Jim Kremidas is Executive Director for ACRP, a not-for-profit association that represents the clinical research enterprise. He was Senior Vice President, Patient Recruitment, at two different large CROs for over six years where he and his team were responsible for developing and implementing patient enrollment strategies for global clinical trials. From 1999 to 2008, he led their clinical trial patient recruitment and retention efforts. Jim is on the advisory board of CISCRP (a non-profit organization focused on enhancing patient participation in clinical trials) and is a volunteer for the Clinical Trial Transformation Initiative (CTTI) with Duke and the FDA.