Sr. Director, Health & Welfare Plans for US Foods for ~20 years
- Human Resource / Benefits professional with 35+ years of leadership experience
- Extensive experience in benefit strategy, administration and compliance
- Spearheaded a PBM RFP in 2025 resulting in moving from CVS/Caremark to US-Rx Care 1/1/26
- US Foods is considered one of the country’s most progressive companies because of successfully implementing multiple digital health solutions (Diabetes, MSK, COE direct contracting, mental health, family planning, cancer, etc.)
- Member of World 50 (EHIR) “shark Tank” with 100+ large progressive employers reviewing the most promising emerging health & wellness solutions
- Board member for Midwest Business Group on Health and member of Finance committee
- Corporate Advisory Board Member for various point solutions
- Was a steering committee member for a pharmacy coalition of 25 companies
- Key-note speaker at various Benefit Industry groups
- Provides strategic support to the Labor Relations team (for over 50 unions) M&A team
- As of January 2026, “retired” and continues to advise US Foods and several digital solutions
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- Master of Business Administration from Dominican University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Northern Illinois University