Kevin R. Vasquez | Lead Operating Director | Member, ESG Governance Committee

Kevin R. Vasquez has more than 40 years’ experience in the animal-health industry and is the former chairman, president and CEO of Henry Schein Animal Health. Mr. Vasquez has held several senior executive positions during his career including chairman, president and CEO of Butler Schein Animal Health; president & COO of Butler Animal Health; executive vice president of Fermenta Animal Health; and vice president of the Cattle & Companion Animal Business Unit at Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. He has served the industry as a member of the board of directors of the National Cattlemen’s Association, the American Feed Industry Association, the American Veterinary Distributors Association, Animalytics, Fermenta Animal Health, and Velcera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is also past chairman of the AFIA National Animal Health Committee.

In addition to serving as lead operating director of the board of Wedgewood, Mr. Vasquez currently serves on the boards of directors of both Mission Veterinary Partners, which currently owns more than 250 companion-animal hospitals, and Piedmont Pharmaceuticals, an FDA product-development company.

He is the recipient of several awards and distinctions including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Ohio and Kentucky; The Western Carolina University Professional Achievement Award; the Ohio Association of Corporate Growth Award; The HSAH Outstanding Executive Award; and the HSAH Lifetime Achievement Award. He also was inducted as an honorary member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international collegiate honor society recognizing the best in business.

Mr. Vasquez holds a BSBA degree from Western Carolina University as well as an MBA degree from Central Michigan University.