23 April, 2014
NEW YORK -- Sudler & Hennessey, one of the leading global healthcare communication networks, is pleased to announce that Diane Vinch, senior vice president, management supervisor, has been recognized as one of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association's (HBA) Rising Stars for 2014. Rising Stars are professionals in various sectors of the healthcare industry, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, advertising, public relations, medical education, and market research. Nominated by HBA's corporate partners, the Rising Stars represent various career stages and disciplines, and have demonstrated noteworthy achievements and proven attention to furthering their careers.

A passionate team leader with over 18 years of experience, Diane has developed, directed, and implemented a variety of promotional, educational, and training initiatives for healthcare professionals. Her experience lies in many different therapeutic areas, including specialty categories such as oncology, infectious diseases, and multiple sclerosis. Diane combines innovative thinking for her clients with the unique ability to deliver flawless execution of those ideas.

"Diane is a leader who is committed to building and managing high-performing teams. In the past two years alone, she has provided the internal and client-facing guidance to deliver three successful product launches. Diane has high self-expectations and is one of those leaders people always want to work with," said Louisa Holland, Co-CEO, the Americas.

Rising Stars are honored along with other award recipients as leaders in the healthcare industry at the annual Women of the Year event that attracts over 2000 industry women and men. The 25th Anniversary Woman of the Year event will be held at the New York Hilton Midtown on May 1, 2014.

For more information, contact:
Cathy.Robins@sudler.com (+1 212-614-3818)

About Sudler & Hennessey
The S&H Group is a global healthcare marketing and communications organization with offices around the world. The network includes two global communications agencies, Sudler & Hennessey and Sentrix Global Health Communications, with US headquarters in New York City. S&H also has specialized divisions in medical education (IntraMed Educational Group, Precept Medical Communications, and Current Medical Directions), as well as in-market research and strategic planning, branding, publication strategies, sales training (HealthAnswers and Transart), digital solutions (Sudler Digital), eHealth Solutions (Sudler eHealth Group), consulting (Primary Source), healthcare management (Quality Matters), and consumer health marketing (Sudler Consumer).www.sudler.com.

S&H is part of Young and Rubicam Group, and part of WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY; www.wpp.com)
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