DSN TOP WOMEN-OCT 2020

COMMITMENT TO CARE

Emlah Tubuo Pharmacist and owner Powell Pharmacy

Challenging childhood experiences in the Central African country Cameroon inspired Emlah Tubuo to serve others. A passionate pharmacist driven to treat patients with dignity, love and kindness, Tubuo opened Powell Pharmacy in Ohio in 2019. She offers education, support and guidance, with a focus on functional medicine, nutraceuticals, preventive medicine and chronic disease management. Tubuo is known for going the extra mile to enhance patient care. Tubuo earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, a Master of Science degree in molecular biology at Chicago State University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology from the University of Buea Cameroon. She serves on the Alumni Board of Governors of OSU College of Pharmacy and worked as an Ambulatory Care Pharmacist for Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Tara Thompson Pharmacist and founder The Sexual Health Pharmacist Vice president of clinical services Innovation Compounding

When she recognized the lack of pharmacist education in the field of sexual medicine, Tara Thompson created The Sexual Health Pharmacist website and social media platforms to bring education to the public surrounding sexual medicine and treatments. Her passion is counseling and educating patients and providers alike about men's and women's sexual health conditions ranging from vulvodynia and interstitial cystitis to erectile dysfunction and Peyronie's disease. Thompson has been a practicing compounding pharmacist at Innovation Compounding in Georgia for eight years in the field of sexual medicine, and she also co-developed an advocacy panel called "justASK!" which hosts different sexual health experts on a monthly basis to encourage patients to ask questions surrounding sexual health. She is a supporter of the LGBTQ community and an advocate of mental health and the fight against sexual trauma and trafficking.

Ashley Kunkle Pharmacy district manager U-Save-It Pharmacy

RISING STARS

As a senior category analyst, Lauren Abendroth helps support Coca-Cola’s Total Beverage Business at Walgreens. Abendroth has been with The Coca-Cola Company for two years and in CPG for approximately five. She has experience in both the drug and mass retail channels. She is passionate about digging into shopper and category data to find compelling stories that drive growth. She has developed fact-based, shopper-centric business plans for retail categories, helped mass retailers optimize their assortments, and leveraged incremental sales. She earned certification from the Category Management Association as a Certified Professional Category Analyst, which involves gaining expertise in pricing, promotion and assortment analysis and other areas.

Desiree Surplus Patient care pharmacist and regional community outreach coordinator Albertsons, Mid-Atlantic, Acme Pharmacy

Desiree Surplus is passionate and committed to promoting the health of women, the underserved, those with HIV/AIDS, and individuals with mental health disorders. As a member of Women’s Initiative and Inclusion Network, an American Academy of HIV Medicine Certified HIV Pharmacist, a licensed immunizer and pharmacist authorized to administer injectables, she holds American Pharmacists Association certificates in medication therapy management, immunization delivery, diabetes care, and travel health. Her zeal for community health and education is evidenced in her over 50 immunization clinics and innovative strategies such as “have flu shots will travel,” parking lot/roving flu clinics, and social sandwich boards. She is a 2007 graduate of the University of Sciences in Philadelphia.

Since joining the U-Save-It Pharmacy team as a pharmacy student in 2005, Ashley Kunkle has continually strived to improve processes, training, and operations at U-Save-It. Kunkle has been on the forefront of the adaptation of enhanced pharmacy services such as diabetes education, immunizations, medication therapy management, and advanced inventory management. Ashley's passion lies in creating processes that maximize customer care. She has served as a preceptor for the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy for community pharmacy and entrepreneurship for 13 years. Ashley is part of U-Save-It's management team where she helps find innovative solutions to drive growth and sustainability for the independent family-owned pharmacy chain, which has 26 locations, 22 of which are in Georgia.

Mariana Ferreira Head of drug wholesale and managed markets Beiersdorf US

Mariana Ferreira has worked in the commercial and consumer goods business development field for more than 17 years. Ferreira’s expertise spans both retail and industry for worldwide major chains that include Walmart and Carrefour, where she led high performance focused teams to successful outcomes. She joined Beiersdorf in 2013 as the national account manager for Walmart Brazil, then as team leader for international and key accounts based in Brazil. “My goal is to challenge what is already in place by pushing myself and others to move beyond their comfort zone, bring new ideas to the table and execute them with excellence, thereby delivering outstanding results,” she said.

Lauren Abendroth Senior category analyst Coca-Cola

Katie Rollins DelSignore calls on CVS Health and manages Coca-Cola shopper marketing programs nationally. Rollins DelSignore started her professional career at Coca-Cola in 2011 as a category analyst in the drug channel. She then moved into a sales and operations role as an account executive, managing the Coca-Cola portfolio at CVS Health. Most recently, she served as a marketing asset manager responsible for Coca-Cola’s contracts with New England assets, including the Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics and NASCAR. Prior to her career with Coca-Cola, she lived in Germany where she played professional basketball. She was a four-year starter for the women's basketball team at Harvard University and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. She serves as president of the Harvard Basketball Alumni Association.

Katie Rollins DelSignore Senior shopper marketing manager Coca-Cola

For 5 years, Casey Huth has held roles in both marketing and sales at Hello Products, which makes natural toothpastes, deodorants, and other personal care items. Huth’s current responsibilities across various channels include online, specialty, and grocery, as well as shopper marketing. She began her career at Hello Products as a “mintern” during her final year of college, where she earned her honors marketing degree. She enjoys bringing her cross-functional experience working with her retailers to bring meaningful, millennial focused innovation to drive incremental growth across categories. She also has an interest in empowering the next generation of women and co-leads the WE Next Gen Board. She is an active member of the WE Community that is committed to championing representation and providing support to women in the industry.

Casey Huth Sales manager Hello Products

When Shelby Endicott began working for Hy-Vee’s corporate office in 2003, her first position was in produce purchasing. Endicott has since moved to non-foods, and in 2009 was promoted to general merchandise purchasing specialist. In 2016, she was named director of beauty and apparel and held various positions before being promoted to her current role as vice president of fashion and beauty in January 2020. Over the years Endicott’s work has been recognized by her employer and by DSN’s sister publication Progressive Grocer. In 2013, she was named Hy-Vee Staff Member of the Year, and in 2014 she was named one of Progressive Grocer’s Top Women in Grocery. Endicott earned her Associate of Arts degree in marketing and retail merchandising from Des Moines Area Community College, and in 2014 completed the Iowa Grocery Industry Association Leadership Institute.

