DANA L. MENDENHALL

Dana is a results-oriented, globally focused senior marketing executive with more than 20 years  of progressive leadership roles, highlighted by a strong record of achievement in the healthcare  industry. Dana’s many years of industry experience is uniquely diverse and includes increasing  

roles of responsibility in marketing, sales, strategic planning, operations, manufacturing, and  engineering. Dana’s ability to translate technical expertise into vastly different disciplines  demonstrates her flexibility and ease in identifying opportunities, defining and executing  strategic visions, leading commercial execution, and accelerating revenue growth. Dana also  successfully develops and executes cross- functional initiatives in diverse, multi-cultural  environments to contribute to top and bottom-line profits while exploiting multi-layered  challenges and improving organizational processes. A self-defined servant leader, Dana states  her greatest passion is to develop, coach and inspires global talent to deliver unprecedented  results while contributing to a common cause. Currently, Dana is employed by Takeda  Pharmaceutical Company in Cambridge, MA, where she is Head of Global Commercial and  Portfolio Strategy, Plasma-Derived Therapies.  

Dana earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M  University in College Station, TX, and her Master of Business Administration Degree from the  Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. A published author  and motivational keynote speaker, Dana delivers high-energy, high-impact presentations that  challenge audience members to create the lives they desire to live and to redefine the rules  along their journey.  

In the book Break Through Featuring Dana L. Mendenhall, readers gain first-hand accounts of  how a “do or die” mindset coupled with the courage to Redefine “NO” transforms failure and  rejection into success and opportunity. Dana also describes service as the cornerstones of her  life and maintains active involvement in several community service organizations throughout the  United States.