At PANTHERx Rare Pharmacy, our executive team combines years of unique industry experiences to provide excellent partnerships, deliver exceptional care, cultivate extraordinary culture, and set new standards for rare disease pharmacy.
Bansi Nagji
Chief Executive Officer
Bansi Nagji is PANTHERx Rare’s CEO, with more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning pharma services and supply chain, healthcare technology, and digital platforms. He has deep operating and strategic experience leading high-growth businesses and developing and executing organic and inorganic growth strategies. Bansi served as Executive Chair at PANTHERx Rare from December 2023 to July 2024, and currently serves as a member of the Company’s board of directors.
Previously, he served as President, Healthcare at GoodRx, Inc., in addition to Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer at McKesson Corporation. Mr. Nagji also has extensive background as a board member for both private and public companies, including Change Healthcare, Deloitte, and Parata Systems.
Rob Snyder
Executive Chair
Since co-founding PANTHERx Rare in 2011, Dr. Rob Snyder has helped lead the organization through a sustained period of growth and transformation. As CEO, he was responsible for a variety of clinical, operational, and business development initiatives that continue to deliver value to PANTHERx Rare. In his current role as Executive Chair, he is responsible for working with industry partners to ensure PANTHERx Rare maintains its industry-leading reputation for delivering quality patient access to essential medications.
Dr. Snyder received both his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
David Loschinskey
Chief Operating Officer
As PANTHERx’s Chief Operating Officer, Dave Loschinskey will oversee our technology teams and support the continued innovation in our PANTHERx Technology Roadmap. All Innovation, Technology, Security and Infrastructure support will be under the guidance of Dave as he propels PANTHERx forward with innovative and competitive solutions to help service our patients, providers, pharmaceutical partners and payers.
Dave brings over 20 years’ specialty pharmacy experience to PANTHERx, across technology and operating roles. Most recently Dave was with Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery (ADCS), one of the nation’s leaders in high-quality dermatology, as Executive Vice President of Operations. Dave also founded and ultimately sold 8th Day Software. 8th Day provided software development and supporting services to healthcare companies. Many of 8th Day’s clients were rare disease, specialty pharmacy, infusion, oncology, and genomics companies.
After the sale of 8th Day Software, Dave served as Chief Information Officer and Chief Operations Officer of Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc., once the largest independent provider of specialty pharmacy services in the United States. Dave was responsible for pharmacy operations, call center, clinical teams, education and quality, security, facilities, and the technology teams.
Dave earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Waynesburg college.
Arik Moav
Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Arik partners with the Board or Directors, the Executive Leadership Team, and business stakeholders to shape and execute the company’s short and long-term strategic and financial priorities. He is passionate about leveraging numbers and data to help the business make smart decisions to drive sustainable and profitable growth.
Arik has extensive leadership experience in Corporate Finance, Corporate Development, and Strategy in private and public companies in healthcare, health-tech, fintech, and software. He has experience working for private equity and venture capital backed firms, mature or early-stage, including founding and running his own company. His diverse experience allows him to bring unique perspectives and apply a variety of financial strategies and tactics.
Before Joining PANTHERx, Arik was CFO at CARET, a private equity backed B2B software company. Prior to that, Arik was SVP of Finance at GoodRx, where he built and scaled the finance team and led the IPO process, taking the company public. Prior to that, Arik founded and led a fintech firm and held finance and strategy leadership roles at RealtyMogul and Amgen.
Arik has a double BA in Accounting and Economics from the University of Tel Aviv and an MBA from UCLA.
Richard Faris
Chief Strategy and Growth Officer
Richard Faris, PhD, RPh, serves as PANTHERx’s Chief Strategy and Growth Officer responsible for Business Development, Program Management, Patient Engagement and Clinical Innovation, New Programs, and Payer Solution. He has been with PANTHERx for 6.5 years and previously served as their Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to joining PANTHERx, Dr. Faris was VP for Clinical Strategy and Services with DaVita Rx. He previously served as Accredo’s Vice President for Clinical Services and Health Outcomes Solutions, and Medco’s/ESI’s National Practice Leader for Rare and Specialty Therapeutics. Dr. Faris served on the executive committees for PANTHERx, DaVita Rx, and Accredo.
Dr. Faris received his Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi. He then completed a two-year Masters/residency program with the University of Minnesota and received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida. Dr. Faris has numerous national and international publications, chapters, abstracts, posters, and invited presentations.
