FIRST BOSTON PHARMA - Key Persons


Beatrice Odessa

Beatrice Odessa is well aware of the importance of having a friendly, knowledgeable staff at the Beatrice Spa and Beauty Salon. Beatrice worked as an executive account manager for over ten years in New York and Atlanta. In that time, she learned the importance of people skills and strong communication. Before opening her spa, she also learned what clients wanted and didn't want, from a whole spa experience. Beatrice and her staff have an utmost commitment to their client and will work with you to best accommodate you when you visit the spa. Every staff member at Beatrice Spa and Beauty Salon is an expert in their respected field of beauty. Most of them have been personally recruited by Beatrice to work at the spa. It's important for Beatrice that her staffers feel like family and treat each and every client like family. Clients who have to work with a different staffer due to schedule commitments, have complete trust in Beatrice that any staffer they work with will meet their needs. Beatrice prides herself on hiring the best of the best when it comes to her employees. The best compliment she ever received was from a female client who told Beatrice that she frequented spas all over the world, but only the staff at Beatrice makes her "feel right at home." Beatrice and her staff also only use to highest-quality spa and beauty products that are not tested on animals and can be used on all sorts of sensitive skin. When your birthday rolls around, you'll receive a special gift from our staff as a thank you for stopping into the Beatrice Spa and Beauty Spa.

Daniel Olsen - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO
  • Designer for Karen Fitchwood
Daniel Olsen, COO. Olsen has worked as a designer for Karen Fitchwood designs for over 5 years where he personally crafted jewelry for clients all over the world. He spent 2 years in the U.S. Virgin Isles purchasing gems and stones for jewelry stores all over the world. He currently has a popular design line on QVC where he specializes in charm bracelets and blue stones from the Caribbean. Daniel studied fashion and merchandising at the Rhode Island School of Design. Daniel is excited to collaborate with Eileen at Silver Spark and hopes customers from all over the world take advantage of Silver Spark's custom made offers.

Doug M. Charochak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Plant Management Team
  • Company in 1997 As Manufacturing Manager
  • General Manager ( Gloucester, MA Plant )
Doug Charochak joined the Company in 1997 as Manufacturing Manager in the Company's personal care liquids division. He has served in several capacities, including materials management, operations management and today as General Manager. He was instrumental in installing the state of the art continuous process soft chew line that offers large capacity production with sophisticated monitoring and product safety controls.

Eileen Ettinger - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Eileen Ettinger, President. Ettinger, a longtime jewelry maven, grew up in New York and recently relocated to Madison to open the jewelry store of her dreams. She has worked as a jewelry designer and gem consultant for Michael C. Fina, Alyssa Fine Jewelry and Zales. She has also worked as a freelance salesperson for Bergdorf Goodman in NYC where some of her clients included celebrities seeking custom-made necklace and earring orders. Eileen is the daughter of James Louwden, founder of the national jewelry store chain, Louwden Diamonds. Her book, "Beyond the Yellow Diamond," about family jewelry heirlooms, will be available in stores next summer.

John R. Wetzel - COO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Executive Vice President
John Wetzel brings to FBP a wealth of category experience including cough/cold, allergy, nutrition, vitamin supplements and new product development. He successfully guided and grew the Halls and Robitussin Cough Drops franchises, Caltrate, and led Centrum new products. His corporate experience includes senior positions with Wyeth Consumer Health, Warner Lambert, CPC and Information Resources.

Mario W. Medri - President

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • President
Mario Medri has been a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry for OTC pharmaceutical products, nutraceuticals and supplements for over 30 years. His reputation in the industry for developing or enhancing drug delivery systems and formulating new products such as solid dose, soft chew and liquid OTC pharmaceutical product categories will be extended as he adds new categories and a full service R& D capacity to serve customers from concept to finished product.

Mike J. Walsh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Plant Management Team
  • General Manager ( Brockton, MA Plant )
Mike Walsh joined the Company in 2005 as Master Scheduler and was advanced to Materials Manager shortly thereafter. Mike has been certified in Lean Manufacturing and is trained QS 9000 and ISO 9001 internal auditor. As General Manager Mike has brought the lean manufacturing spirit and discipline to the plant floor which has resulted in measurable improvements in quality, efficiency and cost.

Mike R. Morelli

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Technical Services
Mike Morelli has been a member of the Company's technical services staff since 1993, serving in key capacities relating to regulatory affairs, operations, quality assurance and compliance. Mike has over 25 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry and provides the Company with strategic guidance appropriate to the range of Company products.

Peter H. Lewis - CFO, VP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Vice President
Peter Lewis has over 20 years of senior financial and operational management experience at Life Science and Technology companies across multinational and entrepreneurial ventures. Peter most recently was the VP of Finance at Affymetrix, Inc., a NASDAQ Listed Company serving the pharmaceutical research and diagnostics markets. Prior to Affymetrix Peter was the CFO of Genetic Microsystems a successful Bio Tech start-up where he was responsible for Finance, IT and G&A functions.

Richard J. Carter - Chief Legal Officer, VP

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Vice President
Vice President, General Counsel Richard Carter is an attorney with over 35 years of experience in private practice, primarily as a partner in the New York City law firm of Eaton & Van Winkle LLP. He is also a principal in the Company. He represented Mr. Medri's consulting business before joining the Company.

Rodney J. Plunkett

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President, Marketing & Sales
A senior executive at the Company since 2003, Rodney Plunkett has over 25 years of sales, marketing and market research experience in the consumer packaged goods industry ranging from food (Hershey Foods and New World Pasta) to OTC pharmaceuticals (Perrigo) and Supplements. Rodney is responsible for all marketing, sales and new business development.