Thank You for Attending!
It was great to be back in person at this year's SLS! The hallmark of this event is the energy created when we come together, and with over 320 of us, the 2023 SLS did not disappoint!
We hope you found high value in the sessions and appreciated the plentiful, meaningful (and fun!) networking opportunities.
See What You Missed
CHPA Self-Care Leadership Summit Day 2: Monday, March 20
Haleon’s Lisa Paley Elected as CHPA Board Chair
Jim Mackey Receives Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award
As a reminder, you’ll find select speaker presentations in the mobile app in the Agenda icon, within each session under “Attachments." If you have any questions, please contact meetings@chpa.org.
"Under the guidance of CHPA, the Annual Meeting is where companies come together to navigate industry & category wide issues."
"If you are a key player in the consumer healthcare space, taking advantage of being in an environment where competitors come together as collaborators is imperative."
2023 Program
March 19, 2023-March 21, 2023
Day 1
12:00–4:30 p.m.
Golf Tournament and Activities
12:00–2:00 p.m.
Joint Committee Meeting (invite only)
5:30–6:30 p.m.
CHPA Women’s Leadership Forum Event
6:30–7:00 p.m.
First Timer’s Orientation
7:00–10:00 p.m.
Opening Night Reception, Dinner & Entertainment
Day 2
7:00–8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00–9:15 a.m.
Leadership Session (livestream)
Chair and President’s Addresses & Presentation of the Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award
9:15-10:00 a.m.
Circana (formerly IRI) State of the Industry: An Omni Perspective (livestream)
During this featured session, State of the Industry: An Omni Perspective, Circana’s Kristin Hornberger and Sam Gagliardi will share an inside look at the performance of the Consumer Healthcare industry, revealing 2022 industry highlights and a look ahead at key trends that will disrupt the marketplace in 2023. They will share a roadmap for manufacturers looking to engage target shoppers in meaningful ways and capture growth in 2023 and beyond, from an omni perspective.
This session will also feature an analysis of the competitive landscape, with insights on the performance of rising challenger brands that have found recent success, and a deep dive into shifting shopping patterns and preferences to reveal how the lingering impact of COVID-19 continues to affect the marketplace and shopping behaviors in brick and mortar and eCommerce.
Hornberger and Gagliardi have a proven track record of delivering innovative insights and solutions that generate industry thought leadership, uncovering client growth opportunities, and leading the transformation of client insight capabilities by fusing disparate data sources into one strategic approach.
Speakers
10:00–10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15–11:15 a.m.
M&A Update (livestream)
This session will focus on M&A in the Consumer Health market. The panel We will look back on M&A in 2022, highlighting dynamics in the M&A markets, transaction volumes and deal types, and frame the year within a broader historical context. Speakers will share key M&A trends and themes that persisted within the industry last year as well as the characteristics of the most successful corporate and private equity deals. And finally, our panelists will share their views on how they believe the consumer health landscape will evolve for large and small companies over the coming years, what we can expect from the M&A markets in 2023 and beyond.
Moderator
Speakers
11:15–12:00 p.m.
Defining Culture Through Leadership (livestream)
Through her extensive work with leadership assessment and hiring, Ginny has experienced and witnessed the impact – both positive and negative – that leaders’ behaviors can have on an organization’s culture. Concluding that organizational culture is largely an amalgam of the behaviors of senior leaders, she shines a light on some critical leadership responsibilities such as managing conflict, decision making, and dealing with ambiguity. When handled poorly these functions have unintended consequences, such as diminished leadership credibility, low employee morale, weakened financial performance, and a toxic workplace and culture. Luckily, Ginny offers personal stories and case studies for getting a successful start and remediating troubled situations.
Keynote Speaker
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Business Appointments (with lunch available until 1:00 pm)
12:15–1:15 p.m.
Board Luncheon (Invitation Only)
1:30–4:00 p.m.
CHPA Board Meeting (CHPA Board members only)
1:00–1:45 p.m.
