Wendy Lund
Wendy joined GCI Health as chief executive officer in 2010 and a decade later, GCI Health was named An Agency of the Decade, North American Healthcare Agency of the Year four times and recognized as the Best Place to Work For by several industry outlets. With almost 30 years of communications and marketing experience, Wendy puts people at the center of everything she does. She thrives on partnering with clients to solve difficult communications challenges. Wendy has worked with Fortune 500 companies globally and in the U.S., both on a corporate and product level and across health categories from the most serious and rare diseases to those affecting millions of consumers. She also has extensive experience in health technology, wellness and consumer health. She spent 13 years with non-profits as VP of marketing at Planned Parenthood Federation, VP of marketing at the National League for Nursing and has worked with a variety of health network and programs targeting professionals. Wendy was named to PharmaVoice 100 in 2020, MM&M'S Entrepreneur of the Year in 2019, MM&M's Hall of Femme in 2018, MM&M/PRWeek's top 50 Health Influencers in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, The Holmes Report Innovator 25 in 2018 and PRWeek's True Women Champions of PR in 2016; was inducted into the 2016 and 2017 PR News Class of Top Women in PR, and was a finalist for PRWeek's 2019 and 2016 Outstanding Agency Professional. She is a member of the Page Society, serves as chair of the Advancing Women in Leadership in Pharma and Healthcare Conference and is conference co-chair for ExL Pharma Public Relations & Communications Summit and the Digital Marketing for Medical Devices Conference. Wendy has a Master's degree in history from New York University and studied abroad in London.