George S. Barrett is chairman and chief executive officer of Cardinal Health, a Fortune 17 health care services company dedicated to improving the cost-effectiveness of health care. Barrett has refocused the company on enabling customers to improve the business behind health care, so pharmacies, hospitals and ambulatory care sites can focus on patient care, while reducing costs, improving efficiency and quality, and increasing profitability. Barrett joined Cardinal Health in 2008 as vice chairman and CEO of the company’s Healthcare Supply Chain Services segment, where he was responsible for all of the company’s supply chain businesses, including pharmaceutical distribution, medical/surgical distribution, nuclear pharmacy services, Presource® surgical kitting services and the Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. retail pharmacy franchise operations. Previously, Barrett served as CEO of Teva North America and corporate executive vice president of Global Pharmaceutical Markets of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. He held the position of president and CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA from March 1999 to December 2004. Prior to joining Teva Pharmaceuticals in 1999, Barrett held various positions with Alpharma Inc., serving as president of US Pharmaceuticals from 1994 to 1997, and president of NMC Laboratories, prior to its acquisition by Alpharma in 1990. Barrett serves on the board of directors of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, board of visitors at the Owen School of Business at Vanderbilt University and Project Restore at John Hopkins School of Medicine. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Healthcare Leadership Council and a past chairman of the board of directors of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Association (GPhA). He is also a member of The Business Council, Business Roundtable, Ohio Business Roundtable and The Columbus Partnership. In addition, Barrett is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award of Excellence in Global Business from New York University Stern School of Business and a recipient of an Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Barrett received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and an MBA from New York University. Shelley Bird is executive vice president of Public Affairs for Cardinal Health, where she is responsible for global branding, recently ”relaunching” the Cardinal Health brand and the company’s essential role as the business behind health care. In her position, she also oversees public relations, corporate marketing, government relations, employee communication, community relations and the Internet/intranet/new media. Prior to joining Cardinal Health in 2006, Bird was chief communications officer for NCR Corp., based in the U.S., and vice president of Marketing Communications and Public Relations for Philips Consumer Communications, based in the U.S. and France. She also gained valuable international experience through senior communication roles with Motorola and Hill and Knowlton across the Asia Pacific region. Bird serves as board chair for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), where she received accreditation as a business communicator through its professional credential program. She is also a past member for the IABC Research Foundation. She is a trustee for the Wexner Center for the Arts, the Ohio State University’s multidisciplinary laboratory for the exploration and advancement of contemporary art. Bird is also the chairperson of the Cardinal Health Foundation’s board of trustees and serves on the company’s Diversity Council and the Steering Committee for the Women’s Initiative Network. She is also the executive sponsor of the Cardinal Health Asian Pacific American Network, an employee resource group committed to creating a corporate culture of diversity and inclusion. Bird earned her master’s degree in communication management and a doctorate in communication from the University of South Australia. Mark Blake is executive vice president of Strategy and Corporate Development, where he is responsible for company-wide strategic planning and business development, including the identification, evaluation and execution of acquisitions, divestitures and collaboration agreements. Blake joined Cardinal Health from Medco Health Solutions, Inc., where he served as vice president of Business Development. Prior to Medco, he held business development leadership positions for Avaya, Inc. and was a turnaround consultant with AlixPartners, LLC. Blake has also been an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Co. and a consultant with Price Waterhouse LLP. Blake graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in government and earned an MBA in finance and accounting from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Tony Caprio is executive vice president of sales in the Office of Customer Experience. In this role, he oversees supply chain sales of the company’s executive selling organization. Prior to his current role, he served as executive vice president, sales for Integrated Provider Sales and segment sales leader for Healthcare Supply Chain Services for the hospital business. Caprio began his 34-year career with Cardinal Health in sales for American Hospital Supply and has since held various sales positions of increasing responsibility. Caprio is a past chairman of the Board of CentraState Healthcare System in Freehold, N.J. and member of the Foundation board of trustees. He is a regional policy board member and trustee for the Council of Governance for the American Hospital Association; and vice chair of the Cardinal Health Foundation board of trustees. Caprio is board certified in health care management and a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives. He previously served on the Robert Wood Johnson Health System Network Board. Caprio earned a bachelor's degree in business management and an MBA in finance from the University of Tampa. Mike Duffy is executive vice president of Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain for Cardinal Health. In this role, Duffy has responsibility for global manufacturing, global sourcing, inventory management and the Cardinal