Shelby Endicott Vice president of fashion and beauty Hy-Vee

Angie Danielson began her career with Hy-Vee in 2004 as a pharmacy intern. In 2007 Danielson began working as a full-time registered pharmacist and later as the pharmacy manager. In 2018, she was chosen to join Hy-Vee executive staff as a pharmacy supervisor and was later named Hy-Vee’s 2019 Supervisor of the Year. Hy-Vee’s operational philosophy is to take exceptional care of customers while helping them meet their health and wellness goals. She leads the pharmacies in her territory with excitement and promotes exceptional service to help customers meet or exceed their health and wellness goals. She also guides her pharmacies to provide a variety of services including medication therapy management, immunizations and COVID-19 testing.

Angie Danielson Pharmacy manager Hy-Vee

At NACDS, Sara Roszak is responsible for a portfolio focused on the advancement and expansion of pharmacy care services. Separately, she also serves as vice president of research at the NACDS Foundation where she oversees innovative patient care research grants. Prior to joining NACDS, Roszak held positions at the National Association of County and City Officials and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. She also worked for former Sen. Bob Graham at the congressional commission and then a presidential commission. Roszak graduated with a doctorate in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019, and she completed a dual master’s degree program in international affairs and public health at the George Washington University. She lectures and writes about community pharmacy, diabetes prevention programs, and other topics.

Sara Roszak Vice president of pharmacy care and health strategy National Association of Chain Drug Stores

Stephanie Trouten’s passion for beauty started at age 5, when she developed new hair and makeup looks on her family members. As she grew older, she saw that beauty can transform a person and bring confidence and wellness to somebody’s life. Trouten graduated from Western Michigan University and worked for Save A Lot in buying and category management. In 2017, she joined Kinney Drugs, an employee-owned company based in Syracuse, N.Y. and took her dream job of category management of beauty and personal care. She has advanced each category through product assortment, merchandising, pricing, promotions, social media, inventory control, and new product launch parties. This year has redefined and reshaped the beauty industry, bringing new engagement and users, and Trouten said she looks forward to incorporating these new trends and evolving each beauty category with the changing landscape.

Stephanie Trouten Category manager for beauty Kinney Drugs

Val Agdalipe is the sales leader for Walgreens Personal Care, which has annualized sales representing over $130 million. Agdalipe delivered a tremendous 2019-2020 year with regard to top-line, bottom-line and share growth. She delivered top-line sales growth of 23%, leading the channel and significantly ahead of the North America average while over-delivering her bottom-line targets. She delivered share growth in three of three core categories while also entering into two new categories during the last quarter of the fiscal year during the midst of COVID-19. She is an expat from the Philippines and has increased levels of responsibilities in managing the Asia-Pacific (APAC) business, as well as leading the market strategy and planning group in the Philippines for the beauty care division. She has received awards for her leadership and results in shopper-based design.

Val Agdalipe Sales director of Walgreens personal care Procter & Gamble

Megan Berland leads omni-channel retail shelf design for P&G’s North America Personal Care business, a portfolio featuring Old Spice, Secret, and Olay. She partners with retailers to make the shopping experience in-store or online effortless and engaging, through rich understanding of shopper behavior and retailer strategy. In 15 years with P&G, Berland’s career developed in sales and market strategy, and she pioneered work in omnichannel retail innovation. She enjoys building high performing teams, and leading innovation that will have a meaningful impact for the future.

Megan Berland Group director of shopper-based design Procter & Gamble

Lauren Larsen has built a career breaking the tension of women’s health taboos in retail while bringing products to the market that elevate women’s confidence and give back in a meaningful way. Larsen led the launch of Just, a Gen-Z brand, last yea that looks to normalize period protection and drive awareness of mental health stigma. She leads P&G’s Walmart feminine care business and has partnered with Walmart to drive the Always #LikeAGirl program, donating over two million pads to girls in need. She invests in her local community and has a passion for mentoring and coaching women inside and outside of P&G, especially working moms.

Lauren Larsen Senior director of sales for the Walmart feminine care business Procter & Gamble

Julie Niehaus Target sales director Procter & Gamble

Julie Niehaus leads P&G's Oral Care category growth and market share strategy at Target, P&G's second-largest customer. Niehaus manages joint business planning negotiations and multiyear strategy, including opportunities for growth with national and captive brand development with the partner retailer. She is an active member of the Network of Executive Women CPG leadership organization, serving on the NEW's Next Gen National Board from 2016 to 2019. She also currently serves on the University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business Marketing Board and leads P&G recruitment efforts at the university, of which she is an alumna. She has been with P&G for more than eight years, and managed the company’s North America $350 million Oral-B Manual Brush and $150 million Oral-B Floss businesses.

Megan Pukala is the commercial account director for P&G's Amazon skin care business, where she oversees all aspects of delivering P&G megabrand Olay on the e-tailer. Over her 12-year career with P&G Pukala has developed multifunctional and multicategory expertise from a unique range of assignments spanning engineering, consumer research, marketing, and sales disciplines across all P&G health and beauty categories as well as the paper sector. She has led initiatives at each stage of the product development cycle from seed to launch, growing both $1 billion brands and new item launches. She is a proud champion of equality and diversity within her organization and her business. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Northwestern University.

Megan Pukala Commercial director of skin for the Amazon team Procter & Gamble

Yana Hansen is the category manager responsible for all things beauty at Stop & Shop. From curating an at home spa experience to sourcing every hand sanitizer type imaginable, enabling customers to take care of themselves and their loved ones is her top priority. Through her work on the engagement committee and in partnership with other Ahold Delhaize banners, Hansen brings cross functional teams together to deliver on company values. Hansen, who is fluent in Russian, once worked as a director of purchasing for a company in Moscow, where she negotiated contracts with P&G, Johnson & Johnson, and Unilever.

