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Speaker Biographies
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Rhonda Bajenski
Director Consumer Health
Cardinal Health |
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Rhonda Bajenski is the Director of Consumer Health at Cardinal Health. Her main category responsibilities within Cardinal Health are the OTC, HBA and Private Label Categories. Rhonda joined Cardinal Health in 2000. Prior to her Consumer Health role, she had various roles within Cardinal Health Finance. She started out on the Brand Rx side of Cardinal Health where she had roles with increasing responsibility, including financial modeling for the conversion to Fee for Service. She has also served on several Cardinal Health acquisition teams that were responsible for integrating all aspects of the business. Her last role, prior to joining Cardinal Health, was providing Finance support to the Consumer Health team.
In addition to her role on HDMA’s Health Beauty and Wellness Committee, she is also on HDMA’s Industry Benchmarking Committee. Rhonda is also an active member in HBW and WIN. She also service as a board member on Cardinal Health’s Associates Fund. |
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D. Linden Barber
Director of DEA Compliance Operations, Health Law Practice Group
Quarles & Brady, LLC. |
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D. Linden Barber is the Director of DEA Compliance Operations in the Health Law Practice Group at Quarles & Brady, LLC. Linden and his firm represent DEA registrants, including manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, hospitals and physicians. Prior to joining the Quarles & Brady, Linden served for 12 years in a variety of positions at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) including a tenure as the Associate Chief Counsel for the Diversion Litigation Section during which he supervised and directed administrative and civil penalty cases against distributors and Internet pharmacies. Linden regularly provided legal training to DEA agents and investigators on diversion investigation, and was a regular speaker at DEA's annual industry conferences. Prior to joining DEA, Linden was an active duty Army Judge Advocate for eight years. He is the recipient of the Bronze Star for service in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force National Award for Outstanding Innovative Pharmaceutical Investigation for Operation WebDrugs and the DEA Administrator’s Award for Group Achievement in Operation Lightning Strike. He a graduate of Notre Dame Law School and is pursuing a PhD in Leadership at Tennessee Temple University. |
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John Bruce, PharmD
Pharmacist and Owner
Cal-Med Pharmacy |
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Dr. John Bruce is the owner of Cal-Med Pharmacy, which he started in 1973 after graduating from the University of Southern California in 1970. To this day, he continues to work in his pharmacy as a hands-on pharmacist. He has kept up on the ever-changing landscape of pharmacy and now specializes in Home Health Care, Compounding, Long Term Care, Wound Care, as well as the traditional retail pharmacy staples. Dr. Bruce is an active speaker in his community and travels around the country speaking on Pharmacy Entrepreneurialism and Pharmacy Audits. He has educational certificates in Veterinary Compounding, Respiratory Care and Nutrition and Weight Management. He is a member of American Pharmacists Association, California Pharmacists Association, National Community Pharmacists Association and Professional Compounding Centers of America. Dr. Bruce serves as a National Advisor for Good Neighbor Pharmacy as well as a Board Member of QSAD- USC and the Tri-State Coalition in the Northwest. |
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Tim Buskey
Vice President, Consumer Products and Strategic Sourcing
AmerisourceBergen Corporation |
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Mr. Timothy Buskey is a highly accomplished and self-motivated individual with more than 20 years of demonstrated sales and marketing experience in the healthcare industry. His professional experience spans senior level leadership roles in all aspects of commercial operations, including marketing, sales management, account management and business development in both the over-the-counter (OTC) and Rx space.
From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Buskey served as Chief Commercial Officer/Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for pharmaCline, a startup Rx and OTC pharmaceutical company focused on anti-infective and wound care disease. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Buskey served in various roles for Reckitt Benckiser, Inc. (formerly Adams Respiratory Therapeutics). The company manufactured and marketed both prescription and OTC cough and cold products. Prior to his tenure at Reckitt Benckiser, from 1998 through 2001, Mr. Buskey was the Director of Corporate Accounts for Muro Pharmaceutical Inc., headquartered in Massachusetts. This pharmaceutical organization was a leading manufacturer and distributor of respiratory and allergy pharmaceutical products. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Buskey held various positions within Astra USA, Inc., located in Massachusetts, a pharmaceutical company specializing in manufacturing and marketing a full range of allergy, cardiovascular and hospital-based Rx and generic pharmaceutical products.
