NACDS promotes Terry Arth to SVP, member services and conferences

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has promoted Terry Arth to senior vice president of member services and conferences. Currently, Arth serves as vice president of member programs and services.

In this position, Arth will report to president and CEO Steve Anderson. He joined the organization in 1991. Before this role, he served as senior director, meetings and international programs. 

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Arth has played a leadership role in the current and prior meetings and conferences of NACDS, including the present-day Annual Meeting, Total Store Expo and Regional Chain Conference. 

He played a role in the creation and launch of the Total Store Expo, which combined the Marketplace Conference, Pharmacy and Technology Conference and Supply Chain and Logistics Conference. He has helped to pioneer NACDS’ use of technology to help enhance meetings and conferences—from the member experience to the marketing of the events, the organization shared. 

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“Terry has served as a visionary, innovative, and disciplined leader on the team that has established NACDS meetings and conferences as the gold standard of the industry,” Andersons said. “He is uniquely qualified to continuously raise the bar so that NACDS’ venues and productions remain the unrivaled catalyst for industry collaboration. Meetings and conferences are central to Terry’s professional identity, and he and the team will see to it that the highest level of member service remains the top priority for this Association.”

This news coincides with last week’s announcement that NACDS senior vice president of member programs and services Jim Whitman will retire in June 2025, and Arth’s promotion will be effective at that time.