Sharon Mayl

SHARON LINDAN MAYL is a Partner at DLA Piper in Washington DC., having recently joined the firm after more than 25 years at the Food and Drug Administration. As a Senior Advisor for Policy in FDA’s Office of the Commissioner, Sharon has a deep wealth of knowledge in the areas of food safety, imports, third-party audits, nutrition, dietary supplements, and cannabis products. Sharon served as an agency lead on FDA’s Cannabis Products Committee, which coordinated cannabis policy at the agency. She also played a leading role in implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative, which seeks to leverage technology and other tools and approaches to create a safer and more digital, traceable food system. Sharon earned her undergraduate degree at Cornell University and her law degree at Harvard Law School.