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Mike Ellis is a Chief Executive Officer at Maxor and is based in Dallas/Fort Worth Area. He has worked as Corporate Vice President at walgreen. Mike attended UAMS between 1979 and 1982.

Mark Prifogle has served GrandView Pharmacy, and its subsidiary pharmacy, medical equipment, clinical research and medical uniforms companies, for over 15 years in a variety of capacities in retail, 340B, specialty, compounding, and long-term care pharmacy settings. Mark currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Group President. He studied Psychology at Indiana University's School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, as well as Long Term Care Administration at Martin University. He holds an active Comprehensive Health Facility Administrator's license which allows him to operate hospital-based and freestanding skilled nursing facilities, licensed assisted living facilities and medical homes for children. He completed his HFA/LNHA residency with the Hickory Creek Healthcare Foundation. In addition to his responsibilities at GrandView, Mark is a guest lecturer on nursing home administrationf and pharmacy. He serves as a Business Administration Preceptor for Purdue College of Pharmacy, Affiliate Faculty at Manchester University College of Pharmacy and Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Marcy A. Bliss, Chief Executive Officer of private-equity-owned Wedgewood Pharmacy, is responsible for overall company performance. She is a member of the board of directors and works with the owners, board, and management team to set and to ensure the delivery of patient care, prescriber service, corporate vision, mission, strategy, structure, and long-term goals. The company’s brand is recognized by 99% of veterinarians in the United States. Under her leadership, in July 2018 the company acquired a significant competitor, Diamondback Drugs, in Scottsdale, Arizona, adding a second compounding pharmacy location and 180 employees. In 2020, the company acquired Wildlife Pharmaceuticals and its ZooPharm subsidiary; and opened a 503B Outsourcing Facility, Wedgewood Connect, in San Jose, California. During her tenure, Wedgewood Pharmacy has received many awards. In 2019, she was honored personally by the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce as Businessperson of the Year. In 2017, the company received the annual Award for Excellence from the New Jersey Business & Industry Association in the Outstanding Employer category, recognizing the company’s creative and forward-looking approach to managing its workforce. In that same year, the company received the inaugural P.E.T. award from the PSI Business Symposium. The award’s acronym stands for three vital components of veterinary practice success, People, Education and Training. Wedgewood Pharmacy was recognized as the Education winner for its substantial public affairs education work with veterinarians, state and federal legislators and regulators. In 2016, the company received the fourth annual Marcum Innovator of the Year Award, which recognizes the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area’s most innovative individuals and organizations in their fields. In 2015, the company received the Annual Award for Excellence from the New Jersey Business and Industry Association in the Business Success category, recognizing the company’s contribution to the state’s economic growth through the expansion of its business. A tireless defender of veterinary compounding and a fierce advocate for the rights of animals and pet parents, she leads the company's public affairs and issues-management programs and is frequently seen on Capitol Hill, protecting patient and prescriber access to compounded medication. She also speaks to professional groups about the compounding pharmacy profession, marketing, and public affairs. Most recently she was executive vice president of business operations and marketing for Wedgewood Pharmacy, having begun her career with the company in early 1999 as employee number eight. Over the years, she assumed positions of increasing responsibility, many with a significant emphasis on marketing, product development, and pharmacy growth. Prior to joining Wedgewood Pharmacy, she was chief marketing officer for the accounting and consulting firm, The Siegfried Group. Previously, she was a member of the staff of American Red Cross's (ARC) national office in Washington, DC, for planning, evaluation, and chapter operations and later served as communication manager for the Wilmington chapter of the ARC. In addition to her role on the board of Wedgewood Pharmacy since 2016, she serves on the board of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association; and is a member of the board of trustees of The Appel Farm Arts & Music Center (chair 2018-2020), where she is committed to supporting its mission of transforming lives through the arts. Previously, she served on the board of directors of the Tobin Foundation for the Visually Impaired. She holds a B.S. degree in Business/Marketing and Management Studies from the University of Maryland. A life-long learner, she has continued her education at Wharton Executive Education, University of Pennsylvania, Aresty Institute of Executive Education; the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (Stanford, CA); and as an Executive Mastery client of Gap International.

Vicki Einhellig is a President & CEO at DAY GOOD PHARMACY CORP and Partner, COO at DAY GOOD PHARMACY CORP and is based in Colorado Area, Fort Collins, Colorado. She attended University of Iowa Hospitals between 1987 and 1988 and University of Iowa between 1983 and 1987.