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HDMA ELECTS NEW OFFICERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ARLINGTON, VA—October 12, 2005—HDMA elected new officers to its Board of Directors at the recent 2005 HDMA Annual Leadership Forum. Effective immediately, HDMA’s new Chairman is Chris Mitiguy, Vice President of Burlington Drug Company. HDMA’s Vice Chairman is Mark Parrish, President and COO, Supply Chain Services – Pharmaceuticals, Cardinal Health, Inc.
The current HDMA Board of Directors includes: Ken Couch, President, Smith Drug
Company; John Dohmen, President and CEO, The F. Dohmen Company; David Moody,
CEO, N.C. Mutual Drug Company; and Mike Racioppi, President, Medical Group, Henry
Schein, Inc. The two newly-elected members of the Board are G.K. Richards, President,
Capital Wholesale Drug and David McQueary, Vice President, McQueary Bros
Members of the HDMA Executive Committee, composed of HDMA’s Officers, include: HDMA’s new Chairman and Vice Chairman, as well as Kurt Hilzinger, President and COO, AmerisourceBergen Corporation (Immediate Past Board Chairman); Paul Julian, Executive Vice President and Group President, McKesson Corporation; Eric Schuss, Chairman, Bellco Health; and Jon Borschow, President, Borschow Drug.
“I congratulate and welcome G.K. Richards and David McQueary to the 2005 HDMA
Board of Directors,” said HDMA President and CEO John M. Gray. “I look forward
to working with them, under the leadership of our new Board Chairman Chris Mitiguy,
in the coming year.
“On behalf of HDMA, I would like to thank immediate past Chairman Kurt Hilzinger for his year of leadership and strong commitment to the association,” continued Gray. “Kurt has been the impetus for positive and productive changes at HDMA, and I hope to build upon that positive momentum in 2006. I also thank outgoing Board Members Jay Levine, President and COO, Harvard Drug Group, and Marty Wilson, President and COO of D&K Healthcare Resources, Inc. for their service and counsel to HDMA and the Board.”
About HDMA
HDMA’s members work to secure a safe, efficient and reliable healthcare
distribution system that is able to provide life-saving health products
and services. HDMA members are responsible for ensuring that billions of
units of medication are safely delivered to tens of thousands of retail
pharmacies, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and other provider sites
in all 50 states in the most efficient manner possible. HDMA members are
a vital link in the healthcare system, providing highest-quality solutions
that remove costs and empower providers to deliver care more effectively.
Through our advocacy activities, HDMA operates at the forefront of healthcare,
and ensures that members’ perspectives and businesses are understood
and addressed in legislative and regulatory arenas. For more information
on HDMA, please visit www.HealthcareDistribution.org. |
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