Yana Hansen Category manager for beauty care Stop & Shop

Meaghan Devaney Geiger has worked at Unilever for 8 years, primarily on beauty and personal care businesses. She has worked her way up from retail analyst to category management team lead. Her objective thought leadership, critical insights, and strategic solutions have consistently accelerated growth. Meaghan’s cross-functional experience drives her acute understanding of both customer and consumer needs. In addition to driving strategy, Meaghan has led initiatives with Unilever’s women's employee network, focusing on developing female leaders with purpose and expanding connectivity. She earned a Bachelor of Arts at The Ohio State University, and once worked as a marketing and event planning intern at the American Heart Association, for its Go Red for Women campaign.

Meaghan Devaney Geiger Category management team lead Unilever

For the second year in a row, Drug Store News is shining a spotlight on and celebrating high-performing women in retail pharmacy.

Top Women in Health, Wellness and Beauty honors more than 85 women from the retail and supplier sides of our industry. These women were selected by their peers and their job titles run the gamut from the C-Suite to Category Managers, from Financial Executives to Marketers and from Sales Managers to HR. Each one has made significant contributions to the industry and helped smooth the way for the next generation of female leaders.

Amy Wadstrom began her career with Hy-Vee in 1996 after graduating from Drake University, and since then she has served in several positions, including pharmacy intern, registered pharmacist, pharmacy manager and pharmacy supervisor. In October 2020, she assumed her current position of vice president, clinical operations of Vivid Clear Rx, a new Hy-Vee company. Wadstrom has been widely recognized for her involvement with state pharmacy associations. She also continues to be involved with Drake University’s School of Pharmacy in a variety of clinical partnerships. She has led with a balance of achieving operational goals while maintaining an unsurpassed level of customer service in her territory. Her focus has always been to be a mentor to Hy-Vee’s pharmacy team members for developing growth professionally and in the area of clinical practices.

Amy Wadstrom Vice president of clinical operations Vivid Clear Rx, a Hy-Vee company

Business Excellence

Julie Zatizabal has a heartfelt desire to mentor other women the same way she’s been mentored throughout her 30-plus years in the pharmaceutical and specialty pharmacy industry. From starting as a sales representative with Upjohn right out of college, to her current role at Amber Specialty Pharmacy, Zatizabal said she thrives on bringing people together to move initiatives forward. She has been honored with numerous industry awards throughout her career, most recently by Hy-Vee, Inc., Amber’s parent company, with the Spirit of Hy-Vee Award. This award highlighted her motivating brand of leadership, her impact on the organization at large, and her ability to nurture business opportunities into successful, patient-serving relationships between manufacturers and the Amber team.

Julie Zatizabal Senior vice president of trade/industry relations Amber Specialty Pharmacy, a Hy-Vee subsidiary

Sarah Pomposello has spent her career in CPG with experience in category, trade and sales. She is passionate about the brands and heritage as skin care experts at Beiersdorf. Over the last five years, Pomposello has been creating and refining ecommerce strategy, developing digital shelf presence with elevated content, and driving online sales. During this time, both the brands and sales teams have experienced growth in ecommerce and digital acceleration. She is actively involved in youth sports, coaching or managing soccer, lacrosse and ski racing teams, including an Alpine Race Team at a ski area in the Berkshire Mountains in New England.

Sarah Pomposello Director of e-commerce Beiersdorf

Kerry Totten has been with Beiersdorf for most of her career, and has gained a strong background in analytics, category management, trade marketing and sales. Totten started her career in analytics with IRI, where she formed a solid data foundation. To enhance her knowledge set, she moved over to category management at Beiersdorf to drive the story of new items at retail. Over the years she moved on to trade marketing and running the Walmart customer insights and replenishment team, and later became the team leader of customer insights at Beiersdorf. Now she is key account manager of club and value channels. Her strength is in strategic thinking and insights driven customer execution which blends fact-based analytics and fact-based selling. “Creating the win-win relationship between retailer-manufacturer is now my biggest objective,” she said.

Kerry Totten Key account manager of club and value channels Beiersdorf

The homeopathic manufacturer Boiron USA has enjoyed significant growth over the past 10-plus years, partly thanks to the work of MaryEllen Tefft. She has served in various capacities on the sales team with Boiron USA over the years, and today Boiron products can be found in seven categories across mass market retailers nationwide. “I feel so fortunate that I have been able to work alongside an amazing team with our truly collaborative retail partners to offer consumers a true point of difference in their self-care choices," said Tefft, who leads the mass market team. The company makes products in the allergy, children and baby, cough, cold and flu, digestive, first aid, stress and sleep and women categories.

MaryEllen Tefft Vice president of sales for food, drug and mass Boiron USA

Michele Coppess has been in the CPG industry for more than 30 years and has worked for industry leaders including Johnson & Johnson, Ricola, Mattel and Del Laboratories (now Coty). Coppess has a broad business background ranging from high level account planning, team lead and corporate trainer to building trustworthy professional relationships. She has been managing the Bausch + Lomb eye care business at Walgreens since 2015 and develops key strategic business plans to ensure maximum profitability, both internally and externally. She has a passion for planning and executing game-changing opportunities, such as with the brand’s most recent launch of Lumify redness reliever eye drops. She piloted a speed-to-market initiative, developed messaging in the eye space and pioneered the first bridge to beauty with an eye care brand, solidifying Walgreens as the No. 1 drug retailer for Lumify.

Michele Coppess Senior strategic account manager for Walgreens business Bausch Health

Barbara Poremba leads Coca-Cola’s system partnership with CVS Health, across 400-plus beverage brands and more than 8,000 retail stores across the U.S. Previously, Poremba was vice president of food service in Retail Center of Excellence and vice president of food service North East Region supporting national, regional and local restaurant customers. Before Coca-Cola, she led Polaroid Corporation’s global business to business marketing team, working with law enforcement, healthcare, education, and scientific research channels. Poremba is committed to helping others achieve their full potential in their careers and personal lives. She has volunteered with Delta Zeta National Sorority; Stamford, Conn. Boys & Girls Club Board; Network for Executive Women-Atlanta Chapter; Women’s Foodservice Forum; and she launched and led Coca-Cola Women’s LINC Field Chapters. Barbara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from University of Connecticut and an MBA from Sacred Heart University.

