Senior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs
MycoTechnology, Inc.
Aurora, Colorado
Susan M. Potter, PhD is the Senior Director of Global Regulatory Affairs at MycoTechnology. In this capacity she is responsible for expansion of approval status for current products on a global basis and providing strategic direction to attain regulatory approval for novel pipeline products. Since coming to MycoTechnology, she has gained approvals/authorizations for current commercial products in more than a dozen countries, including a positive EFSA opinion.
Prior to coming to MycoTechnology, Dr. Potter was the Director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at Tate & Lyle. In this capacity she is responsible for regulatory aspects of new and existing products for the Americas. This includes the entire span of new product approval to ongoing compliance with existing regulations throughout the Americas. At Tate & Lyle, she also served as Vice President, Global Health and Nutrition Sciences. In this capacity she was responsible for development and substantiation of health platforms for new and existing products and for development of a scientific program to support Tate & Lyle products on a global basis. Prior to this, Dr. Potter was Global Director of Health and Nutrition at Solae, LLC—A DuPont Company.
Dr. Potter has provided strategic direction in relation to regulatory standards of health claims, worldwide. She authored the US FDA Authorized Soy Protein and Coronary Heart Disease Health Claim. This claim has also been authorized in Brazil and Malaysia. Dr. Potter is author of health claim submissions in Korea, Malaysia, and France and provided strategic input for additional petitions on a worldwide basis. In addition, Dr. Potter led the effort in attaining the Sugar Labeling Exemption for Allulose from US FDA while at Tate & Lyle.
Dr. Potter’s research in the past has focused on the effects of soy protein and various bioactive components on cardiovascular disease. She has published in numerous journals including the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of Nutrition, Current Opinion in Lipidology, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, and Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. Additionally, she has authored review articles on the impact of soy and soy components on human health and has given many presentations to both the scientific and industrial community. Currently her research efforts involve dietary fibers and other carbohydrates related to health.
Prior to her work at Solae, Dr. Potter worked in the academic arena as an Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and as an Instructor in Nutrition in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine. She also served as the Director of the Dietetics Program and provided consultation to industry.
Dr. Potter holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University, a Master of Science degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a Ph.D. in human nutrition from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She also completed a clinical dietetic internship at Emory University and was a Registered Dietitian for 33 years.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CDT (Chicago, USA; UTC-5)