Hala Mirza is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Patient Advocacy at Ionis Pharmaceuticals. She was previously Principal of Kaza Consulting, LLC, which provided corporate affairs and responsibility counsel to healthcare and nonprofit organizations. Before starting her own consultancy in 2022, Hala served for eight years as Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications and  Citizenship at Regeneron, a leading biopharmaceutical company. At  Regeneron, Hala led a high-performing team focused on corporate responsibility, environmental, social, governance (ESG) management,  internal and external communications, executive visibility,  philanthropy, employee volunteerism and patient advocacy. Hala joined  Regeneron from Pfizer, where she was VP, Corporate Affairs for research and development. Previously in her career, Hala was at integrated communications firm W20 Group (now Real Chemistry), where she opened the agency’s first New York office in 2004 and played a key role in driving exponential growth over an eight-year tenure. Hala began her career in the nonprofit sector, serving as Public Relations Officer at the  American Red Cross Biomedical Services in the late 1990s.

Hala has served on the Boards of NewYorkBIO and the Society for Science. She has been recognized as a Responsible 100 from City & State Magazine. Hala holds a BA in English Literature from George Washington University.