Speaker Biographies :: HDMA 2010 Distribution Management Conference

Speaker Biographies

Daniel G. Bellingham Director, State Government Affairs Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA)
	Daniel G. Bellingham is Director of State Government Affairs at HDMA. Bellingham is currently responsible for state advocacy efforts at the legislative and regulatory levels. Prior to joining HDMA in 2002, he covered healthcare issues for corporate and association clients as a legislative analyst at Stateside Associates, a state legislative and regulatory monitoring company. He also has experience as a legislative associate in the Oregon legislature. Bellingham holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Oregon.

Brian Billick FOX NFL Analyst, NFL Network Contributor and Former Super Bowl-Winning Head Coach, Baltimore Ravens
	A successful football coach on the professional and collegiate levels, a popular NFL analyst, noted author and community leader, Brian Billick is best-known for serving as the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens from 1999 to 2007. In his first year as head coach, Billick guided the Ravens — a new franchise with the youngest players in NFL history — to their first non-losing season. In 2000, he led the Ravens to a decisive 34-7 Super Bowl XXXV victory over the New York Giants. Following his coaching career, Billick worked as a studio analyst for ABC Sports, a draft analyst for the NFL Network and recently joined the FOX Sports team as an NFL game analyst. Billick is the co-author of three books; his latest book is titled More Than a Game: the Glorious Present and Uncertain Future of the NFL (with Michael MacCambridge). Billick has participated enthusiastically in community work since his arrival in Baltimore, including working with the United Way of Central Maryland (the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society), hosting golf tournaments for the National Breast Cancer Foundation and serving as the honorary chairman for the American Lung Association’s Breath of Life Celebration. The Maryland chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society selected Billick as its 2001 “Champion of the Year.” He also serves on the board of directors of the Living Classrooms Foundation.

Thomas Bloemeke Manager, Returns, Recalls and Unsaleables GlaxoSmithKline
	Thomas Bloemeke is currently a Returns, Recalls and Unsaleables Manager at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). He is responsible for managing relationships between GSK and its partners in the reverse logistics field, including wholesalers, distributors and third-party processors. Additionally, he is responsible for return analysis, focusing on the reduction of overall returns and their associated costs. Bloemeke also analyzes and identifies the root cause of returns at GSK, and works with both internal and external stakeholders to reduce these factors. Bloemeke has been a GSK employee for 21 years; he previously worked in Customer Service and also was responsible for GSK’s Vendor Managed Inventory Programs.

Joshua M. Bolin Field Services Senior Manager National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
	Joshua Bolin is the Field Services Senior Manager for the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), an international organization whose membership includes every state board of pharmacy in the United States and state or provincial pharmacy regulating agencies in Canada Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Bolin joined NABP in late 2005. He currently oversees the association’s Field Service Department, which provides field support to NABP’s existing accreditation programs. In his role, Bolin manages and oversees surveyor activities, provides legislative and regulatory support to the Boards of Pharmacy relative to NABP’s accreditation programs and services, and provides input from a state relations perspective in the strategic planning and development of future NABP programs.

John Boyne Senior Managing Director J3LM LLC
	In his 25 years of consulting, John Boyne has provided leadership to large global teams in retail, CPG, high tech, healthcare, electronics, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, process and discrete manufacturing and government. Comfortable in both operations and information systems, he has worked from the boardroom to the shop floor in the strategic analysis of operations improvement, business process redesign, supply chain operations and ERP selection and implementation.

Randy J. Bradway, MS, RPh Vice President, Commercial Operations Cephalon, Inc.
	Randy Bradway is Vice President, Commercial Operations for Cephalon, Inc., headquartered in Frazer, Penn. He has management responsibility for the company’s distribution, logistics, customer service, contract operations, client financial services and pharmacy relations. Before joining Cephalon, Bradway was Group Leader, Solid Dosage Form Development for ICI Pharmaceuticals Group in Wilmington, Del., where he had responsibility for formulation development of preclinical, clinical and commercial products. Previously, he was a formulator at McNeil Consumer Products Company in Fort Washington, Penn. Bradway graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1976 and received his Masters in Pharmaceutics in 1997. He is a member of American Pharmaceutical Association and the Parenteral Drug Association.

