About Marsha at Steed MicroBio, LLC

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Marsha Steed is a well known microbiology expert with over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. Marsha is a United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Microbiology Expert Committee (MEC) member and chair of the USP MEC Sterility Assurance and Microbial Control subcommittee. Marsha has been an active member of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) for over 25 years and currently serves on the Advanced Therapeutics Medicinal Products (ATMP) Advisory Board and is a former member of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and the Educational Advisory Board (EAB).  Marsha has lead PDA Technical Report (TR) teams, contributed to TR content and served as chair and member of multiple PDA industry conferences and events. Marsha has a passion for microbiology and loves consulting, mentoring, and educating industry on anything and everything Microbiology!

Marsha has worked for numerous companies throughout her career ranging from startups to CDMOs to big pharma such as Dendreon, bluebird bio, Resilience, Johnson & Johnson and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Marsha is a former ISO certified notified body inspector. Marsha has consulted for many pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cell and gene therapy and medical device companies over the past 10 years.

I launched Steed MicroBio LLC in 2024, driven by my passion for microbiology and my heartfelt desire to prevent microbiology related drug shortages. Patients are waiting for life-saving drugs and the world is experiencing far too many contamination related drug shortages. I want to use my experience and expertise to help pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies ensure sterility assurance and prevent contaminations!

I believe in risk based, modern microbial solutions that meet regulatory requirements and offer practical solutions that meet your needs.