Mr. Buskey received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating summa cum laude. Mr. Buskey has also taken several leadership courses at Harvard Business School. |
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Mark W. Caverly
Senior Regulatory Consultant
Cegedim Compliance Solutions, Powered by BuzzeoPDMA |
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Mark W. Caverly is the Senior Regulatory Consultant at Cegedim Compliance Solutions, Powered by BuzzeoPDMA. Mr. Caverly specializes in assisting Cegedim Compliance Solutions clients with the regulatory requirements of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and is responsible for working with clients to assure that potential regulatory issues are identified and remediated.
Mr. Caverly joined Cegedim Compliance Solutions in 2011 after a distinguished 31-year career with the DEA. In his most recent position with DEA, Mr. Caverly was assigned as the Chief of the Liaison and Policy Section, Office of Diversion Control, at DEA Headquarters, where he managed and directed a staff of 25 DEA officials. In this capacity, Mr. Caverly was the primary point of contact to regulated industry and associations and provided interpretations of federal law and regulations to congressional staff, DEA registrants and the general public. Mr. Caverly represented DEA as a policy expert regarding compliance with federal controlled substance and listed chemical laws and regulations. Mr. Caverly and his staff also were responsible for drafting and implementing new regulations, including the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2006, the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008, Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances and the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010. During his career at the DEA, Mr. Caverly was a frequent DEA spokesperson, both in the field and at DEA headquarters. He developed training programs for physicians and made presentations at industry conferences.
Mr. Caverly’s career at DEA also includes many years of field experience. He served as a diversion investigator in the Miami, Boston and Louisville divisions before becoming the Supervisory Diversion Investigator in the Louisville District Office. As a Diversion Supervisor in Louisville, Mr. Caverly conducted a full range of complex, multi-jurisdictional controlled substance and listed chemical investigations of manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies and hospitals that led to successful civil and criminal prosecutions.
Mr. Caverly assists Cegedim Compliance Solutions clients in all aspects of complying with the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and with listed chemical laws and regulations. Mr. Caverly provides on-site reviews and “mock” inspections for clients, assists in designing regulatory compliance programs, reviews and develops Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) content, provides regulatory training events and consults on and off site as needed to provide regulatory expertise and recommendations. Mr. Caverly’s unique background at DEA enables him to provide invaluable insight to Cegedim clients regarding potential agency interpretation of the CSA and related regulatory requirements.
Mr. Caverly graduated cum laude from the University of Florida. |
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David Cippel
President
Klingensmith’s Drugstores, Inc. |
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David Cippel is President of Klingensmith’s Drugstores, Inc., a regional chain operating eight traditional drug stores and one closed-door pharmacy across three counties in Western Pennsylvania. The company was founded by J.H. Klingensmith, a single-store owner and entrepreneur in 1940 in Ford City, Pennsylvania. In 1972 Klingensmith sold the Ford City location to Joseph Cippel (David’s father) after the elder Cippel had been employed by Mr. Klingensmith in some capacity since the age of 14.
David is a 1986 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, and spends a fair amount of time working as a pharmacist at the company’s stores. He is very active politically, educating and informing lawmakers on a local, state and national level of the importance of supporting viable community pharmacies in rural Pennsylvania. David is a member of PPA, NCPA, NACDS and sits on Value Drug Company’s regional Advisory Board. |
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Rob Cockman
Midtown Pharmacy |
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Rob Cockman opened Midtown Pharmacy in 2003, originally located in the Stoney Creek Village Shopping Center. Rob began with the vision of bringing back small-town pharmacy in an era trending toward big corporate box stores. After years of success, Rob reopened Midtown Pharmacy in a larger location in 2010. The new facility allows for a better selection of medical equipment, over-the-counter products, room for health and wellness classes for the community, as well as The Children's Boutique.
