As a second-generation graduate of Monmouth University for both undergrad and MBA degrees, Tanya was excited to be reached out to by fellow alumni Natasha Chandler to join the Leon Hess Business Council last September. She spent most of her life and career in New Jersey moving to Yardley, PA about 11 years ago after she and her husband adopted their son. Looking back at her time in college, she attributes much of her early leadership experience to the organizations she was involved in including Alpha Sigma Tau and how the career center resources helped her in getting her first job in healthcare as a medical sales representative.
She has held various commercial roles as an individual contributor and leader in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry working for large and mid-size companies. Leading Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience teams in areas such as Cardiovascular to rare specialty conditions has given her many varied opportunities of experience. Tanya also enjoys mentoring and has served leading Women’s groups and programming at two of her former companies.
Since joining the council, she has enjoyed meeting and helping out students with projects, career advice and general mentoring around topics like building your network and how to find a job in the pharma or life sciences industry. She’s enjoyed working with Tanner Purdy and his team to learn more about their award-winning idea presented to the council last year and conversations with Alana Aufiere and Thomas Viru about the AMA. It was a pleasure to be invited to speak last fall with Michael Chattalas joining in on a great conversation sharing with students some ideas on how to pursue a sales or marketing career in the healthcare industry.
In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering, mentoring and spending time with family and friends. She most recently started a new job and is looking forward to continuing to be part of the business council in 2025 speaking as part of a panel coming up in April thanks to Richard Ricciardi leading the program.
