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Dr. Sara Roszak serves as Senior Vice President of Health and Wellness Strategy and Policy for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS). NACDS represents traditional drug stores, supermarkets and mass merchants with pharmacies; chains operate nearly 40,000 pharmacies and employ nearly 3 million individuals, including 155,000 pharmacists. Dr. Roszak is also the President of the NACDS Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization that improves the health and wellness of people in America through enhanced engagement in groundbreaking research and educational initiatives.

Prior to joining NACDS in 2014, Dr. Roszak held positions at the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Florida Division of Emergency Management. She also worked for former U.S. Senator Bob Graham on a Congressional Commission focused on preventing biological terrorism and a Presidential Commission that examined the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill, including related health effects. Dr. Roszak was named as one of the 2020 Top Women in Health, Wellness, and Beauty by Drug Store News, and was awarded the American Public Health Association’s Jay S. Drotman Memorial Award for creatively challenging traditional public health practice. She earned her doctorate in public health from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Education at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Roszak is a sought-after speaker on the topics of epidemics and the expanded role of pharmacies, food is medicine, food prescriptions, value-based care, and retail public health. She provides expert opinions for media, including The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Roll Call, CNBC, NBC News, Fox News, and CBS News.