WLH has earned its reputation as “trustworthy advisors, long-term partners, and reliable change managers.”

Dr. Wendy Heckelman, president and founder of WLH Consulting and Learning Solutions has over 30 years of experience working with Fortune 100 industry clients. These include pharmaceutical, biotech, health care, animal health medicines, and consumer products, as well as international non-profit organizations and growing entrepreneurial companies.

Rich Baron brings over 30 years of pharmaceutical sales, marketing and L&D experience having previously held senior level positions in Marketing and Training at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Rich brings a wealth of experience with leading large-scale change initiatives, building employee and leadership capabilities, and developing account management teams. In his new role, Rich will be leading key client engagements and enhancing our value offerings.

Dr. Loretta Cate is a leadership development professional and certified executive coach who brings over 30 years of proven ability to work with all levels of senior management to analyze performance needs, develop strategic solutions, and build support and alignment among diverse stakeholders to WLH Consulting, Inc. (“WLH”).

Steven Hammond’s career has been characterized by proven performance in demanding leadership positions in federal, state, and private sector organizations. WLH relies on his extensive experience in organizational and leader development, change management, and conflict resolution to develop and facilitate our offerings.

Stephen Kontra spent 35 years in the Pharmaceutical industry, most recently serving as Vice President of Global Learning & Development for Pfizer Inc., before joining WLH in 2015. Steve has worked extensively with senior executives and executive leadership teams, bringing broad experience and deep expertise in leadership development, strategy formulation, governance, business acumen, change management, coaching, assessment, performance management, competency development, and other related subject areas.

Lela Tepavac, PhD brings extensive leadership development consulting experience to the WLH team. She is dedicated to helping leaders build innovative organizations with enabling cultures that attract exceptional people and fully leverage their talents and initiatives. She has deep expertise in supporting leaders with their ability to lead growth or turnaround, build effective governance frameworks, and build organizations that enable creativity and innovation. She also developed a methodology to assess the generational gap between incumbent and emerging leaders – data that is critical in leadership succession planning.

Sheryl Unger is an integral member of the WLH team who provides extensive change management and human capital strategy consulting to our clients; often involved with projects from initial scoping, project planning, and through execution.

Tianna Tye provides project management support and content development for a number of large-scale projects for WLH. She often collaborates to co-author tools on change management, change agility, and talent retention.

Natasha Travis brings to WLH Consulting a depth of experience amassed over 17 years in the realm of commercial learning and development for the pharma/biotech industries. Her acumen in leading Sales Training & Development initiatives is marked by an exceptional track record of implementing bespoke training regimens for new hires, sales force advancement, and strategic new product launches.

He has held Account Management and Leadership positions at a number of pharmaceutical organizations including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals.

At Pfizer Matt served as the Vice President of Commercial Model Innovation, where he as his team were responsible for evolving Pfizer’s sales and marketing model to meet the rapidly evolving needs of Health Care Organizations within the United States. Matt led the creation of the Key Account Management group at Pfizer, whose responsibility was to collaborate with Health Systems, Hospitals, and Integrated Delivery Networks to advance the positioning of Pfizer’s products.

Matt has also held several customer facing and leadership positions within the Account Management area, including National Account Director at BMS, VP of Market Access at Pfizer and SVP of Sales and Market Access at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals.

Currently Matt is a consultant with the WLH Consulting, specializing in supporting Life Science organizations in the building and development of Account Management strategies and capabilities within their organizations.