Heather Schaefer

Heather Schaefer has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, holding senior leadership roles at Takeda, where responsibilities included Senior Director of Patient Services Enterprise Strategy and IBD Patient Services, as well as Interim Head of HUB Operations. Prior roles at UCB included Government Payer Strategy Lead and Field Reimbursement Manager for the West Region. Additional experience includes positions such as Channel Access Executive and Inflammation Sales Specialist at UCB, INC, and Senior Territory Business Manager at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Heather began the professional journey at Biogen Idec as Area Business Manager II. Educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in English from Illinois State University, earned between 1990 and 1995.