Barbara Poremba National retail sales vice president, CVS Health Coca-Cola

As a senior category advisor. Emily Rogers supports the total beverage business at Walgreens. She has been with Coca-Cola for more than five years and in CPG for approximately 9 years. Emily has experience in the drug and convenience retail channels and is passionate about shopper behavior, category insights, and finding innovative ways to drive total store growth.

Emily Rogers Senior category advisor Coca-Cola

With 18 years of experience working for one of the most innovative companies in the industry, Julie Hultgren is skilled in consumer products, sales, retail, key account development, and marketing strategy. Hultgren is responsible for the growth and profitability of the Conair Hair Fashion Appliance business as well as leading and empowering the sales team. She is a has led during challenging times — including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — and is teaching her team to be nimble and resilient. With her positive attitude she encourages her team to work hard and never give up on the win. She has a passion for coaching and most recently became certified as a health coach.

Julie Hultgren Vice president of sales Conair

With more than 25 years in the CPG industry, Jodi Modreske is a performance driven sales leader with a demonstrated career record of exceptional achievement. Modreske is a passionate team builder with a track record of setting people up for success and motivating teams to achieve results. She began her career in contract manufacturing with Perrigo and then, in 2000, made the move into beauty with Newell Rubbermaid where she spent the next 15 years. In 2015 she took an opportunity to move to the Conair Corporation where she remains today.

Jodi Modreske Vice president of sales Conair

With a borrowed computer and her garage as a warehouse, Joann Marks founded Cosmetic Promotions — now CosPro Marketing — in 1990. From those modest beginnings, the firm has flourished, and 30 years later is a leader in beauty marketing. CosPro Marketing works with CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens as well as every mass beauty brand. Prior to starting the firm, Marks worked for Almay, Revlon, Parfums De Coeur, and Nat Robbins as a national account manager handling chains such as Walmart, Albertsons, Eckerd, CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens. Today CosPro has 23 employees, owns and operates a 40,000-sq.-ft. warehouse, and supports two offsite workshops for special-needs adults with thousands of hours’ worth of work each year. Altogether, the CosPro team produces and delivers more than 20,000 beauty kits each month.

Joann Marks CEO and founder CosPro Marketing

Please join us in congratulating this year's winners and be sure to see DSN's November, 2020 magazine which will include in-depth coverage of how these Rising Stars, Commitment to Care and Business Excellence Award Winners are making our industry better.

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After receiving her MBA in marketing and finance, Donna Iannucci’s career shifted to CPG marketing at Lancôme, a L'Oréal company. After leaving Lancôme in 2000, she began her career in the natural and organic industry at Twinlab, managing their supplement business. In 2006, Iannucci moved to the Hain Celestial Group, working her way to senior vice president of marketing. She managed over $400 million in revenue across multiple natural and organic brands and categories. At Country Life, Iannucci manages Country Life supplements, Biochem protein, and Desert Essence personal care. She oversees the marketing, graphic design, trade marketing and e-commerce groups. The company recently won its second NEXTY award for a new product line. This award recognizes the most innovative, inspiring and trustworthy products in the natural products industry.

Donna Iannucci Chief marketing officer Country Life

With more than 25 years of industry experience, Kristen Abreu is responsible for leading the teams that support Crossmark’s CPG vendor partners in driving profitable sales growth with CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. Abreu also leads the CPG sales and marketing agency’s retail support program in the drug channel, providing retailers and vendors with efficient and effective labor solutions. She joined Crossmark in 2013 as vice president of sales for the Walgreens team. Prior to joining Crossmark, Abreu held leadership roles with MARS Advertising as director of client services and with Walgreens as a divisional merchandise manager and category manager. She earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising and an MBA from the University of Illinois.

Kristen Abreu Vice president of customer development for the drug channel Crossmark

Lynne Fruth is a bold leader who is passionate about Fruth Pharmacy and its legacy of community service. The first Fruth Pharmacy opened in 1952 in West Virginia, and Lynne Fruth, a former educator and consultant, joined Fruth in 2009. During her tenure, Fruth has grown the chain to 30 locations and has created partnerships with providers to open 10 retail clinics in Fruth locations, and entered regional grocery stores to open small format pharmacies. Fruth led the way in removing single-ingredient pseudoephedrine (used by methamphetamine manufacturers) from all stores and helped encourage other chains to follow suit. She has been active in the drug fight by participating in naloxone training and harm reduction initiatives. Also, she spearheaded the creation of The Bridge of Hope Fund, which provides grants for training and education for recovering addicts.

Lynne Fruth President Fruth Pharmacy

With her 20-plus year consumer sales career, Karen Maceyko is known for her proven track record of consistently exceeding sales goals and building successful brands in health, wellness, and beauty. She has earned many honors, most recently the Galderma 2019 Inner Circle Award. Maceyko has held numerous senior leadership roles managing high-performance sales and marketing teams at top companies including Galderma, Bausch + Lomb, RB, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Warner Lambert. While she has national broad account experience, she is keenly focused on drug. Maceyko has been recognized for driving creativity and innovation as an out-of-box marketer specializing in successful new items and Rx-to-OTC launch plans on leading national brands including Cetaphil, Differin, Purell, Listerine, Benadryl, Sudafed, Lysol, and more.

Karen Maceyko Senior national accounts manager for drug Galderma

Karen Ejdys leads the U.S. customer strategy and planning team for the $4 billion OTC portfolio at GSK Consumer Healthcare, including category leading brands such as Advil, Voltaren, Centrum, Emergen-C, Tums, Nexium, Robitussin, Theraflu and ChapStick. She is responsible for the development and deployment of activation plans for retail go-to-market strategies for GSK brands and categories along with the commercialization of innovation, including Rx-to-OTC switch. Previously, Ejdys was the director for U.S. sales strategy for health and wellness at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare. She has an extensive career in CPG, leading teams and expanding her influence through a variety of roles. She has served as a steering committee member for Pfizer’s Women’s Empowerment Network, is a member of GSK’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, Network of Executive Women, and has won awards including the Pfizer Values Award and President’s Circle of Excellence.