Learning Lab
Google: The Essential Role of Video in Today's Consumer Healthcare Journey
In this session, Google will share new research on how video is playing a pivotal and influential role in the consumer healthcare journey in a rapidly changing digital world.
Speakers
2:00–2:45 p.m.
Learning Lab
The Preston Associates: Stop Asking "Why": Creating a Culture of Thought Partnership
At a time when leaders are all challenged to continually raise performance, this session will provoke leaders to embrace the power of asking for help. It will demonstrate how this practice can build relationships and inspire trust. Participants will learn about how to be an effective thinking partner through using our proprietary Trilogy problem solving approach.
Speakers
4:15–5:00 p.m.
Learning Lab
DEI: Reverse Mentoring for Self-Care Industry Leaders
Consumer healthcare industry leaders will have a rare opportunity to switch seats and be mentored by a Next Generation Leaders panel. In this intimate workshop, panelists from under-represented communities will offer insights about challenges they face to enlighten and inspire leaders on how to effectively foster the careers of bright, talented, people who represent rich, diverse backgrounds and thought. Brought to you by the CHPA DEI Next Gen and Education & Training sub-committee.
Moderator
Speakers
5:45–7:00 p.m.
Board of Directors Cocktails & Conversations Reception (all attendees)
7:00–10:00 p.m.
Board Dinner (Invitation only)
Networking and private dinners on own
9:00–11:00 p.m.
CHPA After Hours Event (All Attendees)
Day 3
7:00–8:00 a.m.
Foundation Fun Run
8:00–10:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Business Appointments
Association Business (livestream)
Election of Officers and Directors
9:15–10:00 a.m.
The Business Case for Sustainability presented by Nielsen IQ (livestream)
Nielsen IQ will be releasing a report (done in conjunction with McKinsey & Company) on understanding how to build the business case for sustainability (understanding what areas can drive growth and which areas are table stakes.) While sustainability matters more and more to consumers, it can be confusing (so many ways to measure sustainability, social impact, etc.). We can take the industry through the framework for how to approach sustainability for self-care categories and share what is table stakes versus driving consumer loyalty.
Speaker
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Sustainability in the States: What Can We Learn from the European Union (livestream)
A case study approach on how sustainability has become front and center in U.S. state legislatures, as well as many countries around the world, starting with European Union Member States. Moderated by David Spangler and thought leaders.
Moderator
Panelists
11:00–11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m–12:15 p.m.
Leadership and Presidential History – A Discussion with Author Jon Meacham (livestream)
Join CHPA President and CEO, Scott Melville, Michelle Wang Goodridge, President, US Self Care at Johnson & Johnson and Lisa Paley, President of North America at Haleon for an intimate discussion with Presidential Historian and Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Jon Meacham. Meacham is known for his depth of knowledge about politics, history, religion, and current affairs, Meacham has the unique ability to bring historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives. The author of several #1 New York Times bestsellers, Meacham has written acclaimed books about Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, George H.W. Bush, and civil-rights icon John Lewis. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a fellow of the Society of American Historians, Meacham is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University, where he holds the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency. His latest #1 New York Times bestseller, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, was published in October 2022.
Keynote Speaker
Moderators
12:00–1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:30–4:00 p.m.
Optional Business Appointments
1:00–2:30 p.m.
President’s Forum Meeting (Invitation Only)
1:00–3:00 p.m.
CHPA Foundation Board Meeting (Foundation Board members only)
12:00–1:30 p.m.
