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Keynote Speakers

Kevin F. Smith, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain & Logistics for CVS/pharmacy

Kevin Smith is Senior Vice President of Supply Chain & Logistics for CVS/pharmacy, Americans #1 pharmacy, generating over $40B in revenue and dispensing prescriptions in over 6200 stores in 44 states.

For the past six years, Kevin’s role at CVS has been to facilitate changes in the overall Supply Chain and create a highly responsive end-to-end fulfillment process for the drug class of trade. This has become increasingly important as CVS expands rapidly throughout the United States.

Prior to joining CVS, Kevin, a University of Massachusetts graduate, who describes himself as a “recovering supplier”, spent nearly 27 years in the CPG food manufacturing arena; most notably as Vice President of Logistics and Customer Support at H.J. Heinz; and at Kraft Foods where he held numerous positions, including Director of Network Design and Implementation.

Kevin has been a longtime member and contributor to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). He is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors for Agentrics, an international retail consortium based in Alexandria, VA. He is on the Board of Directors for the American Red Cross of Rhode Island. Kevin is also a member of the Executive Board for the University of Rhode Island Transportation Center, and is past Chairman of the Supply Chain & Logistics Committee of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS).

Additionally, Kevin was recently named Industry co-chair of the Distribution Business Management Association (DBMA) Supply Chain Leaders in Action program.

Kevin and his wife Janet live in North Kingstown, RI.