Karen Ejdys U.S. customer strategy lead for OTC GSK Consumer Healthcare

As the marketing lead for GSK Consumer Healthcare’s U.S. pain portfolio — which includes Advil, Excedrin and Voltaren — Stacey Harris is responsible for leading the strategy for brand management, digital marketing, and innovation commercialization for these brands. Previously, Harris was the director for expert marketing. She held roles of increasing responsibility including marketing director for digestive health, where she led the team to deliver record-breaking growth on Tums and Benefiber, brand director on Sensodyne and Pronamel, and senior brand manager on stomach acid brands. She also worked in the U.S. sales organization. Prior to GSK Consumer Healthcare, Harris held brand management roles at Colgate-Palmolive and Johnson & Johnson. Harris received her MBA from Clark Atlanta University and is active in her community with her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Stacey Harris Marketing manager GSK Consumer Healthcare

One of Amy Joyce’s recent accomplishments at GSK Consumer Healthcare has been to transform the vitamins category at Walmart stores. As director of shopper and category insights for the Walmart business at GSK Consumer Healthcare, Joyce leads the team that works closely with Walmart. Their work in the vitamins category led to simplifying the customer experience and reducing shopping time by 46%. This initiative included full-category navigation signage and education, which resulted in delivering growth that was more than twice the rate of overall market growth. Joyce has 21 years of CPG and 16 years of OTC healthcare experience. She has held various roles of increasing responsibility across sales, category leadership, and insights while working across multiple retail customers at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Bayer HealthCare, Clorox and Nielsen.

Amy Joyce Director of shopper and category insights for the Walmart business GSK Consumer Healthcare

At GSK Consumer Healthcare, Kelly Mattran leads the shopper marketing strategy for the Walgreens account. Mattran develops and executes against winning shopper marketing strategies while collaborating with her marketing and merchant partners at Walgreens to drive multi-category growth. Most recently, Mattran joined forces with Walgreens on the Voltaren Rx-to-OTC switch that resulted in Walgreens leading the market at launch. The plan was a mix of in-store and out-of-store elements co-created with Walgreens. Together with Walgreens marketing, Mattran delivered a media strategy that leveraged data and insights from both companies resulting in dynamic creative and targeting to personalized audiences. Before joining GSK, Mattran held shopper marketing roles in consumer electronics at Dell Technologies and food/beverage at PepsiCo. She started her career in retail marketing with Starbucks.

Kelly Mattran Shopper engagement manager GSK Consumer Healthcare

Amy Sharon is the Brand Director for the US Heartburn Portfolio. In this role, Amy is responsible for the development and execution of brand strategies and marketing plans for market-leading brands including TUMS and Nexium. Most recently, Amy was the Marketing Lead on TUMS where she led the team to deliver record-breaking brand growth. Amy has also held Marketing roles of increasing responsibility across multiple categories at GSK including Smoker’s Health, Skin Health, and Oral Health. Prior to joining GSK, Amy managed the Trident Gum business at Cadbury. Outside of work Amy enjoys spending time with her family and being active in her community. Amy holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. She also holds a Master’s degree and Bachelor of Science degree from Wake Forest University.

Amy Sharon Brand Director, Heartburn Portfolio GSK Consumer Healthcare North America

Annie Chen started her marketing career in pharmaceuticals and then spent the next 20 years developing and marketing consumer products across different industries and brands, ranging from Motorola and Nike to Clorox and Ergobaby. In each of those roles, she used consumer insights to develop new products and launched them domestically as well as globally. Chen loves representing the voice of the consumer, and she applies this insight-based approach to lead Hyland’s marketing and innovation teams and looks to strengthen the connection to the brand with a new generation of consumers in a fast-evolving market and media landscape. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics from University of Waterloo, and an international MBA from York University’s Schulich School of Business, both in Canada.

Annie Chen Vice president of marketing and innovation Hyland’s

Fan Bonnett has spent the last 15 years in the CPG industry and has a proven track record of breakthrough results on more than 30 brands, both domestically and globally. Prior to joining i-Health, Bonnett spent 12 years at P&G and gained experiences in brand management, digital marketing and working with retailers. At i-Health she drives current businesses across all the existing global regions and countries in which i-Health operates, including launching a new brand in Brazil and leading the turnaround result in South Korea. She also spearheads the global expansion strategy work and looks for the next growth opportunity globally. She is skilled at thinking globally and acting locally, translating global brand strategies to align with local business strategies, as well as motivating internal teams and external distributors to deliver with excellence.

Fan Bonnett Senior director of global regions i-Health, a division of DSM

Susan Lewis has worked in CPG healthcare marketing for more than 30 years. During that time, Lewis developed winning global brands, led the development of innovative new product solutions and directed the efforts of OTC medical detailing sales teams. At i-Health for the past 13 years, she has led the brand marketing efforts, delivering consistent strong growth through the company’s transition from a small, private equity owned organization into a leading global company, as the consumer division of DSM. Working with a very talented cross functional team, she has been instrumental in helping the organization achieve its vision of global leadership and led Culturelle Probiotics to become the No. 1 global probiotics brand.

Susan Lewis Vice president of global brand strategy i-Health, a division of DSM

Before founding the premium broad-spectrum CBD brand Joy Organics, Joy Smith traveled the world as an itinerant speaker, empowering women in over four continents. Joy Organics was born out of Smith’s personal and transformational experience with CBD. After discovering that few products on the market yielded the results for which she was searching, she set out to create a trustworthy source of premium CBD at an accessible price. Since then, Joy Organics has grown into a national brand with some of the highest quality standards and rigorous testing methods in the industry. The company has become widely recognized for its value of compassion and mission to improve lives in the United States and worldwide.

