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Kurt Florian
Board Member
Kurt is the COO and General Counsel of Loan Ecosystem LLC, which provides an efficient and economical platform for the loan syndication process. Kurt has extensive experience in corporate finance and previously was the COO, Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer for Vanderbilt Capital Advisors, LLC. Kurt was previously a partner at Lord, Bissell & Brook and Katten Muchin Rosenman law firms. Kurt comes to the OWP board with a passion for epilepsy patients, having served as the President and Chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago. He has a BA from the University of Chicago and a JD from Duke University School of Law.
Carol Coghlan Gavin
Board Member
Carol joins OWP’s board with over 30 years of experience on boards in both the private and non-profit sectors, with expertise in corporate governance. At Beatrice Company, she supervised the divesture of subsidiaries and assets, and moved to Tellabs, Inc. where she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, directing all legal services and its subsidiaries globally. She now serves as President and Executive Director of the Tellabs Foundation. Carol has served on the Board of Visitors for the University of Illinois, where she received both her BA and JD.
Jim Milligan
Board Member
Jim currently works as the CFO for Chicago-based Becker’s Healthcare. His finance experience ranges across industry, from small to Fortune 100 companies, both public and private, as well as private equity funded ventures. He has a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Jim has been recognized for excellence in his financial leadership by both his employers and the FEI Chicago chapter, and has a passion for driving strategic financial and operational decisions that lead to profitable growth and better business outcomes.
Dr. Troy Hammond
Board member - Chair
Troy is the CEO of Convergence Energy, a leading Solar and Battery Storage project developer in the Commercial & Industrial sector. Troy's wide-ranging leadership experience includes the Presidency of North Central College in Naperville, IL, McKinsey & Co., Bluestar Energy Services and Plextronics, Inc., a solar and lighting technology start-up. Troy holds a BS in Mathematics from Milligan College, a BS in Physics from Georgia Tech, and a PhD in Experimental Atomic Physics from MIT.
Scott Boyer
Founder and President
Scott has almost three decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has led the sales and marketing efforts for numerous branded drugs for Abbott and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Scott has a passion for creating a pharmaceutical model that provides medications to all patients. His education includes a B.S. in Business Administration and Management from Morningside College.
Dr. Paul Regan
ROW Global Administrator
Paul has spent his professional career leading nonprofit organizations, with experience in foundations, philanthropy, international relief, associations and partnerships, and health care delivery. He has degrees in psychology and counseling, and a doctorate in organizational leadership from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. As President of ROW Foundation, Paul helps to facilitate efforts — both within ROW and between ROW and OWP Pharmaceuticals — to improve the quality of life for persons living in under-resourced areas. He acts as the ROW board liaison with OWP Pharmaceuticals.
Bruce Duncan
Chief Financial Officer
Bruce has more than thirty years of experience at the C-level in accounting and tax management, including a decade at a Big 4 accounting firm and a decade managing the tax department of a Fortune 100 company. Bruce was also the Sr. Vice President of Finance at a capital management firm that grew to more than $50 billion during his tenure. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has a law degree from Case Western.
Kurt Florian
Board Member
Kurt is the COO and General Counsel of Loan Ecosystem LLC, which provides an efficient and economical platform for the loan syndication process. Kurt has extensive experience in corporate finance and previously was the COO, Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer for Vanderbilt Capital Advisors, LLC. Kurt was previously a partner at Lord, Bissell & Brook and Katten Muchin Rosenman law firms. Kurt comes to the OWP board with a passion for epilepsy patients, having served as the President and Chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago. He has a BA from the University of Chicago and a JD from Duke University School of Law.
Carol Coghlan Gavin
Board Member
Carol joins OWP’s board with over 30 years of experience on boards in both the private and non-profit sectors, with expertise in corporate governance. At Beatrice Company, she supervised the divesture of subsidiaries and assets, and moved to Tellabs, Inc. where she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, directing all legal services and its subsidiaries globally. She now serves as President and Executive Director of the Tellabs Foundation. Carol has served on the Board of Visitors for the University of Illinois, where she received both her BA and JD.
Dr. Troy Hammond
Board member - Chair
Troy is the CEO of Convergence Energy, a leading Solar and Battery Storage project developer in the Commercial & Industrial sector. Troy's wide-ranging leadership experience includes the Presidency of North Central College in Naperville, IL, McKinsey & Co., Bluestar Energy Services and Plextronics, Inc., a solar and lighting technology start-up. Troy holds a BS in Mathematics from Milligan College, a BS in Physics from Georgia Tech, and a PhD in Experimental Atomic Physics from MIT.
Jim Milligan
Board Member
Jim currently works as the CFO for Chicago-based Becker’s Healthcare. His finance experience ranges across industry, from small to Fortune 100 companies, both public and private, as well as private equity funded ventures. He has a BA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Jim has been recognized for excellence in his financial leadership by both his employers and the FEI Chicago chapter, and has a passion for driving strategic financial and operational decisions that lead to profitable growth and better business outcomes.
Scott Boyer
Founder and President
Scott has almost three decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has led the sales and marketing efforts for numerous branded drugs for Abbott and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Scott has a passion for creating a pharmaceutical model that provides medications to all patients. His education includes a B.S. in Business Administration and Management from Morningside College.
Dr. Paul Regan
ROW Global Administrator
Paul has spent his professional career leading nonprofit organizations, with experience in foundations, philanthropy, international relief, associations and partnerships, and health care delivery. He has degrees in psychology and counseling, and a doctorate in organizational leadership from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. As President of ROW Foundation, Paul helps to facilitate efforts — both within ROW and between ROW and OWP Pharmaceuticals — to improve the quality of life for persons living in under-resourced areas. He acts as the ROW board liaison with OWP Pharmaceuticals.
Bruce Duncan
Chief Financial Officer
Bruce has more than thirty years of experience at the C-level in accounting and tax management, including a decade at a Big 4 accounting firm and a decade managing the tax department of a Fortune 100 company. Bruce was also the Sr. Vice President of Finance at a capital management firm that grew to more than $50 billion during his tenure. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has a law degree from Case Western.