Midtown Pharmacy is purposefully patterned after the old-fashioned community pharmacy. It is an independent business, built on Rob’s philosophy that taking care of customers is the just the right thing to do. Midtown Pharmacy offers all the services of a modern “big box drug store,” but delivers excellent service with the attentiveness, good manners and personality of the pharmacy your parents and grandparents knew. |
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Steve Coomes
Owner
Aubrey Pharmacy |
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Steve graduated from Howard University in 1991 and ventured into independent pharmacy in 1992. With the help of two other independent pharmacists, Steve was able to open a small pharmacy in Little Elm, Texas. It was later sold in spring of 2005. Aubrey Pharmacy was opened in the fall of 2005 in a strip center and moved to its current location in fall of 2010. It is a full-line 8,000 square-foot pharmacy that provides professional prescription services, compounding, OTC products, HBA, household goods, gifts, greeting cards, candies and sodas. The pharmacy utilizes the latest in automation, electronic counting and barcode scanning to optimize patient safety.
He is a member of the Aubrey Chamber of Commerce and supports local functions, along with the Aubrey ISD sports teams and FFA. Steve belongs to the Texas Pharmacy Association and is involved in the Academy of Independent Pharmacists interests. He represented AIP in meetings with Governor Rick Perry and gubernatorial candidate Tony Sanchez to express our concerns with pharmacy practice in the State of Texas. |
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Deborah L. DeHaas
Vice Chairman, Central Region Managing Partner, and Chief Inclusion Officer,
Deloitte LLP |
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Deb is the Vice Chairman, Central Region Managing Partner, and Chief Inclusion Officer for Deloitte LLP. As Central Region Managing Partner, Deb leads the quality, client satisfaction, growth, marketplace and human resource initiatives for 23 offices comprising 9,000 professionals, making it the largest Big Four organization in the region. As Chief Inclusion Officer, Deb drives Deloitte’s strategy to recruit, develop, and promote a diverse workforce and foster an inclusive environment where leaders thrive, a constant passion and focus of Deloitte for the past 20 years.
Deb serves as the lead client service partner or advisory partner on a number of Deloitte’s most significant clients in the Chicago area. During her career, Deb has served a variety of clients, with an emphasis on those in the manufacturing, consumer products and communications industries. Deb is a member of the Board of Directors of Deloitte LLP and is the U.S. Firms’ representative on the Canadian Board of Directors.
In addition to her responsibilities at Deloitte, Deb holds several significant positions in the community. Currently, she is the Board Chair of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and the Board Vice Chair of the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. She also serves on the boards of World Business Chicago, the Executives’ Club of Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry and WTTW/Channel 11. She is a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Board of Trustees of Northwestern University.
Deb’s community involvement and philanthropic efforts have led to her recognition by numerous local and national organizations. She has received the 2010 City Year Chicago Ripples of Hope Award, the Gerald J. Roper Business Professional of the Year Award, the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago 2008 Heritage Award and the YWCA’s 2006 Outstanding Women’s Leaders Award for Community Leadership. She was the recipient of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce 2004 Daniel H. Burnham Award, the Anti-Defamation League 2004 Women of Achievement Award and the 2003 United Way Campaign Chair Award. Deb was named one of the “100 Most Powerful Chicagoans” in 2012 by Chicago magazine as well as one of the “100 Women Making a Difference 2011” by Today’s Chicago Woman.
Deb graduated from Duke University with a BS in Management Science and Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of several state and national professional societies, including the AICPA and the Illinois CPA Society. |
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Greg Drew, R Ph.
President
Value Drug Company |
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Greg Drew is President of Value Drug Company, a pharmaceutical distributor operating out of Altoona, Pennsylvania. His current role involves oversight of all aspects of the business of Value Drug Company, with its shareholders being owners of independent community pharmacies.
Previously, Greg headed a consulting business, Pharmacy Expertise, LLC, providing guidance on pharmacy matters. Mr. Drew had spent the prior 15 years with Rite Aid Corporation in various pharmacy, clinical, marketing and managed care management roles.
