Giancamilli, Brown honored at NACDS Annual
PALM BEACH, Fla. — On the final evening of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores' annual meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., the organization honored two industry leaders with chain pharmacy's highest honors.
NACDS recognized Andrew Giancamilli, former Rexall Pharma Plus CEO and past NACDS chairman, with the Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award. M. Jerome Brown, former Unilever VP industry and customer development, received the Robert B. Begley Award.
Giancamilli's career in health care includes more than 35 years at Perry Drug Stores (after graduating pharmacy school), as well as executive capacities at Kmart and Canadian Tire, prior to his tenure at Katz Group, where he served as CEO of Synders Drug Stores and Rexall Pharma Plus.
Meanwhile, Brown, who started at Johnson & Johnson in 1972, joined Unilever (previously called Chesebrough-Pond's) in 1980. He most recently served as VP and leader of Unilever's industry and customer development team for Unilever home and personal care until his retirement in this year.
The Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 1989 to recognize exceptional accomplishments and contributions to the industry. It was renamed in 1996, in honor of Bud Fantle, People's Drug Stores. Meanwhile, the Begley Award, which was established in 1980, is named in memory of former NACDS board chairman Robert B. Begley. It honors an individual who possess qualities of great personal warmth, generous spirit and long-time service to the chain pharmacy industry.
"Andy Giancamilli and Jerry Brown are two of the industry's finest leaders, each playing an important role in the evolution of retail pharmacy over the last four decades," NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson said. "They each leave behind a legacy of commitment and passion to their companies and the industry, and we are honored to commemorate them with chain pharmacy's highest honors."
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