”