Management Team

Name Title Background
Michael J. Valentino CEO & President, Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals
  • President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director for Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company.
  • President and Chief Operating Officer for the Global Human Pharmaceutical Division of Alpharma Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company.
  • Executive Vice President, Global Head of Consumer Pharmaceuticals, for Novartis AG.
  • B.A. in psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Natasha Giordano Chief Operating Officer
  • President Americas for Cegedim Dendrite
  • Senior Vice President, Global Customer Business Unit for Dendrite International
  • Vice President, Global Sales for Dendrite International
  • Director, Strategic Alliances & Sales Integration for Parke-Davis/Pfizer
  • Business Director, Northeast Customer Business Unit for Parke-Davis/Warner-Lambert
  • BSRN - Wagner College
Rita M. O’Connor, CPA Chief Financial & Information Officer
  • Vice President, Finance for NPS Pharmaceuticals
  • Chief Financial Officer for Adams Respiratory Therapeutics
  • Senior Director, Planning & Reporting for Schering-Plough
  • Audit Manager for Deloitte
  • BS, Accounting – Rutgers University
Gary A. Shangold, MD Chief Medical Officer
  • President, Chief Executive Officer and Director for NovaDel Pharma
  • Vice President, Regulatory Head of Drug Development for Johnson and Johnson
  • Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology – Harvard University School of Medicine
  • Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology – University of Chicago
  • Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University
Thomas P. Jennings, Esq General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Regulatory Officer
  • President of Pediamed Pharmaceuticals, Inc
  • President of Union Springs, LLC
  • B.B.A in accounting from the University of Cincinnati
  • J.D. from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Daniel W. Docherty Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
  • Vice President, Marketing for Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals
  • Vice President, Sales for Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals
  • Executive Director, Professional Education for Shire plc
  • B.A. from Miami University of Ohio
  • M.B.A. from Xavier University
Peter D. Wentworth, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Human Resources
  • Executive Vice President, Human Resources for Adams Respiratory Therapeutics
  • Vice President, Global Human Resources for Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
  • HR leadership positions at Warner-Lambert and PepsiCo
  • BA, Psychology – University of Vermont
  • Ph.D., M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology – Wayne State University