Greg is a 1981 graduate of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, a registered pharmacist and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. He currently serves as Co-Chair of HDMA’s Government and Public Policy Committee and Vice Chair of the HDMA Reimbursement Task Force. Greg was recently awarded the J. Allen Duffield Pharmaceutical Industry Award by the Pennsylvania Pharmacy Association. |
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Bryan Gildenberg
Chief Knowledge Officer
Kantar Retail |
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Bryan Gildenberg, a world-renowned expert in retail insight, is Kantar Retail’s Chief Knowledge Officer and a member of the company’s leadership team. He is responsible for the company’s analysis and insight, driving the direction of content with in-depth knowledge and intuitive skills few can match. Additionally, Bryan provides a clear, ever-changing and always topical focus on a variety of channels and retailers around the world.
An award-winning and prolific writer, Bryan has authored numerous professional articles for MVI-Insights.com, various Kantar Retail publications and third-party periodicals such as The Hub and GMA Forum. He is a two-time winner of WPP’s Atticus Award for excellence in written communication and is frequently cited in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and The Boston Globe in the USA and globally in the China Economic Times, BBC Radio, and ETRetailBiz India. An engaging speaker, he has addressed numerous Kantar Retail forums and conferences sponsored by WPP’s The Store, GMA, FMI, CIES, NACDS and NARMS.
Bryan Gildenberg received his MBA, summa cum laude, from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, Wellesley, Mass. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Churchill College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. |
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Ted Koppel
Special Correspondent, NBC News' Rock Center; Contributing Columnist for The New York Times and Legendary Anchor of ABC News' Nightline |
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Ted Koppel was the youngest full-time correspondent ever hired by ABC News. By the time he left the network, 42 years later, Ted was the most honored reporter in the network's history; having received more Overseas Press Club awards than the previous record holder — Edward R. Murrow — two George Polk awards, eight George Foster Peabody awards, eleven DuPont-Columbia awards (television's equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize) and 42 Emmys.
Ted covered Dr. Martin Luther King's march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; was a war correspondent in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia; traveled with President Nixon to China during his historic visit in 1972; and, covered Henry Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East. He has covered wars in Bosnia, Congo and Somalia as well as the first Gulf War and was embedded with the 3rd Armored Infantry Division during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
He has covered presidential campaigns from Barry Goldwater's in 1964 to Barack Obama's in 2008. On the last day of the Soviet Union, Ted was the only reporter with Mikhail Gorbachev inside the Kremlin. On the day of Nelson Mandela's release from prison, Ted interviewed him at his home in Suweto, South Africa.
Ted was the anchor and managing editor of Nightline over a period of 26 years, or roughly 6,000 programs, making him the longest-serving news anchor in broadcast network history. After leaving ABC, Ted served as managing editor of the Discovery Channel, where he produced 20 hours of documentaries examining major global events. He also served as contributing news analyst and commentator for BBC America.
Today he is special correspondent for NBC’s prime-time newsmagazine, Rock Center with Brian Williams, a commentator for NPR and a contributing columnist for The New York Times and The Washington Post. |
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Mark McAuliffe, MSM, ABD
Principal
Apothecary by Design |
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Mark is one of the founding partners of Apothecary by Design, an independent pharmacy in Portland, Maine. A seasoned clinical operations executive, Mark wields an in-depth understanding of private medical practice, hospital services, reimbursement issues and the delivery of quality patient care. He received a BA in Economics and Administrative Science from Colby College, as well as a master’s degree in Management from the Sloan School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Previously, Mark was a managing partner for one of New England’s largest orthopedic groups and oversaw a staff of more than 100 employees and 15 physicians. The practice included a surgery center, MRI Center and physical therapy center. Mark also worked for 13 years at Bath Iron Works, ultimately becoming Vice President of Materials procurement, warehousing and shipyard planning.