Mark Caverly Chief, Liaison and Policy Section, Office of Diversion Control Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Mark Caverly is Chief of the Liaison and Policy Section for the Office of Diversion Control at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He has been employed by DEA as a Diversion Investigator for 29 years and has been assigned to DEA offices in Miami, Boston, Louisville, Ky. and at DEA headquarters. While at DEA headquarters, Caverly served in the International Chemical Unit, the Office of the Deputy Administrator, the Special Operations Section and the Liaison and Policy Section.

Stephen C. Curren Deputy Program Manager, Critical Infrastructure Protection Program U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Steve Curren is Deputy Program Manager of the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The HHS CIP program brings together public and private sector partners to assess and mitigate risks to the nation’s healthcare and public health sector. Steve joined HHS in 2008 after spending five years at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), where he served as Senior Director for Public Health Preparedness. Prior to joining ASTHO he served as an industry consultant on public health and regulatory issues. He holds a BS in Biology from Wake Forest University and an MS in International Business-Government Relations from Georgetown University.

Senator Tom Daschle Former Senate Majority and Minority Leader
	A longtime U.S. senator from South Dakota, Tom Daschle was Senate Majority Leader from 2001 to 2004. Daschle was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, serving eight years. In 1986, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. In 1994, he was elected by his colleagues as their Democratic Leader. Daschle is one of the longest-serving Senate Democratic Leaders in history and the only one to serve twice as both Majority and Minority Leader. Today, Senator Daschle is an advisor to the international law firm DLA Piper. He is also a distinguished fellow at the Center for American Progress, a visiting professor at Georgetown University and a public speaker. Daschle published numerous articles and is the author of two books, Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis (with Scott Greenberger and Jeanne Lambrew) and Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years that Changed America Forever (with Michael D’Orso).

Rolando DeCardenas Vice President, General Manager Oncology Rx Biopharmaceutical Solutions Group US Oncology
	Rolando DeCardenas is Vice President, General Manager of Oncology Rx Biopharmaceutical Solutions Group for US Oncology, one of the nation's largest cancer treatment and research networks. He led the development and construction of the company’s first distribution facility, which today supports the network’s distribution needs and those of Care Advantage, the newly launched mail order specialty pharmacy. Previously, DeCardenas served as Regional Vice President for AmerisourceBergen Corporation. He is a member of the HDMA’s Industry Relations Council and serves on the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research’s Board of Directors. DeCardenas holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Florida International University.

Linda Ewald Vice-President, Contracts and Chargebacks AmerisourceBergen Drug Company
	Linda Ewald is Vice President of Contracts and Chargebacks at AmerisourceBergen Drug Company. She has more than 20 years of experience in the wholesale drug industry, holding managerial positions in accounting, procurement, accounts payable, contracts and chargebacks. She is currently a member of the Order to Cash team on AmerisourceBergen’s Business Transformation Project to implement SAP. Under Ewald’s leadership, AmerisourceBergen successfully deployed a Business Process Management software called Metastorm to support the Contracts and Chargebacks area resulting in efficiency improvements throughout the process. This achievement was recognized in 2005 with the receipt of the HDMA iBusiness Solution Award and Metastorm’s Enterprise Process Advantage Award. Ewald holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and earned her MBA from LaSalle University.

Cheryl A. Falvey, Esq. General Counsel U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Cheryl A. Falvey is the General Counsel of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Her office represents the Commission in court and provides legal counsel to the Commission, the operating divisions, and other offices. Ms. Falvey advises the Commission and its staff on issues of law and policy in connection with the acts it administers, including the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act and the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. She has been actively engaged in interpreting the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and advising the Commission on its implementation. Prior to joining the Commission, Ms. Falvey was a partner and head of the Washington litigation practice group at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP. Ms. Falvey received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

John Fegan, RPh Vice President, Pharmacy Winn-Dixie
John Fegan, RPh is currently Vice President of Pharmacy for Winn-Dixie Stores in Jacksonville Florida. Before joining Winn-Dixie, he was Senior Vice President of Pharmacy for Ahold USA and served as Vice President of Pharmacy for The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company in Massachusetts. He also held positions at American Drug Stores and Osco Drug in Chicago; Pay ’n Save in Seattle; and Gray Drug in Cleveland. Fegan has served on several Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Consultant Panels and on the University of Illinois School of Pharmacy Dean’s Advisory Committee and is a member (and past chairman) of the Pharmacy Services Committee for the Food Marketing Institute. He also was Chairman of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Pharmacy Affairs Committee and chaired the Value of Pharmacy Committee of the Pharmacy Industry Council for NACDS. He received a BS in Biology from Loyola University, a BS in Pharmacy from the University of Illinois School of Pharmacy and completed his graduate work at the Loyola University Chicago School of Business.


