Individual Journeys.
Diverse Histories.
Shared Vision.
Meet our leadership team
Our leadership team combines seasoned veterans of healthcare with accomplished professionals from outside the industry. This powerful mix of unique histories, perspectives, and expertise drives global excellence in service of our people, our brands, and their patients.
Matt McNally
Chief Executive Officer
When it comes to healthcare, Matt walks the walk. A quick conversation with him and you’ll see his passion for the work and the people that make this industry so important to him. Matt has spent his entire career focused on the healthcare industry—and the industry continues to take note. Having launched some of the largest global brands in the category, Matt is widely awarded with healthcare advertising’s highest accolades, including the MM&M Marketer of the Year and the Pinnacle Awards.
Neil Sternberg
Chief Financial Officer
A network is only as healthy as its financial infrastructure. As a leader, a partner, and an expert at his craft, Neil ensures the financial backbone of OHG’s networks and companies is strong and secure. His career spans more than 25 years of varied experiences in financial management as well as building and leading finance teams in global companies. Neil is passionate about building financial strategies to ensure Omnicom Health Group is at the forefront of healthcare marketing and communications.
Jen Schatzman
General Counsel and Acting Chief Human Resources Officer
Jen guides OHG through the legal complexities of our business while focusing on our core values and strategic direction. With more than 20 years of experience counseling advertising and marketing companies, Jen brings in-depth industry knowledge to her role. She is business-minded and focused on getting our companies and our clients where they want to go in the most strategic, forward-thinking, and risk-averse way. Jen is a frequent speaker on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the industry, a facilitator of anti-bias workshops for the Anti-Defamation League, and a member of the 4A’s Legal Affairs Committee. In 2020, she founded “Racism Has No Home Here,” a grassroots organization focused on anti-racism and anti-discrimination community-based work. She is a very loyal Penn State alum (We Are!) and a graduate of Boston University School of Law.
Jessica Specker
Chief Operating Officer
Jessica Specker is an accomplished marketing leader known for driving end-to-end transformations within complex global marketing organizations. With a unique blend of creative agency and top-tier consulting experience, she has successfully advised clients and led high-performing teams in building valuable operating models and delivering large-scale marketing services. Most recently, as Executive Director of global content solutions at a prominent healthcare network, Jessica spearheaded the development of a unified global content strategy that transformed the network’s approach to content delivery. Prior to that, she spent over a decade at a large technology-powered creative group, where she led marketing transformations for clients across various industries and geographies. Earlier in her career, Jessica worked in strategy and account roles at healthcare-focused creative agencies. She holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.
Christina Kim
Chief Strategy and Analytics Officer
Solution-minded, data-driven, and partnership-oriented, Christina is advancing data and technology that help our teams and clients transform how they communicate with audiences. She brings her global strategy consulting background and breadth of expertise across the healthcare landscape, bridging provider, payer, and patient insights. Her experience with starting and selling an analytics company gives her unique insight into market needs, which she applies to the differentiated value that Omni Health offers. Sought out for her excellence in these arenas, her discussions at conferences, including Cannes Lions Health on AI in healthcare and the Pharma Marketing Summit on how data can elevate marketing campaigns, are just two of the reasons she’s been awarded MM+M’s Woman of Distinction.
Stephanie Schulman
Global Delivery and Optimization
The human aspects of caregiving and living with illness fuels Stephanie’s drive to getting help to where it’s needed effectively and efficiently. Whether it’s supporting a colleague or delivering content, Stephanie knows that success is getting from point “a” to point “b” with the least resistance, and she has industry-leading tools and future-forward processes to ensure that OHG’s companies and clients have the capabilities to deliver an exceptional product for the existing and evolving needs of people and brands—pain free.
Craig Romanok
Chief Marketing Officer
When it comes to building strong brands and companies, no one is more passionate than Craig. As a visionary strategist and eternal optimist, he has shaped numerous global brands, turning bold ideas into reality for both blue-chip companies and emerging biotechs. Having run a successful agency, where he built a people-first culture rooted in curiosity and bravery, Craig now serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Omnicom Health Group. In this role, he shapes the strategic direction of marketing and communications, ensuring a balance between the network’s vast capabilities and the unique strengths of its individual companies. With over 25 years in healthcare communications, Craig has embraced collaboration and innovation, always pushing boundaries, redefining possibilities, and setting new standards for the industry.