RSAC PPS Meeting (Invitation only)
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Global Self Care Federation Meeting (Invitation Only)
Speaker Bios
Yvette Baez is the Head of Industry for Pharma and OTC at Google and leads a sales team of Digital consultative sellers that drive transformational growth for Google advertisers and deliver measurable solutions across Search, Video and Display. She helps lead her clients and team through the massive transformation happening as advertising shifts to mobile and online platforms. Prior to Google, Yvette spent 9 years at Univision in Marketing where she led a team dedicated to thought leadership in the development of insight-based Integrated Marketing and Branded Entertainment solutions for clients looking to leverage the power of the US Hispanic consumer opportunity. Yvette received her MBA in Marketing from Clark Atlanta University and has over 15 years of Consumer Packaged Goods experience after starting her career in Brand Management at SC Johnson Wax & Johnson & Johnson and moving back east to Wyeth Consumer healthcare. Yvette is a bilingual, first generation American-born child of Dominican immigrants, a proud mom of two beautiful young women and is an avid Pelotoner!
Dedicated to helping leaders create the conscious workplace for tomorrow, Ginny Clarke has advised at the highest levels of corporate America for decades. A proven expert in driving diverse leadership, she is the former director of executive recruiting at Google, where she led the company’s diversity, non-tech recruiting, and leadership internal mobility teams – finding and hiring senior leaders across the company. She also built a scaled internal mobility program for Google’s senior leaders to advance within the organization, and designed much of the infrastructure that supports their executive recruiting function today.
In speeches, Clarke draws on her unparalleled experience inside corporate C-Suites and boardrooms helping thousands of executives up their game and elevate their careers to bring a unique, holistic five-dimensional approach to true leadership that is essential now more than ever. A systems thinker who deconstructs processes and behaviors to carefully assess organizational and individual capability, she inspires and uplifts groups by helping them scale mobility opportunities for all, bring conscious awareness to both the workplace and life, and navigate the future of work. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Clarke delivers “no-holds-barred” discussions on the root causes that lead to a lack of diversity in organizations, and provides the thoughtful, integrated solutions that anyone can use to affect change as we transition into a new era in the workplace.
Prior to Google, Clarke was a partner at Spencer Stuart, the global executive search firm based in Chicago. For 12 years, she worked in the firm’s financial services and financial officer practices, and co-founded and led their global diversity practice. Drawing upon her breadth and depth of experience, Clarke wrote the book titled Career Mapping: Charting Your Course in the New World of Work, providing a framework that empowers individuals to plot and assess their professional competencies and strategically navigate their careers. After the book was published, she ran her own executive search and talent management firm for three years before becoming a senior partner for executive search in the U.S. at Knightsbridge, a Canadian human capital solutions firm.
Clarke started her career in banking at First National Bank of Chicago (now Chase). After a short stint, she spent a number of years in the real estate investment management business with Jones Lang LaSalle and Prudential Real Estate Investors, where she was responsible for asset management, portfolio management, capital raising, and client servicing.
She is now the CEO of Ginny Clarke, LLC, her own talent and leadership consulting business, as well as the host of Fifth Dimensional Leadership, a podcast for leaders, thinkers, and future-makers covering topics like power, personal branding, self-awareness, networking, fear, and career management. Clarke previously served as an entrepreneur in residence for HearstLab, advising the organization’s leaders on the future of work and how to approach areas such as culture, hiring, and performance evaluation as the way we work continues to evolve.
Clarke earned her BA in French and Linguistics from the University of California at Davis, and her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School. She is the single mother of an adult son, Julian, who works in the entertainment industry.
Daniella Foster is the Senior Vice President and Global Head of Public Affairs, Science and Sustainability for Bayer’s Consumer Health Division and is a member of the division’s Executive Board. In this role, she is responsible for global public affairs and policy, and for embedding sustainability into the fabric of the divisional business model, including strategy and ambition development, stakeholder engagement, proactive issues management, implementation and impact stewardship. She is the steward of the division’s sustainability commitments to expand access to everyday health for 100 million people in underserved communities by 2030 and to invest €100 million in sustainable solutions.
An integrity-driven leader, Foster has worked with billion-dollar brands and across private and public sectors, from Hilton and Mars to the United States White House, State Department and United Nations. She has a proven track record in driving strategy, change management, business integration and transformation across consumer goods, health, hospitality and government industries. In her nearly 20 years of experience, she’s led corporate and government affairs, business turnarounds, ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) and strategic partnerships.