Rich Fleshman Manager, Contracts and Pricing Cardinal Health, Inc.
Rich Fleshman is the Contracts and Pricing Manager in Supplier Relations at Cardinal Health, Inc. Over the past nine years, Fleshman has held multiple management appointments within Cardinal Health, with an extensive background in contracts and chargebacks. Fleshman completed Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Kaizen training and is working toward certification. He currently leads Supplier collaboration sessions encompassing LSS principles and philosophies to identify current and potential opportunities to increase efficiencies. Rich holds a Marketing and Business Management degree and has participated in multiple conferences and roundtables regarding current industry initiatives.

Charles Forsaith Corporate Director, Supply Chain Security Purdue Pharma L.P.
	Charles Forsaith joined Purdue Pharma in 2001 and currently serves as its Corporate Director for Supply Chain Security. Forsaith served as a New Hampshire State Police Officer for more than 20 years and worked in supervisory capacities in the Major Crime, Narcotics and Intelligence Units. Forsaith has given lectures on Criminal Justice and Security at such organizations as Notre Dame College, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the FBI. He is a member of the American Society of Industrial Security, the Transported Asset Protection Association, the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Kathleen R. Frost Associate Director for Regulatory Policy, Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, CDER U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Kathleen R. Frost is the Associate Director for Regulatory Policy in the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology (OSE), CDER at the FDA. Frost’s duties include policy planning and evaluation, participation in regulatory and legislative initiatives relating to drug safety, regulatory research, strategic planning and coordination and liaison functions. She participated in policy development for the new authorities granted to FDA under the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007. Before joining FDA, she worked as a microbiologist at the National Cancer Institute. Frost graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in microbiology.

John M. Gray President and CEO Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA)
	John M. Gray has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of HDMA since 2004. He is responsible for overseeing all HDMA operations and activities and reports directly to the HDMA Board of Directors. Prior to joining HDMA, Gray served for eight years as Food Distributor International’s (FDI) Executive Vice President and General Counsel. When FDI merged with the Food Marketing Institute to form the International Foodservice Distributors Association in 2003, Gray became its President and CEO. From 1987 to 1994, Gray served as Vice President of Education and as Industry Affairs Counsel for the Grocery Manufacturers of America. Gray holds an AB from The College of William & Mary; an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.

J. David Haddox, DDS, MD Vice President, Health Policy Purdue Pharma L.P.
	Dr. David Haddox is Vice President for Health Policy for Purdue Pharma L.P. Dr. Haddox serves as a public spokesperson for Purdue and analyzes, develops and articulates health policy positions affecting those suffering from pain conditions or substance use disorders, including risk management of pharmaceuticals. He helps develop educational materials for health care professionals about pain management; the appropriate use of controlled substances; and the prevention and detection of abuse, addiction and diversion. He trained as a dentist, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist and pain physician. Dr. Haddox is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health & Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, where he lectures in the Master of Science in Pain Research, Education and Policy program. He serves on the Board of Directors for Silver Hill Hospitals in New Canaan, Conn., which focuses on the treatment of substance abuse and mental disorders.

Thomas Hervey Logistics Operations Coordinator Pharmacy Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
	Thomas Hervey is a Pharmacy Operations Coordinator in the Logistics Division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He is responsible for leading the successful transformation of the reverse logistics process for the Pharmacy Division within Wal-Mart. Hervey has served as an Inventory Replenishment Manager as well as a Logistics Engineer during his 7 year Wal-Mart career. Prior to Wal-Mart, he was an engineering consultant focusing on distribution and logistics. Hervey received a degree in Industrial Engineering in 1999 from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

David W. Janca Founder & CEO ValueCentric, LLC
	Dave Janca founded ValueCentric in 2002 and quickly built the company into a leader in providing data management services and analytical solutions to manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and other participants in the healthcare supply chain. Through Janca’s leadership, ValueCentric is revolutionizing the way data and information is being accessed, shared and utilized by the pharmaceutical industry. Janca has ten years’ experience in the distribution sector as Vice President of Purchasing at Cardinal Health. After leaving Cardinal in 1995, Dave started Supply Chain Solutions, a technology company that was acquired in 2000 by NonStop Solutions (now Manhattan Associates). The SCORE product developed under Dave's leadership remains the standard for replenishment activities in the drug distribution industry. Dave is considered an expert in the healthcare distribution supply chain and is a frequent speaker at various industry and supply chain related events.

