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Trusted advisors, long-term partners, and reliable change managers.

Our consultants leverage their advanced degrees and deep industry experience to provide proven frameworks and methods for facilitating change and improving organizational effectiveness.

Experienced Life Sciences Advisors

Industry practitioners who help strategy become execution.

Our executive team is comprised of innovative leaders with deep industry experience to provide proven frameworks and methods for facilitating change and improving organizational effectiveness.

Core members of the WLH team have worked together for more than a decade. All WLH client engagements are staffed by senior project leaders who also serve as the single point of contact throughout the engagement.

We believe continuity drives results. The senior project leaders who help shape your strategy remain actively engaged throughout the engagement, providing consistent leadership, accountability, and partnership from start to finish.

WLH Leadership

Meet the advisors behind the work.

Our executive team is comprised of innovative leaders with deep industry experience to provide proven frameworks and methods for facilitating change and improving organizational effectiveness.

Wendy L. Heckelman, Ph.D.

Founder & President

30+ years driving commercial transformation for top-20 pharma and biotech organizations.

Kerry Clem

Managing Director, Commercial Excellence

Seasoned biopharma executive with three decades of experience building and scaling commercial organizations across multiple disease states and markets.

Toni Fiorenza, MS Higher Education

Senior Training & Learning Consultant - Life Sciences Performance Strategist

Performance-focused learning and sales training leader with deep pharma and biotech experience across facilitation, coaching, and capability building.

Stephen Kontra

Senior Consultant

Senior pharmaceutical learning and development leader with 35+ years of experience guiding global capability building and transformation.

Sheryl Unger, M.I.L.R.

Principal Consultant

Senior human capital and commercial excellence consultant helping life sciences teams align talent, capability, and change execution.

Tianna Tye, MAIO

Consultant

Organizational change, learning innovation, and leadership development consultant shaping practical programs for evolving teams.

Matt Portch

Senior Consultant

Biopharmaceutical market access and commercial strategy executive with 30+ years building account management and engagement models.

Magela Fontes

Associate Consultant

Associate consultant supporting strategic client delivery through project coordination, learning systems, analytics, and operational excellence.

Rob Hansen, MBA

Senior Consultant | Market Access

Market access training strategist and facilitator helping field teams translate payer dynamics into practical account execution.

Jamie Rondeau

Senior Consultant

Learning strategist and performance improvement expert designing sales excellence and capability programs for life sciences organizations.

Michael Warech, Ph.D.

Senior Consultant

Leading talent optimization and organizational development initiatives for pharma and biotech organizations.

Loretta Cate, PharmD, CPCC

Memoriam

Loretta K. Cate, D.Ph., CPCC

Senior Consultant

WLH honors the memory of Loretta Cate, a valued member of the WLH consulting team whose work with life sciences organizations and leadership teams made a lasting impact on our clients and colleagues. Loretta brought deep expertise, generosity of spirit, and a genuine commitment to helping individuals and organizations grow and succeed.

“Loretta was not only a trusted colleague, but also a dear friend. Her wisdom, warmth, and dedication to helping others grow made a lasting impact on everyone who had the privilege of working with her. She will be deeply missed by all of us at WLH.”
— Wendy L. Heckelman, Ph.D.

Careers at WLH

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Explore opportunities to work alongside experienced life sciences advisors helping pharma and biotech organizations turn strategy into execution.