Prior to becoming the Lead Counsel for US Commercial at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Roberta Coen was Assistant General Counsel specializing in legal and governance policy at Massachusetts Medical Society/New England Journal of Medicine. 

Coen's legal experience also extends to the higher education field, where she was Assistant General Counsel at Johnson & Wales University. Her career includes more than 20 years of legal experience assisting both for-profit and non-profit companies. 

She received her J.D. from California Western School of Law in San Diego, CA and now lives in Cumberland, RI.