Active in many local and professional organizations, Mark is former president of the Portland Community Chamber of Commerce and a trustee of the Tilton School. He has also served on the board of directors of the Maine Health Management Coalition and was chair of the 2005 United Way Healthcare Division Campaign. |
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Matthew Murphy
Vice President
Pharma Compliance Group |
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Matthew C. Murphy retired from the Drug Enforcement Administration after 26 years, most recently serving as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Office. Special Agent Murphy held many positions within the agency, including Chief of Pharmaceutical Investigations. He was instrumental in implementing the Tactical Diversion Squad enforcement concept in DEA nationwide. Special Agent Murphy was assigned as a Course Developer/Instructor at the DEA Academy, located in Quantico, Va. During his five-year assignment to the Academy, Special Agent Murphy taught hundreds of DEA Special Agents relative to drug law enforcement.
Upon his retirement from the DEA in 2011, Matt Murphy accepted the position of Vice President with the Pharma Compliance Group. The Pharma Compliance Group provides compliance services to DEA registrants. Matt Murphy is an active member and Chairman of the ASIS Pharmaceutical Security Council. He also is a member of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators.
Mr. Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University and a master's degree in Education from the University of Virginia. |
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David W. Neu
President
AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation
AmerisourceBergen Corporation |
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Dave Neu is President, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation (ABDC). Most recently serving as the Senior Vice President, Drug Company Operations, he was responsible for distribution and regional operations and participated in key projects, including the development of the ABDC 3-Year Strategic Plan, Project Energiz, and Business Transformation.
Throughout his tenure at AmerisourceBergen, Dave has held many leadership roles. Prior to his promotion to Senior Vice President, Drug Company Operations, Dave was the Senior Vice President, Retail Sales and Marketing. In that capacity he managed the retail sales organization for independent, chain, and mail-order pharmacy. Previous positions also include: President, Retail Division and Executive Vice President, Retail & Health Systems Sales for Bergen Brunswig Drug Company. |
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Christopher Savage
Senior Director, Category Management - Consumer Products Marketing
McKesson Corporation |
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Chris Savage is results-driven consumer team leader with extensive industry experience demonstrated through a skill set built on progressive roles of national account management, category leadership, customer marketing and financial analysis. Chris is a Senior Director with McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical Retail Marketing, leading McKesson’s Consumer Products teams based in Dallas, Texas, and San Francisco, California. Chris’ leadership role requires strategic consumer product development for McKesson’s business segments, including independent pharmacies, hospitals, national accounts and regional chains. His team is accountable for developing consumer, customer, supplier and marketplace strategies by shaping a holistic perspective for profitable business building plans for vested stakeholders.
Prior to joining McKesson in 2010, Chris built his career with top-tier consumer goods companies including PepsiCo (Frito-Lay/PBG), Dole, Mars and Novartis. This experience and skill set provides a unique balanced approach that allows for customers and supplier partners to experience mutually beneficial wins. Chris possesses an undergraduate degree in Business Management from LeTourneau University and earned his MS in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas Engineering College. In addition to his advanced degree studies, Chris earned a Category Leadership Management Certification from a panel of industry experts including IRI, MFUSA, Spectra and ROI.
A native Texan, Chris recently returned to his home state, where he enjoys spending quality time with his children ages 2 to 21. He supports orphan care and adoption, and is passionate about teenage children aging out of the foster care system. This support manifests itself through the Embrace Texas organization. |
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Dr. Donna E. Shalala
President, University of Miami and Former Secretary, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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Donna E. Shalala has more than 30 years of experience as an accomplished scholar, teacher and administrator. Since 2001, Shalala has been a Professor of Political Science and President of the University of Miami.
In 1993, President Clinton appointed her U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) where she served for eight years, becoming the longest serving HHS Secretary in U.S. history.
As HHS Secretary, Shalala directed the welfare reform process, made health insurance available to millions of children through the approval of all State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), raised child immunization rates to the highest levels in history, led major reforms of the FDA's drug approval process and food safety system, revitalized the National Institutes of Health and directed a major management and policy reform of Medicare. At the end of her tenure as HHS Secretary, The Washington Post described Donna as "one of the most successful government managers of modern times." In 2007, President George W. Bush handpicked Shalala to co-chair with Senator Bob Dole the Commission on Care for Returning Wounded Warriors.