Gena Pemberton
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Gena has been an educator and leader in the healthcare space for more than 15 years. As Director, Finance Leadership Development Programs and Recruiting for Johnson & Johnson, she curated a training curriculum for existing staff and recruited hundreds of undergraduates to ensure a cohesive talent pipeline. After receiving her certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University, Gena re-focused her skills and vision toward the future. Since joining OHG, Gena has led strategy and implementation of the hugely successful “Healthy Inclusion” education series, while also working with local leaders on DE&I strategies for their unique needs.
Hazel Soanes
CEO, OHG EU Professional Advertising Agencies
Hazel is a visionary leader in healthcare communications with nearly 20 years of experience within the Omnicom network. As CEO of both DDB Remedy and OHG EU Professional/Advertising Agencies, Hazel leads the strategic direction and operations, focused on elevating OHG’s international presence and driving dynamic growth across European markets. Her exceptional leadership and innovative approach are instrumental in transforming OHG into a dominant force on the global stage, ensuring that diverse teams have a powerful voice and a shared vision. With over a decade of experience leading DDB Remedy, Hazel continues to foster strong client partnerships and build high-performing teams. She is passionate about helping people thrive, balancing hard work with a culture of fun and collaboration.
David Stark
CEO of OHG Asia Pacific
David has served as CEO since the founding of Omnicom’s first healthcare company in Asia Pacific 26 years ago. Omnicom Health Group Asia Pacific (OHGAP), supported by 400 talented healthcare specialists, is the largest agency group based in Japan. OHGAP offers a diverse and comprehensive range of pre-launch to post-launch services to meet clients’ needs, covering market research, digital marketing, medical communications, medical education, strategy development, branding, and healthcare promotion. OHGAP’s roster in Japan includes brands Targis, Rx Healthcare, Polaris, EMC, Medrive, and MCI. David is passionate about OHGAP’s mission, “Communication for a Healthy Life,” and proud that OHGAP’s medical expertise and creativity deliver marketing communications to benefit the health of millions of people.
Michele Markus
Worldwide Enterprise Lead
Michele is a recognized leader in global healthcare communications and currently serves as Omnicom’s Head of Global Health Accounts. Over her 20-year career, Michele has developed and executed commercialization strategies for more than 80 markets, with a particular focus on oncology and access to innovation. She chairs the Board of Advisors for The Alliance for Aging Research and serves as Communications Chair for the Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative. Michele has moderated high-profile panels, including an invitation-only discussion with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), equity organizations, and pharma leaders on Medicare drug costs and affordability efforts. She is also a sought-after speaker, presenting at prestigious forums like The Aspen Institute, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), and Cannes Lions Health Festival, and as a guest lecturer at NYU Stern School of Business and Columbia Business School. A full-time working mother, Michele balances her impactful career with family activities, from cheering on her tween at basketball games to watching Minecraft videos together.
Ed Frankel
Chief Talent Officer
As the leader of the OHG Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, and HR Analytics groups, Ed brings his entrepreneurial experience, and creativity to develop evolving talent delivery solutions. This has led to advanced ways of working that have introduced and cultivated new pipelines of talent. As an active ally, Ed has helped drive DE&I efforts by fostering partnerships with leading industry associations, HBCUs, and others, as well as co-founding OHG Voices, an employee led resource group committed to fostering an inclusive community across the network.
Kathleen King
SVP, Global Head of Learning, Talent and Coaching
Kathleen is the global head of Learning and Talent at Omnicom Health Group (OHG). At OHG, the world’s largest fully integrated global healthcare communications company, Kathleen is responsible for the learning and talent management initiatives for the group’s network of 30+ companies. Through OHG University, a benefit available to all OHG employees, access is provided to a full curriculum of offerings around management, leadership, professional and personal development. Kathleen is responsible for talent management initiatives at OHG and has designed and introduced a full-scale talent assessment and development program that runs annually.