Virginia (Ginny) Gilbert is an Associate Director of Global Site Agreements in the Global Clinical Trial Operations group at Merck Sharp & Dohme.  Currently the lead for Latin America site agreements and Vendor Qualifications, she has over 16 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and legal industry managing and negotiating clinical trial agreements and site budgets in all phases of research, as well as consulting agreements, investigator-initiated study agreements, and confidentiality agreements.

Prior to joining Merck, Ginny worked for Schering-Plough, clinical research organizations and in private legal practice.  She earned her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law and Bachelors of Arts in English and Political Science from Washington & Jefferson College.