Michael Kody Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions AmerisourceBergen Drug Company
	Michael Kody is Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions for AmerisourceBergen Drug Company. He is responsible for deploying supply chain strategies associated with inbound and outbound efficiencies, inventory management optimization and technical infrastructure systems support. Michael is also responsible for optimizing manufacturer contract relationships and major business processes. Prior to AmerisourceBergen, he worked for 16 years in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Business Advisory practice, focusing on supply chain process optimization for companies in the pharmaceutical industry and was responsible for regional leadership of the business analytics practice. Michael speaks to local universities and professional organizations on supply chain management issues and has served on the board of directors for small business and charitable organizations. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Lisa M. Lauer Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
	Lisa Lauer is an Environmental Protection Specialist in the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Lauer has been with the Agency since 2002; she develops guidance and regulations for the RCRA hazardous waste program, and currently is involved in the rulemaking to add hazardous pharmaceutical waste to the federal Universal Waste program. She holds a BS from Mount St. Mary's University and a MS from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Steve Lefebure Research Vice President, Industry Advisory Services – Life Sciences/Consumer Gartner, Inc.
	Steve Lefebure is a Research Vice President covering the Life Sciences industry in Gartner’s Industry Advisory Services area. He has had the opportunity to work across the pharmaceutical value chain, holding executive positions at GlaxoSmithKline and AmerisourceBergen in areas such as procurement, channel strategy, supply chain strategy and strategic sourcing. Lefebure has been a contributor to many industry initiatives including The Role of Distributors in the U.S. Healthcare Industry and Phase II of the Data Management/Data Sharing study by the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research. Lefebure recently served as a member of HDMA’s Industry Relations Council. He earned an MBA from University of Chicago in Finance and BS in Computer Science from Iowa State University.

Doug Long Vice President Industry Relations IMS Health, Inc.
	Doug Long is Vice President of Industry Relations at IMS Health, the world’s largest pharmaceutical information company. IMS Health provides consulting services and an extensive product portfolio to the pharmaceutical industry in more than 101 countries worldwide. Since joining IMS in 1989, Doug has been active in the successful implementation of data health databases and has a unique perspective on the changing U.S. and global healthcare marketplace and pharmaceutical distribution. Doug Long’s Industry Year in Review features trends and forecasts of the U.S. market. Wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, and multiple trade associations rely on Doug for guidance, direction and industry expertise. Doug is a frequent industry speaker and permanent member of the Editorial Advisory Board of HealthCare Distributor magazine. He was a recipient of the 2004 Nexus Award for Lifetime Achievement and IMS’ prestigious Summit Award in 2003. Prior to IMS Health, Doug was at Nielsen Market Research for sixteen years in sales and marketing capacities. A native of Illinois, Doug received a BA degree from DePauw University and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Diane McLean Vice President, Accounts Payable McKesson Corporation
Diane McLean is Vice President of Accounts Payable for McKesson Financial Center. She manages departmental operations, focusing on leading initiatives for continuous process and system improvements. In 2008 McLean’s team won HDMA’s Innovation for Success Award for the development of McKesson’s supplier Web portal. The Supplier Resource Center automates the back office process and offers suppliers self-service information and tools to manage their accounts. Prior to joining McKesson in 2002, she was Manager of E-Commerce Procurement Systems at Citizens Communications. McLean holds a BS in Accounting from Louisiana State University.

Hussain A. Mooraj Vice President and Head of Healthcare Research Gartner, Inc.
	Hussain Mooraj brings more than 15 years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, life sciences consulting, strategic marketing and technology consulting to his role at Gartner, Inc., where he advises executives from companies across the healthcare value chain on business strategy and technology best practices. Previously Mooraj headed program management, marketing and business development for Trinity Partners LLC and Trinity Pharma Solutions LLC, firms specializing in strategic consulting and data management solutions for global pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Mooraj earned his BS in textile management from Clemson University and the Textile University of Pakistan. He also holds an Engineering MS in Information Systems, an MBA and a graduate certificate in Supply Chain Management from Northeastern University. Mooraj was named by PharmaVOICE as one of the 100 most inspirational and influential people in the life sciences industry in 2009.

