MaryAnn Bowman is the Founder of ClinGRO Solutions, Creator of Coffee To GRO, Co-Founder & Strategic Growth Partner of CollabTrials, on the MENASA Leadership Team, and on the Leadership Team for the ClinOps at Sea Cruise Conference.
Her mission across all of these platforms is to help clinical research sites GRO financially, operationally, and equitably, while supporting the people behind them. She focuses on building authentic connections and collaboration that allow sites and professionals to thrive, rather than compete.
With more than a decade of experience in site billing, CTMS operations, and financial advocacy, MaryAnn has become a trusted partner for small, independent, underrepresented, and research-naïve sites. She supports teams with budgeting, invoicing, payment tracking, audits, amendments, training, and scaling operations for sustainable GROwth.
Through ClinGRO Solutions, she provides financial management services that ensure sites capture revenue, remain compliant, and maximize opportunities. Her services include budget negotiations, justification, invoicing, reconciliation, payment tracking, and CTMS optimization across systems such as RealTime, eClinPro, CRIO, Excel, and hybrid models.
At CollabTrials, MaryAnn leads trial-matching, business development, and strategic GROwth partnerships with sponsors and CROs. The organization focuses on advancing equity in research and providing support services to help independent sites gain access to trials and GRO successfully.
Her Coffee To GRO series is a grassroots networking initiative that brings clinical research professionals together locally. By fostering conversations in the community rather than conference halls, she creates spaces where collaboration, mentorship, and resource-sharing happen naturally.
As a chronic pain patient, mental health advocate, and leader of a disability- and women-owned business, MaryAnn brings lived experience, empathy, and advocacy to every role. She believes: “We GRO through what we go through, and I’m here to help others GRO in this industry, not just survive it.” 🌱