Joy Smith Co-founder Joy Organics

Consumer knowledge is important, and Lisa Fur learned what shoppers want when she began her career behind the beauty counters in department stores. Over the ensuing 25 years she has become an industry expert, developing a broad background across classes of trade in account management, trade marketing, category development and sales strategy. At L’Oreal, Fur has overseen CeraVe, one of the fastest growing brands in the Walgreens skin care category for the past five years. During her career she has driven brands to maximize their fullest potential with her trade partners. She attributes her success to diving into the consumer mindset to form winning strategies, while constantly adding value to her business partnerships.

Lisa Fur Director of national accounts L’Oreal

Everything is better with chocolate, and Kate Jones wanted to make taking vitamins a treat, not a chore. The pioneer in the vitamin category created Mybite, a revolutionary delivery system incorporating all the best parts of a candy bar, such as chocolate, caramel coated peanuts and a fluffy center. Jones started her career in supplements more than three decades ago and cofounded the company that created the first gummy bear vitamin. Driven by a mission to improve health and educational opportunities to underserved youth in the Pacific Northwest, she spends time outside the office working with her family foundation, The KMR Group Foundation, to provide scholarships and nutrition assistance to the most vulnerable.

Kate Jones President and co-founder Mybite Vitamins

Chrisie Fong has more than 20 years’ experience in the health and wellness space working in the CPG industry with companies such as Bayer, GSK Consumer Healthcare and Novartis Consumer Healthcare. She has been with nutritional supplement maker Nature’s Bounty since early 2019, and is responsible for leading and developing category and shopper strategy and solutions using key shopper insights. Fong leads a team in shopper activation, category management and promotional analytics and has a keen ability to leverage analytics and insights to benefit both the customer and her organization. She also has a passion for driving a high performing team and advocating for young talent and is continuously focused on developing, mentoring and coaching others.

Chrisie Fong Senior director of shopper strategy and category management Nature’s Bounty

Samantha Goldstein is an accomplished leader in the consumer products industry and has worked for companies such as Coty Beauty, Nielsen and now, Nature’s Bounty. Goldstein was appointed vice president of customer development for the drug channel over a year and a half ago, and she is responsible for driving differentiated profitable growth across all of Nature’s Bounty’s leading brands within CVS Health, Walgreens and Rite Aid. A results-driven trailblazer, Goldstein said she enjoys the challenge of finding solutions to any opportunity. She is known for her optimism and turning objections into creative win-win solutions.

Samantha Goldstein Vice president of customer development for the drug channel Nature’s Bounty

Casey Pflieger’s career began in the skin care industry 15 years ago. She earned accolades for her work in direct marketing for Murad, and later honed her brand management skills with CosMedix. In 2013, Pflieger was recruited to oversee marketing for the medical device manufacturer Owen Mumford’s North American division. Here she spearheaded rebranding of the Unifine brand and was instrumental in developing retail pharmacy programs and driving revenue growth. In 2019, she was promoted to director of retail sales, and oversees the diabetes care portfolio across the pharmacy channel, including wholesale, chain and independent pharmacy. Pflieger is known as a creative problem solver and a relentless researcher, unafraid to ask questions. “I love the pharmacy channel and its complex layers of gatekeepers, stakeholders and influencers,” she said. “Success depends on your ability to navigate each level.”

Casey Cochran Pflieger Director of retail sales Owen Mumford

Since joining Piping Rock Health Products in 2016, Tina Dobush has been instrumental in developing and implementing wholesale marketing strategies including digital marketing integrations, merchandising and communication plans for the Nature’s Truth and Sundance brands. Most recently she played a pivotal role overseeing the development and launch of Pink, the wellness company’s new vitamin and supplement line for women. With her creative, merchandising and marketing background and over 17 years’ experience in the vitamin and supplement industry, Dobush utilizes modern platforms to adhere to each brand’s vision and mission. Her expertise and passion for wellness enables her to lead teams to execute best-in-class merchandising, advertising, POP displays, and innovative store of the future category designs, bringing top national brands to the forefront.

Tina Dobush Senior marketing director for the wholesale division Piping Rock Health Products

Staci Baffetti is a senior sales professional with 20 years of retail experience and 15 years of experience selling leading CPG brands to major retailers. Baffetti has an extensive background in sales, marketing, merchandising, and customer service, with more than 10 years of management experience in skincare, fashion, and other brands. In her career, she has sold to a variety of retail channels including drug, beauty, club, grocery, and mass accounts. Currently she is senior sales director at Poo~Pourri, which offers a toilet spray made with essential oils.

Staci Baffetti Senior sales director for club and grocery Poo~Pourri

Helen Driskell is responsible for creating joint business plans with Target on P&G beauty and personal care brands that drive sales, profit, market share, and category growth at Target. The multifunctional teams she has led have been recognized with Vendor of the Year selections by Target for OTC in 2019 and P&G enterprise in 2020. Helen has successfully worked across P&G health, beauty, feminine care and baby businesses and across channels — including drug — throughout her 17-year career. Helen is a passionate leader and advocate for gender equality. She co-leads the P&G U.S. Sales Women’s Network, and serves as executive board co-chair for the Network of Executive Women in the Twin Cities.

Helen Driskell Vice president, Target beauty and personal care Procter & Gamble

Sheila Thomas, a pharmacist by training, is responsible for enhancing understanding of patient insights and engagement utilizing a variety of sources, including patient communities and large data analytics. She joined Sanofi in 2013 as senior director of evidence-based medicine, national outcomes liaison directors. She has also served as health economics and value assessment, value frameworks engagement strategy leader. Thomas began her career as a retail pharmacist and has held various clinical leadership and health economics and outcomes research roles at biopharmaceutical companies and managed care organizations. In addition, she served on Ohio’s Public Health Advisory Board, Public Health Council and Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Committee. She received her Bachelor of Science in pharmacy and PharmD degrees from The Ohio State University, where she is an adjunct professor.