She also served in the Carter administration as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In addition to her current leadership of the University of Miami, she also served as President of Hunter College of CUNY and Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
One of the country's first Peace Corps volunteers, she served in Iran from 1962 to 1964.
Shalala has more than three dozen honorary degrees and a host of other honors, including the 1992 National Public Service Award, the 1994 Glamour magazine Woman of the Year Award and in 2005 was named one of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. In June 2008, President Bush presented Shalala with the Medal of Freedom — the highest civil award a person can receive. |
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Gabe Trahan
Senior Director of Store Marketing and Operations
National Community Pharmacists Association |
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Gabe Trahan is Senior Director of Store Marketing and Operations for the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). Gabe has complied over 25 years of hands-on, real life retail experience in the drug store sector. Prior to joining NCPA, Gabe spent 11 years as Director of Retail Services for Burlington Drug Company, which provided him with invaluable insight into the challenges of the drug wholesale business. His unique background of retail and wholesale experience blended with a sense of humor and his red sneaker analogy has kept Gabe booked on the speaking circuit. He is an integral part of NCPA’s new program, Front End Overhaul “More Traffic… More Profit.” When he is not conducting CE presentations, Gabe can be found in pharmacies across the nation offering one-on-one help with floor planning, product placement, merchandising, pricing strategies and marketing tools. |
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Carolyn Webb
Corporate Vice President, Marketing
H. D. Smith |
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Carolyn Webb leads development and implementation of the H. D. Smith’s marketing, marketing services and consumer health and home healthcare marketing. Through the analysis of various industry developments and facets, Carolyn drives the development of innovative solutions. These programs continue to position H. D. Smith as a valuable partner with service and solution resources to advance our customers and trading partners.
With a proven record of developing innovative marketing programs and leading strategic engagements, Carolyn brings more than 18 years of experience within the healthcare industry. She has served in a range of finance, sales, marketing and strategic planning roles for both the manufacturing and consulting industries. Carolyn joined H. D. Smith in 2010 as Director, Brand Pharmaceuticals.
Carolyn earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the University of Michigan. She holds a Master of Business Administration in Marketing, Finance and Health Services Management from Northwestern University, the Kellogg School of Management. |
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Curtis R. Welling
President and Chief Executive Officer
AmeriCares |
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Curt Welling joined AmeriCares as President and CEO in 2002. Since that time, he has guided the organization in delivering more than $8 billion in medical aid and disaster relief around the world, enabling millions of people to live longer, healthier lives. Welling joined AmeriCares after an extensive career in the investment banking and securities industry with firms such as Societe Generale, Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse First Boston. He currently serves on the boards of Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) and is the Chairman of the Board of Visitors of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth College. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a director emeritus of the Adirondack Council. He is the former board chair at Spence Chapin Services, and the Donaldson Adoption Institute. He received both his Master of Business Administration and undergraduate degrees from Dartmouth College and his law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School. |
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David J. Wendland
Vice President
Hamacher Resource Group, Inc. |
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Wendland is Vice President and part owner of Hamacher Resource Group, Inc. (HRG), a retail healthcare consultancy located near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He directs the business development, account management, product innovation and marketing communications activities for the company.
A veteran of the industry, Wendland joined HRG in 1992 after 11 years’ experience in various sales and marketing roles, including managing his own San Diego-based advertising and marketing communications company.
A regular columnist for HealthCare Distributor magazine, BrainTrust Panelist on RetailWire and frequent industry speaker (OTC National Conference, Drug Store News Diabetes Roundtable, ECRM Disease State Management event and various association- and healthcare distributor-sponsored conferences), Wendland has been instrumental in positioning HRG among the industry’s foremost thought leaders.
In addition to his leadership role on CHPA’s Business Development Committee and related CHPA activities, Wendland has been an active member and participates in industry associations such as NACDS, NCPA, GMDC and HDMA.
A native of Wisconsin, Wendland is the proud father of two children. He is very active in the community and has served on the advisory boards of two Milwaukee-based non-profit organizations, The Salvation Army and Wisconsin Community Services. |
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