What Happened?
East Hanover, NJ-based Novartis Corporation has promoted Rhonda Crichlow to Vice President & Head of US Diversity & Inclusion.
About the Company
Novartis provides healthcare solutions that improve and extend people`s lives. We use science-based innovation to address some of society`s most challenging healthcare issues. We discover and develop breakthrough treatments and find new ways to deliver them to as many people as possible. Our company is focused on industry-leading divisions with innovation power and global scale: pharmaceuticals, eye care and generic medicines Novartis is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis Group companies employ approximately 120,000 associates and its products are available in more than 180 countries around the world.
About the Person
Rhonda Nesmith Crichlow serves as the Vice President and Head, US Diversity & Inclusion, for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC). Appointed to this role in November 2011, Rhonda is responsible for implementing NPC’s Diversity & Inclusion strategy, focused on fostering an inclusive environment to support NPC’s goal of addressing the unmet medical needs of patients. Previously, Rhonda served as the Executive Director, Alliance Development & Philanthropy, and was responsible for overseeing strategic efforts to build sustainable relationships with patient advocacy organizations and professional societies, and driving the US strategy and implementation of NPC’s philanthropic initiatives, volunteer programs, and workplace giving campaigns. Rhonda also serves as a member of the NPC Pharmaceutical Executive Committee and Secretary of the Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation. She joined NPC as the Executive Director of Philanthropy and Community Development in March 2006. Prior to joining NPC, Mrs. Crichlow was a legal consultant for the Office of the Monitor, which was established pursuant to the Consent Decree entered in the Pigford v. Glickman and Brewington v. Glickman lawsuits. The Pigford and Brewington litigations involve nationwide class actions brought by African-American farmers alleging racial discrimination in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s farm credit and non-credit benefit programs. Her primary responsibility involved deciding the merits of Petitions for Monitor Review and drafting decisions evaluating whether an Adjudicator should be mandated to reexamine class members’ claims. Prior to this engagement, she worked at two law firms as a tax attorney representing corporate clients with respect to federal tax controversy, litigation, and business planning matters. Ms. Crichlow also served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Ronald L. Buckwalter in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She received her undergraduate degree from The George Washington University, a Master of Public Policy from Duke University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law School. She lives in Upper Montclair, New Jersey with her husband, David, and two children, Andrew and Joelle.
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