Health Center of Excellence, which encompasses both distribution and transportation for the organization. In his previous role as president of the company’s Medical Supply Chain, Duffy led the Hospital Supply, Lab/Scientific Products and Ambulatory Care businesses. Prior to Cardinal Health, Duffy served as vice president, Global Value Chain at The Gillette Co., where he had global responsibility for customer service, revenue management, demand planning, distribution and promotions management. Duffy is president of the Corporate Advisory Council at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Master of Supply Chain Management Program. He also is a board member for the Columbus Region Logistics Council and serves on the Healthcare Leadership Team for GS1, a global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and solutions for improving the efficiency of the health care value chain. Duffy earned both a bachelor’s degree in operations research and a master’s degree in transportation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Steve Falk is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary where he oversees the Legal function and acts as the secretary to the board of directors. Prior to his current role, Falk was executive vice president and general counsel for the Healthcare Supply Chain Services segment. He also served as vice president and general counsel for the Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services segment prior to its sale to the Blackstone Group in 2007. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Falk spent four years with Baker & Hostetler, LLP, as an associate attorney. Falk is executive sponsor of the Equality Network Employee Resource Group, which supports the diversity and inclusion of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender employees at Cardinal Health. He is also a member of the Cardinal Health Foundation board of trustees. Falk earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from The Ohio State University and received his juris doctorate from the University of Michigan. Jon Giacomin is executive vice president of Pharmaceutical Operations, where he is responsible for efficient, responsive and cost-effective supply chain services at the company’s pharmaceutical repackaging operations, 21 distribution centers and the National Logistics Center. Prior to his current role, Giacomin served as senior vice president of inventory management for the Healthcare Supply Chain Services segment. Giacomin joined Cardinal Health in the Pharmaceutical Repackaging business and served as its vice president and general manager. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Giacomin held engineering roles for Griffith Micro Science, Sterigenics and the U.S. Navy. Giacomin currently serves on the board of trustees for the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Jeff Henderson is the chief financial officer of Cardinal Health, a position he has held since April 2005. He also served as chief executive officer of the Healthcare Supply Chain Services business during an interim period in 2007-2008. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Henderson was president and general manager of Eli Lilly Canada Inc., and previously vice president and corporate controller of Eli Lilly & Co. Henderson joined Lilly in 1998 as vice president and corporate treasurer. Previously he held positions at General Motors Corp., including executive and managerial posts in Great Britain, Singapore, New York and Canada. Henderson currently serves on the board of trustees for the Columbus School for Girls. Henderson received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Kettering University and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Steve Inacker is president, Channel Management of the Medical segment, where he is responsible for the channel marketing and sales teams supporting both acute and ambulatory care and the service solutions the Medical segment offers to its hospital, surgery center and physician office customers. During his tenure at Cardinal Health, Inacker has held a number of sales, operations and leadership positions. Prior to his current role, Inacker was executive vice president of Global Supplier Services for the Healthcare Supply Chain Services segment, where he was responsible for the direct spend and supplier relations functions for the branded pharmaceutical, medical/surgical, consumer health and manufacturer services businesses. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Inacker spent eight years with a distribution automation company where he held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility. Inacker serves as vice president on the board of directors for the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association. He holds a seat on the editorial board for DC Velocity magazine and is a board member for the Health Industry Distributors Association and MediClick. Inacker earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Lock Haven University. Mike Kaufmann is the chief executive officer of the Pharmaceutical segment of Cardinal Health, which distributes approximately one-third of all medicine prescribed in the U.S. to hospitals, retail pharmacies and other care providers. The segment also includes the nation’s largest nuclear pharmacy network and provides pharmaceutical manufacturers with marketing, distribution, specialty pharmaceutical and logistics services. Kaufmann joined Cardinal Health as a controller and has held a number of senior operational, sales and finance roles. Prior to his current role, Kaufmann was group president for the Healthcare Supply Chains Services-Medical segment, a business that provided medical, surgical and laboratory products to hospitals, surgery centers, diagnostic labs, physician offices and other sites of care. Kaufmann has also served as chief financial officer of the Healthcare Supply Chain Services segment, and also led the company’s pharmaceutical distribution transition to a fee-based service model. Prior to Cardinal Health, Kaufmann had a successful career in audit and consulting with one of the nation’s largest public accounting firms. Kaufmann is a member of the executive board of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association and is a board member for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. He also serves on the executive advisory board of The Gathering and is a trustee at Ohio Northern University. Kaufmann is also the executive sponsor of the Cardinal Health Women’s Initiative Network Employee Resource Group. