Terrell Herring serves as a member of the leadership team of Mission Pharmacal as its president of commercial operations. He also directs the operations of that company’s subsidiary Alamo Pharma Services as president. Beyond his professional endeavors, Terrell Herring serves on the Board of Directors of Bridging the Gap Africa, which sends volunteers into rural Kenyan communities to help construct footbridges over otherwise dangerous or impassable rivers. Many people in the East African country have no choice but to walk to get from one place to another, yet Kenya’s terrain is such that without good bridges, large numbers of adults could not hold jobs or take their crops to market; many children could not go to school; and numerous families would lack access to adequate health care. In one recent 10-year period, rain-inundated Kenyan ravines led to the deaths of some 6,000 people. Designing and building these bridges takes time, skill, and often back-breaking work. Construction projects can involve the shifting of many tons of sand, gravel, and other materials. But people around the world continue to reach out to help in numerous ways. For example, in 2013, a group of engineering students at the University of Buffalo framed their senior class project around designing new steel-supported, hanging footbridges and shared the designs with Bridging the Gap Africa.
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As commercial operations president for Texas-based Mission Pharmacal and president of the Mission subsidiary Alamo Pharma Services, Terrell Herring provides market-focused, strategic leadership to the companies’ teams. Honored with a 2017 Red Jacket by the industry resource PharmaVOICE, Terrell Herring is also a philanthropist, whose long-lasting commitment to the nonprofit group A New Equilibrium includes current service on its board of directors. A New Equilibrium, or ANE, brings business executives together to support one another in creating balance, personal and professional integrity, and a greater spiritual focus in their lives. The organization’s core values include the insight that an individual’s intentional spiritual development provides him or her with the ability to become a better, more effective, and more inspiring leader. On its website, ANE promotes a range of associated resources, including the 2012 book The Joy of Work: How to Stay Calm, Confident and Collected in a Chaotic World. Written by executive coach Stephen G. Payne, the book has garnered praise as an informative tool for executives who want to increase their abilities to get more out of work and life, and to make a lasting difference. Its emphasis on powering one’s own inner drive for integrity and achievement has proven a life-changing message for a wide range of readers. The president of Alamo Pharma Services, Terrell “Terry” Herring provides strategic leadership for all aspects of the company’s operations. Also the president of commercial operations at Mission Pharmacal Company, Terrell Herring works with a dedicated team to fulfill unmet healthcare needs in the country. One of these needs is prenatal vitamins. Less than half of pregnant women in the United States take prenatal vitamins before pregnancy, according to research conducted by The Harris Poll and sponsored by March of Dimes. The research, summarized in a report titled Prenatal Health & Nutrition Survey, queried over 1,000 women between the ages of 18 and 45. The survey was conducted online. Researchers found that only 34 percent of women took multivitamins before finding out they were pregnant. The number was lower for Hispanic women (27 percent) and African-American women (10 percent). This is very alarming, since almost 50 percent of pregnancies in the country are unplanned and many birth defects, such as neural tube defects (NTDs), occur in the first month of pregnancy. This means that women who do not take enough NTD-preventing multivitimins with folic acid before pregnancy and in its early stages have a higher likelihood of giving birth to babies with NTDs. Researchers found two reasons for the late uptake of prenatal vitamins. The first was a lack of public education on the importance of multivitamins before pregnancy. The second was the cost of prenatal care, especially among Hispanic women. Mission Pharmacal Company is working to ensure as many women get access to critical multivitamins before and during pregnancy as possible. |
AuthorTerrell Herring began working at Mission Pharmacal Company in 2010, bringing more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry to his role as President of Commercial Operations. Archives
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