Church and Crawford, Inc. Appoints Senior Health Executive to Its Board of Directors
February 27 2009 - 12:05PM
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Church and Crawford, Inc. (OTCQX: CCWF) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Marc Kealey as a Director to its Board. Mr. Kealey
brings his many years of experience and his expertise to the Board
of Directors of Church and Crawford, Inc.
With over 20 years experience in healthcare, Marc is an expert
on health reform and health governance in Canada. His success has
been honed from years of experience in politics, public
administration and business. As recently as spring 2007, Marc was
CEO of the largest professional organization for pharmacists in
Canada. During his tenure he succeeded in generating 50 million
media impressions annually, steered the organization through the
toughest issues of the day including the Transparent Drug System
for Patients Act. He launched the Meds Check program, heralded as
an innovative collaborative program, increased revenues for the
multi-million organization some 300 percent and stabilized the
profession's reputation.
Recognized in North America as an advocate for the preservation
and integrity of drug supply in both Canada and the US, he was the
lead voice on the cross border re-importation issue fighting in
over 22 Legislatures in the US and Washington DC.
He was a part of the Ontario Government's Smoke Free Ontario
Campaign Cabinet and helped develop North America's toughest piece
of Legislation on anti-smoking. For his efforts in this challenge
he was given the Heather Crowe Award in 2006.
Prior to this work, Marc was General Manager of Corporate
Affairs at AECL, Canada's nuclear trust. He was also a management
consultant providing expertise in the US, Latin America and South
America and spent several years as a hospital Administrator in
Durham Region and helped move it through one an ambitious hospital
restructurings resulting in a new health care system there.
He began his career as an advisor to a Premier of Ontario and a
Prime Minister from 1984 to 1990.
Marc is dedicated to public service and is involved in many
Organizations and causes. He was a member of the Ontario Smart
Systems for Health Agency. He sat on the Board of Governors of
McMaster University and a number of publicly traded companies.
Marc Kealey is well traveled internationally. He and former
Prime Minister John Turner represented Canada at the 10th
Anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 2006 and led a
delegation to Ukraine to oversee the run-off elections there in
2005.
Marc is a graduate of the University of Waterloo in Waterloo,
Ontario and attended Kent State University in Ohio.
About Church and Crawford, Inc.
Church and Crawford is poised to be a leading pharmacy benefit
enhancement organization. Our goal is to enhance benefit plan
savings for employee and employer groups. We've developed our
business model to drive down the cost of pharmacy benefits and, in
some case, healthcare for private sector employer groups, health
plans, labor unions of all sizes.
The company is positioned to serve the unique needs of patients
with chronic conditions and, as we grow, to manage more complex
conditions through our clinical expertise including enhanced
pharmacy care practice through strategic acquisitions.
This press release contains forward-looking information within
the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject
to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material
contains statements about expected future events and/or financial
results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and
uncertainties. For those statements, the Company claims the
protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements
provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and any amendments thereto. Such forward-looking
statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the Company to be materially different from the
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. In particular, there is no
assurance that production, pricing levels or other factors
pertaining to the manufacturing and retail operations will be
sustained at the expected rates or levels over time. Discussions of
factors, which may affect future results, are contained in the
Company's most recent SEC filings.
Contacts: Church and Crawford, Inc. (905) 616-3427 Email:
info@churchandcrawfordinc.com
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