Melinda Kemp is a Senior Recruiter at Brand Consulting Group, Inc. specializing in the healthcare sector. Ms. Kemp spent 12 years in the healthcare industry in various roles within pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Throughout her career, she has served on advisory boards, run corporate recruiting programs, trained field sales teams as well as mentored new hires.

She began her career in health sciences in 2000 working for Janssen Pharmaceutical (Johnson and Johnson), Ethicon Endosurgery (Johnson and Johnson), Alpharma, King and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. As a specialty Medical Account Manager she targeted Pain Specialists, Gastroenterologists, Neurologists, Orthopedic Surgeons and General Surgeons throughout the Connecticut territories.

Consistently a top sales performer at each company, Ms. Kemp was recognized at Johnson and Johnson earning the Field Sales Director award in 2002 and 2004, was chosen by the management team as District Representative of the year in 2005 and was honored as President�s Trophy (top 5% sales results nationwide)in 2009. In 2010, Ms. Kemp was selected as District Field Sales Trainer by management at Alpharma/King Pharmaceuticals. As part of the field marketing team at Johnson and Johnson, she successfully launched Reminyl (Alzheimers) in 2002, and as part of the field marketing team at Alpharma, she launched the Flector Patch (Acute Pain) in 2008. Nationwide growth of the Flector Patch surpassed the company forecast of $37M by more than $70M with total sales exceeding $100M. This sales performance ultimately positioned Alpharma for a $1.6B purchase by King Pharmaceuticals.

Ms. Kemp started her career as a Paralegal and then an Environmental Projects Manager for Champion International Corporation (now known as International Paper Company). During her fifteen (15) year tenure, Melinda's responsibilities included collaboration with the CEO, CFO, and Executive VP Environmental Affairs focusing on Risk Management of environmental liabilities for the organization.

Ms. Kemp earned her Bachelor of Arts in Business from Albertus Magnus College in Connecticut.