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ohio Northern University. Mike Lynch is the chief executive officer of the Medical segment of Cardinal Health, which is a leading provider of medical products and supply chain services to hospitals, laboratories, physician offices, surgery centers and other sites of care. The Medical segment manufactures many of the products it markets and distributes, including gloves, apparel and fluid management products. The segment also provides integrated services such as procedure-based kitting and inventory management solutions to help medical professionals control costs and improve quality in patient care. Since joining Cardinal Health, Lynch has held global sales, marketing, business development and general management roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to his current role, he was group president of the company’s Medical Products and Technologies segment, where he was successful in repositioning the offering to achieve profitable, double-digit growth. Lynch is on the board of directors for AdvaMed, where he is treasurer and chair for the organization’s finance, audit and compensation efforts. He is also executive sponsor of the Cardinal Health Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Affinity Employee Resource Group. Lynch earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University. Tim McFadden is executive vice president of sales and marketing for the Pharmaceutical segment, where he is responsible for efforts across classes of trade, including acute care, retail independent, alternate care, national markets. McFadden joined Cardinal Health from Wyeth Corp., where he worked for 19 years. Most recently, he served as executive vice president, U.S. Sales and Customer Support for Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, where he had responsibility for field sales, sales strategy and customer operations. He also had served in a variety of sales, marketing and strategic planning roles for Wyeth. McFadden earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Williams College and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia. As chief legal and compliance officer for Cardinal Health, Craig Morford is responsible for overseeing the company’s Legal, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, and Ethics and Compliance departments. In this role, his primary areas of focus are legal and regulatory compliance, corporate governance, environmental health and safety compliance, corporate ethics and enterprise risk management. In addition, Morford provides strategic leadership to the Cardinal Health government relations team for legislative affairs and interactions with government agencies. Morford joined Cardinal Health after more than 20 years of service with the United States Department of Justice, including serving as U.S. Attorney in Nashville, Tenn., and Detroit. In 2007, he was appointed by President George W. Bush as acting U.S. deputy attorney general, where he oversaw 100,000 employees including 93 U.S. Attorney offices and agencies that include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Morford is a governor appointee to the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation’s board of trustees. He is also a member of The Association of General Counsel and the Healthcare Leadership Council. Morford is a member of the board of trustees of United Way of Central Ohio, and he also serves as the executive sponsor of the Cardinal Health African American Network Employee Resource Group. Morford earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Hope College and received his juris doctorate from Valparaiso University. Patricia Morrison is executive vice president and chief information officer of Cardinal Health, where she is responsible for the company’s enterprise-wide information technology infrastructure and any enhancements in support of the company’s strategic business needs. Morrison has served as executive vice president and CIO at Motorola, Inc., where she oversaw all strategic, operational and financial aspects of the company’s information technology infrastructure and processes. Her previous experience also includes CIO of Office Depot, Inc.; and senior-level information technology positions at General Electric Co., PepsiCo, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Co. and The Quaker Oats Co. Morrison is a member of the board of directors of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., where she chairs the governance committee. She is also on the board of governors for Lumity, a non-profit organization that provides IT services to other non-profits in Chicago. Morrison earned bachelor’s degrees in both mathematics and statistics and in secondary education from Miami University. As senior vice president of Operational Excellence for Cardinal Health, Bill Owad is responsible for the development and implementation of an enterprise approach to operational excellence and the pursuit of becoming a “lean” enterprise. Prior to his current role, Owad served in a number of senior Operational Excellence roles. During his tenure, he served as the primary architect of the company’s enterprise-wide deployment of Lean Six Sigma, which in three years has yielded significant operational and working capital improvements. