T.J. Harvey knows exactly who she is and she’s not afraid to let people know it. She’s spent her whole career working in the pharmaceutical industry and has learned how to stay true to herself amidst all the corporate demands and deadlines. She shares with Jeanne why how we do things matter; how to be a disruptor for good in your business; why she’s so unapologetic about who she is; what failing forward means; the three reasons you need your own “Board of Directors” for your career; and why you should never be silenced.

About TJ:



T.J. was recently named Vice President, Sales Area Commercial Lead, at Novo Nordisk Inc. With more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, TJ brings extensive breadth and depth of experience in sales leadership managing a diverse mix of products and business models across the primary care, specialty, hospital and vaccines markets. Previously, she was the AVP, US Vaccine Sales and Customer Engagement Organization at Merck Pharmaceutical Company. She held numerous other positions across the organization including Customer Team Leader, Sales Strategic Planning, Director of Commercial Operations, Director of US Learning and Development, Executive Director of Global Human Health (GHH) Compliance, Executive Director of GHH Learning and Development, and Chief Learning Officer. Under her watch as CLO, TJ’s organization won multiple awards including Learning in Practice, Excellence in Partnership Award, International EHS Innovation Award and numerous Brandon Hall Excellence awards, to name a few. T.J. is a former alumna of the Women’s Leadership Program, past recipient of the prestigious Presidents Award, Global Chair of the League of Employees of African Descent (LEAD),  Executive Sponsor for the PA Rainbow Alliance EBRG and is the second recipient of the Merck Women’s Leadership Excellence Award.


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