Additional Leadership Roles:
- Co-founder: Emergent Leaders Network, a non-profit that provides scholarships and mentoring to community college students.
- Board member: United Nations Global Compact Network USA, Chair of the nominations and governance committee
- Board advisor: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Angel investor, working with Pipeline Angels, which aims to invest in and create capital for female entrepreneurs.
Education: M.A. in Social and Public Policy from Georgetown University; B.A. in Intercultural Communications and Business from Pepperdine University.
Sherry Frey brings more than two decades of industry experience to her role as Vice President, Total Wellness at NielsenIQ. With a background in market research, innovation and consulting, she has elevated clients across the fresh, CPG and wellness industries, providing forward-thinking insights, combined with practical strategies. In addition to leading NielsenIQ’s Total Wellness team and industry engagement, Sherry has been a featured speaker at many national and international industry events and is often sought as a media and analyst resource on topics related to consumer health, wellness and environmental issues. Sherry’s view of health and wellness spans beyond personal health and wellness, encompassing how we collectively think about the health of the planet.
Sam leads Circana’s OmniMarket Solutions and has +20 years of cross-functional sales, marketing and digital leadership experience with top FMCG manufacturers, including Colgate-Palmolive, J&J and RB. He is an expert in e-commerce strategy, digital marketing, search engine optimization, media management and marketing management. Sam is a graduate of the University of Rochester and Northwestern University’s, Kellogg School of Management. He resides with his family in New Jersey.
Michelle Wang Goodridge is President, U.S. Self Care for Johnson & Johnson Consumer where she is responsible for delivering over-the-counter wellness solutions that enhance the lives of consumers through well-known and trusted OTC medicines and products, including Tylenol®, Zyrtec® and Motrin®, Pepcid®, Sudafed®, and Benadryl®. A purpose-driven leader, Michelle has a strong track-record of building high-performing teams that drive successful business results and bring innovative solutions to market. Most recently, Michelle was Global Commercial Strategy Leader for Neuroscience, leading the Neuroscience Global Commercial Strategy Organization for Janssen. Michelle was part of the team to lead the Neuroscience Therapeutic Area (TA) to accelerate the critical opportunity for SPRAVATOTM (esketamine) which the FDA recommended for approval in February 2019. Michelle started her career at Johnson & Johnson 20 years ago in Marketing for U.S. Self Care and steadily grew to hold roles of increasing responsibility, including Vice President, U.S. Marketing for McNeil Consumer Healthcare and Vice President of Marketing & New Platforms for Wellness & Prevention, Inc. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Michelle worked for Procter & Gamble in Contract Manufacturing. Michelle holds an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Michelle lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two daughters.
Aman Gupta is a Managing Director and Partner at BCG, where he is a leader in the firm’s Consumer practice area. He serves clients across Consumer Health, Personal Care and Food & Beverage across a wide range of topics across strategy, go-to-market, and M&A. He co-leads the M&A topic in Consumer Goods in North America, and additionally serves private equity sponsors on commercial due diligence and portfolio company turnarounds. Aman received his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business and BA in Economics from Tufts University. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.
Carlos Gutiérrez is responsible for the development and implementation of state governmental affairs strategies for the association. He advocates on behalf of CHPA and advises member companies on legislation and regulations affecting their interests. Gutiérrez serves as chief state lobbyist, is the primary point of contact to CHPA’s State & Local Government Affairs Committee, and is lead liaison with external state groups such as the National Conference of State Legislatures, State Legislative Leaders Foundation, Council of State Governments, Attorneys General Alliance, National Governor’s Association and several others.
Prior to joining CHPA, Gutiérrez was assistant vice president of State & Local Government Affairs for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Operating within NAHB's Government Affairs Division, he managed state and local legislative and regulatory issues in the 50 states cooperatively with NAHB's 850 state and local affiliates nationwide.