Kristin Muhlner Chief Executive Officer RollStream, Inc.
Kristin Muhlner, Chief Executive Officer of RollStream Inc., is a recognized industry leader in business-to-business and middleware technologies, and brings more than 20 years’ deep expertise in leading high-growth software organizations. Before joining RollStream, Kristin served as EVP, Product Development for webMethods from 1998 to 2007. With responsibility for product strategy, product management, engineering and delivery, Kristin led the development and ongoing evolution of the company’s acclaimed software products. During her tenure, the company grew from approximately $1M to more than $200M in revenues, held the leadership position in numerous analyst assessments and executed eight highly successful acquisitions. Before joining webMethods, Kristin served as Senior Manager at Deloitte and Touche Consulting, where she led ERP implementation projects for key clients across North America. She holds a BA in economics from Rhodes College.

Kevin N. Nicholson, RPh, JD Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy National Association of Chain Drug Stores
	Kevin Nicholson, RPh, JD, is Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. In addition to serving as an in-house pharmacy industry advisor, he provides expert review of federal legislation and regulation affecting chain retail pharmacy. He provides expertise to lobbyists and other government affairs and public policy staff, as well as chain members, on legislative and regulatory issues.He has more than twenty years’ experience in the pharmacy industry, including six years as a practicing community pharmacist. His other experience includes product management with NDCHealth and corporate compliance with WebMD Corporation.

Heather Paton Senior Director, Pharmacy Contract Management Novation, LLC
	Heather Paton is Senior Director of Pharmacy Contract Management for Novation, LLC. Paton is responsibile for Novation’s pharmacy contracting strategy, its operations in the areas of generics and distribution, its customer-facing pharmacy spend analysis reports and Novation’s pharmacy program marketing strategy. Before joining Novation in 2003, Paton worked for McKesson as Vice President of Marketing Strategy for their health systems drug distribution business. At McKesson, Paton’s experiences included managing RFP responses, contract development, profitability modeling, marketing communications, consultative sales process training, CRM system selection, leading training for account managers and customer service representatives, field sales compensation plan design and IT project management. Paton is a trained Six Sigma Champion. Paton earned a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Gonzaga University.

Joseph P. Perri, CPA Regional Director of Finance, East Region AmerisourceBergen Drug Company
	Joseph P. Perri, CPA, is Regional Director of Finance, East Region for AmerisourceBergen Corporation. He came to AmerisourceBergen in 1998 as an Accounting Manager and was promoted to Regional Director of Finance in 2002. His previous work has been in public accounting. He currently serves as Chair of the HDMA Benchmarking Committee. Perri holds a BA from Villanova University and is a CPA licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Ralph Petri Executive Vice President, Pharmacy and Supply Chain Operations Kerr Drug, Inc.
	Ralph Petri is a 28-year veteran of the former Thrift Drug where he most recently served as Vice President of Merchandise and Distribution. He was promoted to Senior Vice President of Fay’s Drug following the Thrift acquisition of the New York chain in 1996. Petri served as Vice President of Merchandise for the Eckerd Corporation — a position he assumed in the wake of the Thrift Drug/Eckerd merger — when he returned to the newly formed Kerr Drug in 1997 to rejoin his former Thrift partners as Vice President for Pharmaceutical Purchasing and Logistics. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2004 and Executive Vice President in 2007. Petri holds a BS from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh.

Bradley T. Pine Compliance Director, Regulatory and Supply Smith Drug Company, Div. J M Smith Corporation
	Brad Pine is the Compliance Director, Regulatory and Supply, for Smith Drug Company. He has more than 19 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical wholesale industry, working for national and regional wholesalers. His breadth of knowledge comprises regulatory compliance, branded pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, marketing and overall business operations. Pine is responsible for oversight of SOPs, DEA, state and federal policy implementation. Pine manages IMA, FFS and PFP agreements as well as other business strategies. He chairs HDMA's State Government Affairs Committee and serves on the association’s Federal Government Affairs and Regulatory Affairs Committees. Pine holds a BS in Finance from Indiana University.

