Bret Snow, PharmD
General Manager ACS

Bret joined New England Life Care in 2016 as the Director of Pharmacy of Advanced Compounding Solutions. Bret now serves as Regional Director of Pharmacy. Bret Snow is a graduate of Northeastern University’s Bouve College of Pharmacy. Bret worked at PharMerica for 16 years, a long-term care provider. During this time, he worked extensively in their sterile compounding department as both a technician and a pharmacist. Bret leveraged his experience in infusion therapy to become a clinical pharmacist at Home Solutions, the largest privately owned home infusion company in the US. There he was promoted to the position of General Manager. In 2015, Bret received the company’s “Above and Beyond Award” for overseeing major renovations to his compounding suite while maintaining operations through a sister pharmacy.

Sylvia Kivumbi
Quality Manager

Sylvia joined New England Life Care as the Quality Manager of Advanced Compounding Solutions in May 2016 with a background in Clinical Research and Laboratory Studies from Boston University.  With 16 years of experience in Bio Pharmaceuticals, she has experience as a Quality Control Microbiologist and GLP/GCP Auditor, Quality Assurance Specialist and a Quality Assurance Manager Sylvia has extensive experience in Implementing and Maintaining Quality Systems, which include Writing Policies and Procedures, Managing Deviations and Investigations, Corrective, and Preventive Actions (CAPA) and Audit programs (Internal and External). Her role at NELC is to ensure we are in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and standards, which include cGMP, Aseptic Practices and Quality Control to compound safe and quality products for our members and patients..

ACS ADVISORY BOARD

Michael K. Lessard
Director System Pharmacy Operations
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Kevin Forbush, RPh
Director of Pharmacy
Central Maine Healthcare

Nancy A. Huff
Director of Pharmacy Services
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

James Cattin, RPh, MS
Director of Pharmacy 
Eastern Maine Health System

Eric Musial, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy Services
Lowell General Hospital

Regina Kavadias, PharmD, BCPS
Director of Pharmacy 
Concord Hospital

Kristina L. McGill, MS, RPh
Director of Pharmacy 
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth

Rachel Kleiman-Wexler, PharmD, MSc
Director, Pharmacy Services 
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Milton

David Boucher
Pharmacy Supervisor
Cape Cod Healthcare

Jennifer Kinney
Director of Pharmacy 
Mercy Hospital

Joan Calamari
Director of Pharmacy Informatics and Procurement
Tuffs Medical Center

Gary Merchant, RPh
Commissioner at State of New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy

Jed Lundin
Director of Pharmacy 
Southern Maine Healthcare

Marian Reilly, RPh
Director of Pharmacy 
York Hospital

Tom Moniz, PharmD
Pharmacy Operations
Eastern Maine Medical Center