Before locating to Washington, D.C., Gutiérrez was on the governmental affairs staff for both the Texas Association of Builders and the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin. He also served as a neighborhood housing consultant for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs during the construction of the AT&T Center in San Antonio, and also had stints with the City of Austin and the Congressional Research Service.
Gutiérrez is a member of the Washington Area State Relations Group, the State Government Affairs Council, the LBJ School D.C. Alumni Group, and served on the Professional Advisory Board for Texas Tech University's College of Mass Communications.
William Hood is a Founding Partner and the CEO of William Hood & Company, a differentiated industry-focused investment bank covering the Consumer, Food and Retail sectors.
Mr. Hood is well-known globally as a leading M&A banker to the Consumer Health & Wellness industry having led or been involved in many of the larger and better-known transactions including the sale of VOOST to Procter & Gamble, the sale of Liquid I.V. to Unilever, the sale of OLLY to Unilever, the sale of Atrium (Garden of Life) to Nestle for $2.3 billion, the sale of the Nature’s Bounty Company from Carlyle to KKR for $3 billion, the sale of UK-based Holland & Barrett to Letter1 Retail for $2.4 billion, the sale of Schiff to Reckitt Benckiser for $1.45 billion and the sale of Emergen-C to Pfizer, among many others.
Widely regarded as an expert in the industry, Mr. Hood is frequently invited to speak about M&A at key Health and Wellness conferences including Expo West, Expo East, the NBJ Summit, Supply Side West and ACG. Mr. Hood is also a contributor to both financial and industry publications and has been published or quoted about industry trends and matters of M&A in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg News, WWD and Reuters among others. Mr. Hood serves on the Editorial Board of the Nutrition Business Journal.
Prior to launching William Hood & Company, Mr. Hood spent 8 years as a Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey where he built and led the firm’s Consumer Health and Wellness practice. Prior to joining that firm, Mr. Hood spent 9 years at Sawaya Partners, a firm he joined at inception and where he became a Partner focused on transactions in the Consumer Products industry. Mr. Hood began his career 25 years ago at PaineWebber Investment Banking in New York. Mr. Hood has a global network and travels frequently to Europe and Asia. He grew up in the U.K. and Hong Kong and holds a B.S. from Georgetown University. Hood serves on the Board of Directors of Vitamin Angels, the Board of Trustees of Vitamin Angels U.K. and the Board of Greenwich Emergency Medical Services in Greenwich, CT.
Kristin Hornberger has a Healthcare Leadership role at Circana with many Consumer Healthcare clients, providing counsel in all facets of market research, marketing, and sales. Leveraging 20+ years of experience in working with a wide variety of healthcare companies, she has a proven track record of delivering innovative “Growth Delivered” insights and solutions, and behavioral and attitudinal insights via consumer and shopper technology platforms at Circana.
In her Healthcare role, Hornberger is responsible for generating industry thought leadership, uncovering client growth opportunities, leading the transformation of client insight capabilities, and fusing disparate data sources into one strategic approach.
Slava is Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Consumer Investment Banking at CG Sawaya Partners. Slava’s career has been dedicated to the industry and he is actively involved in advising public companies, private companies and financial sponsors on a variety of sell-side, buy-side and corporate divestiture transactions across the consumer health space globally. Just recently, this has included a number of the notable industry transactions, among them the sale of HRA Pharma to Perrigo, the acquisition of Akorn’s consumer health business by Prestige Consumer Healthcare, the sale of LifeStyles Healthcare to Linden Capital Partners, the sale of Advantice Health to TA Associates, the sale of Wellspring Consumer Healthcare to Avista Capital Partners, the acquisition of Arcadia Consumer Healthcare by Bansk Group and the acquisition of E45 by Karo Pharma from Reckitt.
Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham is one of America's most prominent public intellectuals. With a depth of knowledge about politics, history, religion, and current affairs, Meacham has the unique ability to bring historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives.