Will Rowe Chief Executive Officer American Pain Foundation
	Will Rowe is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Pain Foundation (APF). Rowe joined the organization in 2003 as its Executive Director. Under his leadership, the APF has developed strong alliances to numerous organizations and is poised to make great strides in fulfilling its mission of improving the quality of life of people affected by pain. Will’s passion for bringing the topic of pain and pain treatment to the forefront began over 20 years ago when his wife was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. His family’s life has been profoundly affected by the challenges of gaining understanding and care for this illness. His personal interest in pain is combined with more than 20 years of experience in leadership and management of social service organizations. Will holds a BA in Philosophy from Manhattan College, is a graduate of the Free University of Berlin and is currently a candidate for an MA and PhD in Philosophy from Duke University.

Larri A. Short Partner, Health Law Group Arent Fox, LLP
	Larri Short, Esq., is a Partner in the Health Law Group at Arent Fox, LLP. Short focuses on healthcare regulatory matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement; Medicaid and state supplemental drug rebate programs; PHS and VA pricing; fraud and abuse; and sales, marketing and clinical trial compliance issues. Short has represented healthcare provider and pharmaceutical clients in qui tam actions filed under federal and state False Claims Acts and is involved in the defense of pharmaceutical clients. Short holds a BS from the University of Michigan, an MA from Duke University and a JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Steve Tadevich Director, Account Management McKesson Pharmaceutical
Steve Tadevich is Director of Account Management and Six Sigma Black Belt in the Business Technology Solutions group for McKesson Pharmaceutical. His responsibilities include McKesson's initiatives in serialization, track and trace, e-Pedigree, RFID and supply chain security. He also works as a business technology liaison with Corporate Government Affairs. Tadevich has been at McKesson 24 years in various operations and information technology positions. He is a member of several GS1 groups and represents McKesson on HDMA’s Business Technology Committee.

Ronald Vaske Senior Director, Business Process McKesson Corporation
	Ron Vaske is a Senior Director of Business Process for McKesson. He leads a team of 24 full-time process professionals in three separate business organizations. He started with McKesson in 1991 in field finance management. He progressed into various finance roles culminating as a Director of Finance and Accounting prior to joining the Six Sigma organization as a Champion in 2003. His roles and efforts have been well connected with sales, operations and financial functions. Vaske holds a BA in Finance from Iowa State University.

Andrew C. von Eschenbach, MD Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Center for Health Transformation Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
	Andrew C. von Eschenbach, MD is Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Center for Health Transformation, where he leads the 21st Century FDA Modernization Project. Dr. von Eschenbach was appointed Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in September 2005 and confirmed by the Senate in December 2006. Dr. von Eschenbach immediately set out to modernize the FDA. He led initiatives to strengthen the FDA and its mission to protect and promote public health. He emphasized FDA’s work with external partners to assure quality throughout the lifecycle of the products it regulates, while internally fostering a transparent and efficient regulatory pathway that remained rigorous and science-led. Prior to FDA, Dr. von Eschenbach spent four years as Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health. At the time of his appointment by President Bush, he was President-Elect of the American Cancer Society. Dr. von Eschenbach entered government service after a career spanning three decades as a leading physician, surgeon, oncologist and executive. An internationally renowned cancer specialist and author of more than 200 scientific articles and studies, Dr. von Eschenbach has received numerous professional awards and honors. In 2006 he was named one of Time magazine’s “100 most influential people to shape the world,” and in 2007 and 2008, he was selected as one of the Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician’s “50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare.” Dr. von Eschenbach earned a BS from St. Joseph’s University and a medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.

Heather Zenk, PharmD Director, Integrated Solutions AmerisourceBergen Drug Company
	Heather Zenk, PharmD, is the Director of Integrated Solutions at AmerisourceBergen Corporation. She is responsible for developing and implementing track-and-trace business processes and technologies that will enhance patient safety, further secure the pharmaceutical supply chain and create broader service offerings to manufacturer partners and AmerisourceBergen customers. Prior to joining AmerisourceBergen in 2007, Zenk was employed by the Walgreen Company. She has more than 10 years of pharmacy, procurement and supply chain experience. Zenk is licensed to practice pharmacy in Minnesota and Illinois.