Samantha Borden
Chief Legal Officer
As the Chief Legal Officer, Samantha serves as a trusted advisor, skillfully navigating the intersection of legal intricacies and business strategies. She leads the business through legal and regulatory matters, mitigates risk and is focused on optimizing our company’s legal, compliance, and quality capabilities.
With a distinguished career spanning various facets of the healthcare industry, Samantha brings a wealth of expertise, including complex transactions within the pharmacy space, pharmaceutical manufacturer offerings, infusion services, licensing, wholesale and 3PL, hub services, and negotiations of intricate payer contracts. Having spent numerous years at Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc., once the nation’s largest independent specialty pharmacy, Samantha is adeptly positioned to provide vital oversight to our legal, compliance, quality and payor teams, and meaningful guidance to our business operations. Passionate about a patient-centric model, she meticulously guides our business to ensure that our tailored services not only meet legal and compliance standards but also uphold the highest ethical and quality benchmarks, strengthening our culture of excellence, trust and integrity.
Samantha holds a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, magna cum laude, and has been recognized as a Top 30 in their 30s by DBusiness magazine. She currently serves as President of the Michigan Chapter for the Association of Corporate Counsel, demonstrating her commitment to legal excellence and continued professional development.
B.J. Vaughn
Chief Human Resources Officer
As Panther’s Chief Human Resources Officer, B.J. is responsible for developing and executing human capital strategies that support the organization’s overall business plan and strategic direction.
Throughout her career in the financial services and healthcare industries, B.J. has held several roles beyond Human Resources, including sales, business and product development, marketing, and relationship management. This blend of human resources and business experience supports B.J. to act as a strategic partner who guides and coaches while inspiring new processes, programs, and strategies that drive performance, build diverse workforces, and achieve goals.
B.J. deeply understands how HR supports the business, how HR can impact the organization, and how compassionate leadership can drive better business outcomes. She utilizes her solid business acumen and broad background in HR, business operations, talent, and culture management to identify gaps and align organizational infrastructures to produce optimal results through agility, strategic vision, execution, and creativity.
She is passionate about designing solutions that align business and people strategies to achieve results. In her role at Panther, she provides strategic leadership to the executive leadership team and other key stakeholders in succession planning, talent management, change management, performance management, talent acquisition, culture, engagement, and inclusion, learning and development, and compensation.
Austin Russian
Vice President, Program Management
As VP, Program Management, Austin Russian is responsible for the management and ongoing execution of PANTHERx’s pharmaceutical manufacturer accounts. His team manages the relationships for all of our rare disease manufacturers and closely collaborates with all internal teams to ensure partners expectations are exceeded. Austin’s team is integral to the evolution and growth of PANTHERx as a nimble and innovative pharmacy partner.
Austin has 10 years of pharmacy experience, all of which are with PANTHERx. He has held numerous roles including leadership in Operations, Implementation, and Program Management where he has been part of every rare disease launch at PANTHERx.
Austin received his PharmD degree from the University of Pittsburgh
Katie DiLorenzo
Vice President, RxARECARE™ Operations
Katie DiLorenzo is Vice President, RxARECARE™ Operations, wherein she is responsible for all operations functions, including RxARECARE™ Teams, Fulfillment Services and Training. All of PANTHERx’s patient facing staff report through Katie’s experienced leadership team. Through PANTHERx’s exponential growth since 2020 and transition to a hybrid work environment, Katie’s team has maintained the highest level of patient satisfaction.
Katie has 12 years of pharmacy experience and has been with PANTHERx for over 7 years, holding various leadership roles within pharmacy operations before being promoted to VP, RxARECARE™ Operations in 2020. Prior to PANTHERx, Katie worked as a Unit-Based Clinical Pharmacist at UPMC Presbyterian specializing in Cardiology.
Katie received her PharmD degree from Duquesne University
Christina Gabriel
Vice President, Business Development
As Vice President, Business Development, Christina Gabriel is responsible for new business development and market access. She is responsible for identifying, pursuing and maintaining business relationships with manufacturer partners that will complement PANTHERx’s strengths as a Rare Pharmacy. Christina has successfully contracted for over a dozen new RxARECARE programs at PANTHERx since starting in 2019.
Christina has 15 years’ experience in specialty pharmacy, working in various roles before entering trade and business development in 2012. Christina has been with PANTHERx for over 3 years; prior to starting with PANTHERx, Christina worked for Walgreens, most recently as Director, Specialty Pharmacy Accounts.
Christina received her Bachelor of Sciences degree in Actuarial Science from The Pennsylvania State University.