The author of several #1 New York Times bestsellers, Meacham has written acclaimed books about Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, George H.W. Bush, and civil-rights icon John Lewis. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a fellow of the Society of American Historians, Meacham is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University, where he holds the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency. His latest #1 New York Times bestseller, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle, was published in October 2022.
Scott Melville is the president and chief executive officer of CHPA and leads the organization’s efforts to empower consumer self-care by preserving and expanding choice and availability of consumer healthcare products, including OTC medicines, dietary supplements and consumer medical devices.
Prior to joining CHPA, Melville served as senior vice president of government affairs and general counsel for the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (formerly HDMA), representing pharmaceutical wholesale distributors.
Melville previously served in various public affairs and legal roles for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies Sterling-Winthrop, Hoffmann-LaRoche, and Cephalon. Melville began his professional career as a legislative assistant and appropriations committee associate on the staff of retired U.S. Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.).
He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Bucknell University, and his juris doctorate from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia School of Law. He serves on the boards of the Global Self-Care Federation, and the CHPA Educational Foundation.
Michele Muhammad is Founder and Principal of Vanderpool Strategy, a marketing consulting firm that provides strategic branding and advertising solutions for consumer health companies. As a trusted partner, Vanderpool Strategy shepherds its clients through an intricate business environment by zeroing in on insights that lead to clear, actionable strategies for profitable and scalable growth. Our firm connects your consumer to your products with innovative digital-first strategies and “sticky”, culturally relevant experiences that inspire brand loyalty and action.
Sachin is the Head of Industry on the Pharma/OTC vertical at Google. Prior to joining Google, Sachin was the Co-founder and CEO of Docphin. Sachin led a team of engineers, UX designers and biz dev to build a digital media platform with over 60,000 physician members. Docphin was selected by Apple as one of the "Best New Apps for Medical Professionals" in 2014. In January 2016, Docphin was acquired by HealthTap. Sachin led the end-to-end acquisition process.Before co-founding Docphin, Sachin was a Senior Consultant at IQVIA (fka IMS Consulting Group) managing global pricing and market access engagements for Pharmaceutical clients primarily in oncology. Sachin received his MBA from Columbia Business School and BA in Economics from the University of Michigan. Prior to business school, Sachin was an award winning sales professional for GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Luciana Nunez built her executive experience across the US, Europe and Latin America in a variety of General Management, Marketing and Business Development roles at Danone, Bayer and Roche. As a Coach, she provides an inspiring environment for clients to look deeply at the elements that will help them achieve their best potential, working on both their business and personal path. She is a firm believer that you perform at your best when you bring your whole self to work. As a Board Member, Luciana works with entrepreneurs and start-ups through coaching, business mentorship and investment. She believes that the future of the world’s economy is in the hands of disruptive, visionary business leaders.
Lisa leads the North America Region for Haleon, currently the largest Consumer Health company in the world.
As President, she is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and responsible for helping guide the enterprise and oversee the business unit across brand management, customer and expert sales, and more. Under her leadership, the North American business builds business opportunities across numerous health and wellness categories encompassing brands such as Advil, Centrum, Emergen-C, Flonase, Paradontax, Sensodyne, Theraflu and Tums.
She joined the company in 2019 from Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, where she had been President of North America. In her decade at Pfizer, Lisa held senior roles in sales strategy; was General Manager of Puerto Rico & Caribbean; and was the U.S. Chief Customer Officer and Global E-Commerce leader.
Previously, Lisa worked at Johnson & Johnson as a Vice President in US Sales and also spent 18 years with the former Pfizer Consumer Healthcare/Warner Lambert where she held positions of increasing responsibility in Sales, Customer Development, Operations, Category Management & Insights and General Management.
Lisa is a former Certified Public Accountant and worked for Deloitte. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Accounting at Miami University and her Executive Master of Business Administration at The Ohio State University.
Lisa is a Board member of several US industry association boards including CHPA Executive Committee, NACDS Retail Advisory Board and the WE Board. She was named Chair-Elect of the CHPA Board of Directors and will assume the position in 2023, and most recently, was named Executive of the Year by New Jersey Business Magazine.
