HDMA ELECTS NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ARLINGTON, Va., October 18, 2011 – The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) announced the appointment of six new members to its Board of Directors at its second Annual Board & Membership Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona:

• Maria M. Burns, Vice President, Corporate Secretary, Burlington Drug Company, Inc.;
• Gregory Drew, President, Value Drug Company;
• Terrance Haas, Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Drug Group;
• David W. Neu, President, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation;
• Dale Smith, Chairman and CEO, H. D. Smith; and,
• Albert J. Thomas, Senior Director and General Manager, VaxServe, a sanofi pasteur company.

Additionally, Neu was elected Vice Chairman of the HDMA Board of Directors. David S. Moody, Jr., RPh, Chief Executive Officer, Mutual Wholesale Drug Company, will continue to serve as Chairman.

A full listing of HDMA’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors is available here.

“I want to welcome our six new directors and thank our outgoing members for their commitment to our association and the healthcare distribution industry,” said HDMA President and CEO John M. Gray. “I look forward to working closely with the HDMA Board of Directors as we address the critical issues affecting our industry and advocate for safe and efficient supply chain solutions.”

About HDMA
HDMA is the national association representing primary healthcare distributors, the vital link in the healthcare system. Each business day, HDMA member companies ensure that nearly nine million prescription medicines and healthcare products are delivered safely and efficiently to nearly 200,000 pharmacies, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and others nationwide. HDMA and its members work daily to provide value and contain costs, saving the nation’s healthcare system an estimated $32 billion per year.