Bio

As EVP & President, U.S. Pharmaceuticals & Animal Health at AmerisourceBergen, Rich is responsible for leading our U.S. businesses, which are comprised of the following segments: Corporate Partnerships, Community Retail & Long Term Care, Specialty Physician Services, and Health Systems & Government Services. In addition, Rich is responsible for our Animal Health business both in the U.S. and Internationally. These businesses collectively represent over $220B in annual revenue across Human and Animal Health. Prior to this, Rich led Customer Operations, Animal Health, Corporate Partnerships, and the Community Retail & Long Term Care segments (formerly CSP). These business segments represented over $140B in annual sales for the corporation and spanned across both Human & Animal Health. Before that Rich served as President of Strategic Global Sourcing, where he oversaw all of AmerisourceBergen's sourcing, pricing, and inside sales activity in brand, specialty, generics, over-the-counter, biosimilar, animal health and med-surg products. This included leading global offices in Ireland and Switzerland, and serving as procurement liaison with Walgreens Boots Alliance Development. Prior to joining AmerisourceBergen in 2013, Rich held leadership roles at Sandoz, Inc. (Novartis) and Teva Pharmaceuticals in various sales, marketing, operations and supply chain positions of increasing responsibility. And prior to that, Rich was at Black & Decker in their Supply Chain Development Program. Rich received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Logistics/Supply Chain. He graduated from Temple University with a Master of Business Administration, as well as a post-MBA certificate in Basic Pharmaceutical Development from the Temple School of Pharmacy. Rich is also a graduate of Wharton’s Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the University of Pennsylvania. Passionate about community service, Rich serves as a board member on the Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of JDRF where he is Chair of the Nominating & Board Development Committee. He is also a board member of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) and serves as member of the HDA Executive Committee. In his spare time he also coaches youth ice hockey in the area.