
Dana Leff Niedzielska, B.Sc., MBA
Senior Vice President
Global Clinical Operations
Dana has over 20 years of experience in the CRO industry. She was the CEO and co-founder of August Research, prior to its acquisition by Everest in November 2023. Dana co-founded August Research in 2012 to provide high quality clinical operations services in Europe for small and medium biopharmaceutical companies. Under her leadership, she expanded the operations to 14 countries across Europe. Prior to co-founding August Research, Dana was an Executive Director at PPD, which acquired AbCRO, a CRO that Dana co-founded in 2000, which was focused on providing clinical operations services in Central and Eastern Europe to global CROs and biopharmaceutical sponsors.
Dana has a B.Sc. degree from Cornell University and holds an MBA from The Darden School at the University of Virginia.