Rite Aid Names Jocelyn Konrad Group Vice President, Pharmacy Initiatives and Clinical Services
January 06 2015 - 10:38AM
Business Wire
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today that Jocelyn
Zazyczny Konrad, currently vice president, healthcare initiatives,
has been promoted to group vice president, pharmacy initiatives and
clinical services. Konrad succeeds Karen Staniforth, who was
recently promoted to the role of chief operating officer at Health
Dialog, a subsidiary of Rite Aid.
Konrad, a licensed pharmacist with more than 20 years’
experience in retail pharmacy, will be responsible for the
development, implementation and management of new pharmacy business
and clinical programs including Rite Aid Health Alliance,
immunizations, medication therapy management and medication
adherence. Additionally, Konrad will oversee the Company’s
Wellness Ambassador strategy. Unique to Rite Aid’s Wellness Stores,
Wellness Ambassadors work closely with Rite Aid pharmacists and are
specially trained to provide customers with access to information
on over-the-counter medications, vitamins and supplements and Rite
Aid programs and services. She will report to Dan Miller, Rite
Aid’s senior vice president of pharmacy.
“Already a valued member of our pharmacy leadership team, in her
new role, Jocelyn will undoubtedly contribute to the continued
development of our 11,000 pharmacists as well as key pharmacy
initiatives and our clinical services programs,” Miller said. “We
look forward to benefitting from her knowledge and retail pharmacy
expertise as she leads our clinical pharmacy team and works toward
our goal of providing impactful patient care programs that create
an outstanding experience for our pharmacy customers, each and
every day.”
Konrad began her career in pharmacy in 1992, serving as a
pharmacist for Thrift Drug Pharmacy. In 1997, she joined Eckerd
Pharmacy as a district manager. Konrad joined Rite Aid in 2007,
when Rite Aid acquired the Eckerd and the Brooks pharmacy chains
from Jean Coutu. In 2011, she was promoted to regional pharmacy
vice president, overseeing 350 pharmacists at approximately 150
Rite Aid pharmacies in Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of
Columbia, and had responsibility for implementing company programs,
growing pharmacy business, managing costs, talent management and
enhancing both the customer and Rite Aid associate experience. She
was promoted to her current role in 2012.
Konrad holds a bachelor’s of science degree from Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy and Science.
Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore
chains with nearly 4,600 stores in 31 states and the District of
Columbia and fiscal 2014 annual revenues of $25.5 billion.
Information about Rite Aid, including corporate background and
press releases, is available through the company's website at
www.riteaid.com.
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