People

Jack Evans, president and CEO of Global Media Marketing, Malibu, CA, is an educator and health care marketing specialist who is dedicated to helping the home healthcare market bring its message, products and services to consumers and caregivers everywhere. As a past soft goods manufacturer, anthropologist, ecologist, teacher and advertising agency veteran, Jack offers thorough knowledge of our marketplace and the enthusiasm to share his knowledge with others. A past editor for HomeCare Magazine, RxHomeCare Magazine, McKesson Advantage, and Winning Strategies Newsletter, Jack has been a longtime contributor to HomeCare Magazine, Drug Store News, HME News, and Repertoire. He has helped develop the HHC CE programs at the annual meetings for ECRM, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Medtrade, bringing in industry leaders as well as speaking himself. Jack also created and was the original host of the annual HME Excellence Awards at Medtrade.

Our team of experts includes:

Tim Kimble, a "Creative" (with a capital "C"!) is currently a creative director and professional illustrator who was HomeCare Magazine's leading graphic designer for eight years and is currently a partner in Cohesion channel marketing in Kent, WA. Tim has created merchandising, marketing and advertising pieces for the top Fortune 100 companies in healthcare and software.

Wes Hopper is an acknowledged expert in retail chains and distribution, with over 20 years of experience in retail, sales and merchandising. He has helped to develop Home Healthcare programs for national and regional wholesalers as well as independent and chain drug stores. He is a veteran sales manager from Rubbermaid, Carex and Kohler, plus a certified Dale Carnegie sales trainer.

Bob Weir has over 30 years of broad-based experience in home health care, working as a respiratory therapist, accreditation surveyor, manufacturer's representative, distribution consultant, industry educator and helping run his family's home care business. His forte is accreditation, licensure and developing written policies and procedures.

Claude B. Garland has over 28 years of broad based experience in HHC. He started his career with Abbey Medical where he was a branch manager. From there he moved to Emporium Medical Supply as the GM, which was a hospital owned entity. His next step was the Director of Home Healthcare for AmerisourceBergen for eleven years covering the Western United States. Upon retirement he went to work for the Compliance Team as an accreditation advisor. Claude’s forte is accreditation, retailing HHC, distribution of products, and HHC education.
 

John Andrews is an expert in the med/surg marketplace, having served editorships over the past 15 years with Medical Product News, Home Health Incomes and Outcomes, Healthcare Purchasing News and McKnight's Long-Term Care News. He has been a speaker at Medtrade and HIDA and continues to serve as an industry resource to all who have worked with him.