Sheila Thomas Global head of patient insights and engagement strategy Sanofi

Seeking a natural remedy for her husband’s acid reflux, Yvonne Anderson created a niche business in home water filtration. Yvonne and David launched Santevia Water Systems in January 2008, and the family owned business has grown steadily and now has sales in the U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe. Her passion for helping others spawned “Santevia Gives Back,” which gives 100 days of clean drinking water to people in need, for every Santevia MINA Alkaline Pitcher sold. The company believes that access to clean, healthy drinking water is a right that is not available to all, and through a partnership with ACTS for Water, is on a mission to change that. Anderson has an undergraduate degree in kinesiology and a master’s degree in leadership, and enjoys an active, outdoor lifestyle in the Pacific Northwest.

Yvonne Anderson CEO and founder Santevia Water Systems

Makenzie Geist helped Similasan USA achieve its highest-grossing year of sales to date in 2019 through implementation of innovative digital marketing strategies. The company makes eye, ear, allergy and other products with natural active ingredients. With eight years of experience in retail marketing, Geist leads educational training in the homeopathic space for retailers and other industry leaders. Previously, she worked as an account executive at a shopper marketing agency. Clients included Procter & Gamble and its home care brands such as Febreze, Unstopables, and Swiffer, and the Colorado chapter of Volunteers of America, for which the firm did pro bono work. Geist graduated with honors from Texas Christian University with a dual degree in advertising and public relations.

Makenzie Geist Senior product manager Similasan USA

With 35 years of global, cross-functional experience in consumer healthcare, Susan Levy has worked for industry leaders such as Merck/Schering-Plough, Pfizer/Warner-Lambert and SmithKline Beecham. In 2011, Levy founded a boutique consulting firm, Susan B. Levy Consulting, which has helped start-ups as well as many top U.S. consumer healthcare companies develop and implement growth strategies. The firm works on acquisitions, divestitures, technology search, in-licensing of new technologies, Rx-to-OTC switches, and effective/efficient marketing programs. Levy received her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Cornell University and attended NYU’s Stern School of Business. She was named a Top 50 Entrepreneur in New Jersey by Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners in 2014, and was founding co-chair of the Consumer Healthcare Product Association’s Women’s Leadership Forum in 2019.

Susan Levy Founder and principal Susan B. Levy Consulting

Holly Hartshorn began her career in retail, and for the past 12 years has been with UltiMed, an injection device manufacturer and world leader in safe sharps disposal. Hartshorn is responsible for marketing, customer service and analytics. She develops customized programs that address customers’ specific needs while improving the lives of people and pets with diabetes. She has spent most of her career working with high growth, entrepreneurial companies, and is a collaborative, energetic and strategic executive. “I am proud to be working alongside a great team who has a passion for creating an overall win-win for our customers,” she said.

Holly Hartshorn Director of sales and marketing UltiMed

Tiffany Daniel started her career in brand management, working on some of the most recognizable brands in the world. She helped to lead Unilever's launch of Dry Spray deodorant, which marked one of the biggest launches in company history. Tiffany transitioned into sales and today oversees the drug channel for Unilever. She sits on the NACDS Retail Advisory Board and is a devoted mentor through the Jackie Robinson Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships.

Tiffany Daniel Head of drug channel Unilever

A rising star in the consumer packaged goods industry, Dana Reed has more than 12 years of experience across health, grocery and beauty. Today, Reed oversees the Rite Aid business for all Unilever brands and manages a team of five from the Dowell Group, driving thought leadership in the beauty and personal care categories. She has proven her ability to overlay strategic planning with disruptive retail programs that drive growth. She has also helped reshape the thinking internally at Unilever on how brands go to market with an authentic experience at retail in the drug channel. This is knowledge gained when she spearheaded sales in the specialty channel for 5 years at Sundial Brands before the business was acquired by Unilever.

Dana Reed Rite Aid Team Lead Unilever

With a diverse background in category strategy, sales, and shopper marketing, Jessica Willis continues to make a positive impact on both business and people in the industry. Willis creates and executes shopper-centric category solutions that accelerate demand and drive competitive growth. For this, Jessica was recognized by Walmart and awarded the Spark Award for her contribution to servicing the customer and striving for excellence. At Unilever, she leads the Walmart and club category management team where she invests in her people to achieve their purpose, and with her retailer partners to provide strategic thought leadership and best in class omnichannel execution. She is a mentor for many within her organization and community and is a proud member of the Network of Executive Women.

Jessica Willis Director of category management for Walmart and club Unilever

A passion for improving health care access and affordability led Jinali Desai to join Walmart as an MBA Intern in 2008. Among her first accomplishments were to develop a strategy to leverage Walmart’s $4 Prescription program to employers, and to identify opportunities to revive Walmart’s specialty pharmacy division. In the last 10-plus years, Desai has led Walmart Health’s scale and technology strategy, pharmaceutical merchandising and health and wellness operations overseeing approximately 630 stores. Each role has allowed her to deliver on her commitment by focusing on the consumer. Desai believes that healthcare requires disruption and consumers deserve better outcomes and equity given U.S spend in healthcare. She said she is excited to be part of an organization that is willing to solve this problem.

Jinali Desai Vice president of health and wellness strategic initiatives Walmart

With a background in nonprofit administration and a Master of Business Administration degree, La’ren Lauchie'-Paul brings a well-rounded perspective to her role as category merchant with Wegmans Food Markets. Since 2018, Lauchie'-Paul has focused her management efforts to create customer focused assortments across the 14 personal care categories she manages. Her primary focus is to curate an assortment that meets the need of the customer, while partnering with brands that promote diversity, sustainability and innovation in the industry. She earned an MBA from the University of Rochester Simon Business School, and has worked in human resources in employee recruitment, training and development.

La'ren Lauchie'-Paul Category merchant Wegmans Food Markets

Throughout her career, Christie Wilmer has led CPG sales organizations across the United States. She is passionate about advancing women and is currently the Network for Executive Women Ambassador for Henkel. Prior to Henkel, Wilmer held several executive sales roles at Kellogg and PepsiCo. Wilmer’s influence led to Kellogg’s launching “Ingredients for Growth” as its platform for customer connections, and her “Cincinnati As One” program brought more than 1,000 employees together to give back to the local community and engage with local universities. Wilmer is a recipient of the WK Kellogg Global Value Award, was recognized as one of the Top Women in Grocery by DSN sister publication Progressive Grocer and was named “Who’s Who” for Customer Teams by Shopper Marketing.