Rusty Ray is a managing partner at Alantra and head of the US healthcare practice. He has over 15 years of M&A experience and is focused exclusively on healthcare investment banking. His client list ranges from large pharmaceuticals to early-stage drug development companies, as well as many service companies. Prior to joining Alantra, Rusty was a managing director at Crosstree Capital Partners, a health science investment bank, a deputy director at a Washington D.C.-based think tank, and he worked with the Meningitis Research Foundation in London. He was also a member of the Board of Directors for Apricus Bio (NASDAQ: APRI). Rusty holds an MBA from Fordham University and received a BS in Biology from Wake Forest University.
Susan Roddy is a senior member of Houlihan Lokey’s Consumer, Food & Retail Group, leading the firm’s Consumer Health and Personal Care practice. She specializes in Health & Wellness, including OTC, nutritional supplements, women’s health and sexual health & wellbeing. With over two decades of corporate finance experience, Ms. Roddy is well regarded as a leading advisor to high growth consumer brands. Her recent work includes the sales of Thinx to Kimberly Clark, Lifestyles to Linden Capital, Arcadia Consumer Health to Bansk Group, Zesty Paws to H&H Group, Nuun to Nestlé Health Science, SmartyPants to Unilever, Care/of to Bayer, and Zarbee’s to Johnson & Johnson. She also has significant expertise in corporate carve-outs and divestitures, as well as contract manufacturing and private label across sectors. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Ms. Roddy worked in Corporate Strategy & Development at PepsiCo, where she led deal execution in Europe and was responsible for executing the company’s strategy to expand into good-for-you and better-for-you food & beverage categories. Prior to that, she worked in Investment Banking for Deutsche Bank and as an accountant for Ernst & Young. Ms. Roddy holds a B.S. in Accounting from Bucknell University and an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia. She was previously a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Pennsylvania (expired).
Natalie leads the Data, Insights, and Strategy team at The Emerson Group, where she has been since 2014. An integral part of her role there is to enable Retailers and Brands to make better business decisions focused on actionable insights that are driven by data. Brands supported range from start-ups to $600M+ in size within Health, Wellness and Beauty. One of her favorite parts of her role is to uncover growth opportunities not yet contemplated such as innovation ideation, brand acquisition targets, go-to-market strategies and category whitespace identification. Outside of work, Natalie lives in Philadelphia with her wife and dog Brody and enjoys supporting the community at home and abroad with Liguori Academy, The Vetri Foundation, and Vitamin Angels.
David Spangler leads the association’s team of eight across legal, government affairs, and policy functions. He has particular expertise in regulatory matters.
Spangler joined CHPA in 1984 as a legislative analyst. He subsequently served in a number of roles for the association in the president's office, project management, international affairs, and, after completing law school in 1995, the association's legal department. Spangler was named a vice president in 1997, and a senior vice president in 2006. His responsibilities were expanded to his current role in 2019.
Spangler is a member of the District of Columbia Bar as well as the American Society of Association Executives. He authored the chapter on OTC medicines in "Modern Pharmaceutical Industry: A Primer" (Jacobsen and Wertheimer, eds., 2009) and has served on a range of committees and working groups for the Food and Drug Law Institute and the Global Self-Care Federation. Spangler earned his Certificate in Organizational Management in 1991 from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Organization Management.
As Director General, Ms Svarcaite is responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership while managing the day to day operations of Association of the European Self-Care Industry (AESGP) and its ongoing relationships with its member associations, companies and other stakeholders, as well as representing the self-care industry in various International, European and national forums. The Association of the European Self-care Industry (AESGP) represents the manufacturers of non-prescription medicines, food supplements and self-care medical devices in Europe, an area also referred to as consumer healthcare products.
Her previous work experience includes the Secretary General position at the Pharmaceutical Group of the EU (PGEU), an umbrella organization representing community pharmacy in Europe, the head of Pharmaceutical Care Department in a major pharmacy chain in Lithuania.
