Health Care GC Turned CEO: Business Expertise, Personal Flexibility Are Keys to Getting to the Top
Rebecca Shanahan of Avella Specialty Pharmacy spoke to Corporate Counsel about her career path and getting to the C-suite.
July 11, 2017 at 02:16 PM
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When Rebecca Shanahan was interviewing for her first general counsel position in health care, she was asked about her ability to transition from consumer electronics to such a highly regulated industry.
“I know all about charged-couple devices in a television, and I'm not an engineer, but I know how to sit down with the engineer and really understand [the subject matter] in a way that allows me to apply it to the law,” Shanahan recalled telling the interviewer, speaking of her then-job as an in-house lawyer at RCA. “If I can do that, I think I can figure out health care.”
For someone who enjoys challenges and problem-solving as much as Shanahan does, the move to health care was an opportunity to hone her “rapid-fire” legal skills while learning to become a strategic partner with the business.
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