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Owad held several operations and administrative roles within the health care provider market, most recently as Corporate Director of Quality for ProMedica Health System. Owad serves as a board member for the Ohio Partnership for Excellence as well as Mid-Ohio Foodbank. He supports the extension of Operational Excellence external to Cardinal Health through his active membership in the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) Partner’s Program, The Ohio State University Fisher College Center for Operational Excellence and the Conference Board Quality Council. He has served as a past board chair for the Central Ohio American Red Cross BioMedical Services and Cordelia Martin Health Center and was a senior examiner for both The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program and the Ohio Award for Excellence. Owad received his bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences and an MBA from the University of Toledo. John Rademacher is the president of Nuclear and Specialty Pharmacy Services within the Pharmaceutical segment, where he oversees business strategy and operations for the nation’s largest network of nuclear pharmacies, radioisotope manufacturing facilities and pharmacy solutions provider. He is also responsible for the Pharmacy Solutions business unit, which provides pharmacy operations consultation, labor optimization and medication utilization services to acute care customers. Rademacher joined Cardinal Health in November 2007, and, during his tenure at the company he has expanded the company’s role in nuclear diagnostics by growing the company’s positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent manufacturing capabilities, including entrance into the PET clinical trial market. He has also established relationships with major research institutions to collaborate on future research programs for molecular imaging. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Rademacher was president of CareAllies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cigna Corp., providing medical and disease management services and health advocacy products to health plan and employer groups. Rademacher serves on the board of trustees for the American Heart Association, the advisory board for Women for Economic and Leadership Development and the advisory board for the Healthcare Business Women’s Association. He also is on the executive committee of the Cardinal Health Advancing Women Initiative and is the company’s executive sponsor for Pelotonia, a grassroots bike tour raising money for cancer research. Rademacher earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Hillsdale College and an MBA in finance from Wayne State University. Mark Rosenbaum is chief customer officer for Cardinal Health, where he ensures the organization is held accountable to the voice of the customer and drives improvements in customer experience across all customer channels. In addition to leading the Office of Customer Experience, Rosenbaum continues to be responsible for the hospital selling organization and manages several enterprise support functions. Prior to his current post, Rosenbaum was president, Integrated Provider Sales, where he was responsible for creating an integrated and unified sales team across the company that sold integrated solutions to the industry's leading hospitals, integrated delivery networks and group purchasing organizations. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Rosenbaum served as vice president and general manager of Amsco International, where he helped facilitate a turnaround in the company’s sales, service and marketing efforts. Rosenbaum represents Cardinal Health as a corporate member of Health Insights, a forum for executives from major companies in the health industry. Rosenbaum earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Jeffrey Scott is senior vice president and general manager of P4 Healthcare at Cardinal Health, where he is responsible for the essential tools, services and data the company provides to physicians, pharmaceutical companies and payors across the chain of specialty care to help improve the quality of patient outcomes and increase efficiency in the delivery of health care services. Prior to joining Cardinal Health, Scott served as president of P4 Healthcare, a subsidiary of Healthcare Solutions Holding. Before joining P4, Scott was general manager and president of the International Oncology Network, a division of AmerisourceBergen. He founded the network and served as its medical director for five years before assuming the general manager and president roles. Prior to his tenure at the International Oncology Network, Scott was a partner at Georgia Cancer Specialists. Scott is on the board of directors for Biovest, a publicly-held company that is dedicated to the development and commercialization of personalized cancer immunotherapies. Scott earned his bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Michigan and his doctorate in medicine from Wayne State University. He completed both his residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Texas Science Center. Carole Watkins is chief human resources officer (CHRO) of Cardinal Health, a post she assumed after serving in numerous roles of increasing responsibility in the company’s Human Resources function since 1996. Prior to her role as CHRO, Watkins served as the company’s senior vice president of human resources. Before assuming that role in 2000, Watkins served as the vice president of human resources for the Pharmaceutical Distribution and Provider Services business segment. Prior to that role, she had served as vice president of the company’s Distribution business for a three-year tenure. Watkins joined Cardinal Health with more than 20 years of Human Resources experience with companies including The Limited, O. M. Scott & Sons and Huntington Banks. Watkins is serving a term as past president of the board of Action for Children, a Central Ohio source for child care and early learning services, where she served as president of the board from July 2006 – June 2008. She is also on the operating committee for the Kids Come F1rst Capital Campaign and the board of directors of the Columbus Childhood Center League. She is involved heavily with the American Heart Association, where she currently serves on the executive leadership team for the 2011 Central Ohio “Go Red for Women” luncheon and on the Leadership Development Committee for its Great Rivers Affiliate. She was also the chair of the organization’s 2008 Central Ohio “Go Red for Women” luncheon. Watkins is also a foundation associate with the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Association. She is the executive sponsor of the Differently Abled Employee Resource Group at Cardinal Health. Watkins earned her bachelor’s degree in business from Franklin University.