Ms. Svarcaite received her Master in Pharmacy degree from Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania. She went on to earn her Master of Science degree in Pharmacy Practice from The School of Pharmacy, University of London.
Tish Tillie is the US Brand Director on Flonase at Haleon. She began leading the Flonase business in January 2022 where she has been focused on launching the brands first innovation in over 5 years and building a long-term strategy to propel Flonase to a brand consumers love. Tish is known for her strategic business planning and infectious positive energy that helps foster strong collaborative partnerships. She also serves as the Marketing Department Culture lead and Diversity Recruitment team champion.
She joined GSK in 2012 and has managed brands across oral care, respiratory, and digestive health. In 2019 she became the US Marketing & Innovation Learning and Development lead, leaning into her passion for developing marketers. In 2020 she left GSK and joined Iovate Health Science as the General Manager over two Sports Nutrition brands focused on brand building but returned to GSK/Haleon to continue focus on healthcare and wellness in 2022. Prior to Haleon, Tish worked in a variety of marketing roles at Advertising & Shopper Agencies generating new business and creating breakthrough programs.
Tish earned a BS in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing from California State University Long Beach and an MBA from Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business.
In Tish’s spare time she enjoys participating in Spartan obstacle races, tennis with her husband and keeping up with her 21-month-old daughter who has way too much personality.
Barton has over 30 years of experience in many of the world’s most respected corporations. He started his brand management career at Procter & Gamble and led international marketing teams at Johnson & Johnson and Boots. Barton then joined Bayer, leading its largest global business unit and its $3 Billion US marketing function. In his final role at Bayer, he led Strategy and Portfolio Management and the Rx Dermatology business. Most recently, he founded a consumer products start-up that now sells through Target, Amazon, and direct to consumers. His breadth of experience gives him a deep insight into optimal performance in both large and small organizations. Barton enjoys running, tennis, and gardening. He loves learning and enjoys taking College-level Social Science courses.
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- $2295 Nonmember Virtual Fee (General Sessions Only)
Register online. Phone registrations are NOT accepted.
- A log-in and password are required to register online
- New to CHPA? You must create a contact record first
- A log-in and password will be sent to you after creating a contact record
Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received by February 1, 2023, will receive a full refund. Cancellations received after February 1, 2023 will result in the forfeiture of the entire registration fee. Substitutions are always accepted.
Registration & Logistics Questions
Hotel & Travel
Hotel Information
Waldorf Astoria Orlando
14200 Bonnet Creek Resort Ln,
Orlando, FL 32821
407.597.5500
Reservations
The CHPA 2022 Self-Care Leadership Summit group rates are:
$349 per night with nightly $30 resort fee.
The CHPA hotel room block is closed. Please alternative hotels below
Check-In and Check-Out
Check-in: 4:00 p.m.
Check-out: 11:00 a.m.
Cancellation Policy
Hotel Cancellations must be received 24 hours prior to your arrival date to avoid a penalty of one night’s room and tax.
Hotel Amenities
Please visit the hotel website for a full list of amenities and features.
Travel Logistics
Airport Information
Orlando International Airport (MCO) is approximately 21 miles/25-30 minutes from the Waldorf Astoria Orlando.
Ground Transportation
This hotel does not provide shuttle service.
- Alternate transportation: Ace Luxury Transportation; reservation required
- Estimated taxi fare: 38-45 USD (one way)
Hotel Parking
- The hotel offers valet parking for $45 per day.
- Tesla and universal electric vehicle chargers are available.
Sponsorship
Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award
The Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award is CHPA’s highest honor and aims to recognize a leader whose legacy has inspired their peers, employees, and the broader consumer healthcare community. This award is bestowed upon a crusader within our industry, who has made significant contributions in the realms of Business Excellence, Commitment to the Association and Industry, and Giving Back to the Community.
Please contact Allegra Bartscherer with questions about the Ivan D. Combe Lifetime Achievement Award.