Christie Wilmer Vice president of sales Henkel Beauty

In just under 10 years with Hy-Vee, Micaila has garnered respect and established herself as a voice of influence in both retail and specialty pharmacy circles. Starting as a retail pharmacy manager for the Midwest grocer in 2011, Micaila, who also is a Hy-Vee vice president, now leads all operational functions across a national network of 21 locations for Hy-Vee subsidiaries Amber Specialty Pharmacy and Hy-Vee Pharmacy Solutions. Micaila is motivated to lead her teams towards the building of exceptional and innovative whole-health clinical programs. Holding a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Micaila is currently pursuing a Master’s in public health with a focus on health law and ethics from Creighton University.

Micaila Ruiz COO and chief pharmacy officer Amber Specialty Pharmacy, a Hy-Vee subsidiary

As chief pharmacist of Health Mart, the independent pharmacy franchise under McKesson, Nancy Lyons leads and executives Health Mart’s clinical direction, which has an impact on the more than 5,000 locally owned Health Mart pharmacies nationwide. Additionally, she collaborates with the National Independent Advisory Board, Health Mart franchises and the leadership within McKesson Community Pharmacy to expand clinical services and improve pharmacy performance. A pharmacist by training, Lyons has an extensive background in education, clinical pharmacy and diabetes care, having played a key role in developing clinical practices at Albertsons and Supervalu. Lyons also has worked with Accredo Specialty Pharmacy, Roche Diabetes Care and directed Drug Store News’ continuing education and clinical content before her time with McKesson.

Nancy Lyons Chief Pharmacist Health Mart Vice president of pharmaceutical solutions and services McKesson

While P&G directors are often asked to play many roles, Nicole Dvorak is the only one who is also a commercial leader. As the commercial leader for mouthwash, Dvorak is responsible for leading a multi-functional team of 20-plus people to create consumer meaningful innovation, market and strategy sales plans for the Crest and Oral B Mouthwash businesses. She also creates the right go-to market strategy and execution plans to enable a successful rollout to retail and continue its expansion plans for P&G's new oral care brands Arc, Native and Gleem. She has strong expertise in holistic business planning, breakthrough go-to-market strategy and execution, customer relationship building and management, leveraging data and analytics to turn insights into action, promotion planning and has outstanding stewardship. She raises the bar every year in oral care at P&G.

Nicole Dvorak Director of sales for North America oral care Procter & Gamble

Hailey Helin leads the development of winning plans to drive category growth across the market by working with more than 20 teams to deliver value creation for P&G and its retail partners. Helin began her career at P&G more than nine years ago as an intern, and she has become an expert at building strong relationships with internal and external partners to deliver results. In 2017, Helin led the turnaround of the P&G Target skin care business, delivering back-to-back years of growth for the first time in nearly a decade. Her passion for developing a winning culture leaves each team stronger than when she joined. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University.

Hailey Helin Sales operations director for U.S. skin care Procter & Gamble

Jessie Mazur started her career at Procter & Gamble as a sales intern. Throughout her 11 years in P&G, she has worked across the home care, health care and beauty care categories. In the last three years, Mazur has worked in the personal care category, first leading and developing winning strategies for Walmart and P&G, and now managing P&G's personal care business in Sam's Club. She works closely with partners to drive shared business growth and to continue building the team’s skills. Under her leadership, P&G was recognized by Walmart as the Category Advisors of the Year for the second straight year. She is a passionate champion for gender equality, leading P&G Women's Network Leadership Team in Fayetteville, Ark.

Jessie Mazur Sam’s Club sales director for personal care Procter & Gamble

Tomeka Williams has led multimillion-dollar businesses across various categories with an emphasis on beauty and wellness. Her relentless focus to serve all consumers has enabled her to deliver outstanding results over her 13 years with P&G, both on the business and in the community. After graduating from UNC Greensboro, Williams began her P&G career as a sales representative for health care products. She has since worked various project manager and customer team positions for such retailers as Walmart and Delhaize. In her community, she is a founding member of the Community Cohesion Project, an initiative focused on making Northwest Arkansas a more inclusive environment for all. She's delivered science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics programming to thousands of minority girls by leveraging the power of P&G's scientists to inspire others.

Tomeka Williams Senior director of sales Procter & Gamble

Anna Ricelli leads a 13-person multifunctional team and is responsible for the P&G Oral care business at Meijer. Ricelli reinvigorated the P&G Oral care business, which had been declining before her arrival. Her primary responsibility is the P&G Crest and Oral B business, and she has consistently developed key strategies to enable Meijer to capture market growth through display and a shopper-based shelf set. She also plays a critical role in helping P&G develop winning strategies in oral care and ways to accelerate the food channel business. She is a real game changer and demonstrates strong leadership and strategic thinking. Her coaching of her team is recognized as best in class and her energetic ideas lead to additional growth. Prior to this role, she led the digital business for the Meijer Team.

Anna Ricelli Health team leader and senior account executive, Meijer Team Procter & Gamble

A 19-year veteran of Procter & Gamble, Megan Timberlake is currently the vice president of sales for P&G’s beauty, health and grooming at Walmart. These businesses include iconic brands such as Olay, Pantene, Vicks, Crest, Always, Gillette, Old Spice, and Head & Shoulders. She leads a multifunctional team spanning seven categories across Walmart stores and Walmart.com, which accounts for $4 billion in retail sales annually. Prior to her current appointment, Timberlake held numerous internal and external leadership roles across beauty, baby care and snacks and beverages. She has broad based channel experience across traditional food, drug and masss retailers and e-commerce. She is active in the industry and local community boards including Walton Arts Center, American Heart Association, and Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.

Megan Timberlake Vice president of sales for Walmart beauty, health and grooming Procter & Gamble

Nicole Dvorak Director of sales for North America oral care Procter & Gamble

Anna Ricelli Health team leader and senior account executive, Meijer Team Procter & Gamble

Tomeka Williams Senior director of sales Procter & Gamble

Jessie Mazur Sam’s Club sales director for personal care Procter & Gamble