Executive Team

Craig Stephens, R.Ph
Group Vice President of Business Development and Trade Relations

Craig Stephens is responsible for developing Diplomat's new business and overseeing trade relations.

Prior to joining Diplomat, Craig was Senior Vice President & Practice Leader for Evergreen Rx negotiating contracts and managing performance of prescription benefits for Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial health plans across the United States. He was also Vice President for Walgreens Health Services directing ancillary businesses outside of the retail store channel including pbm, mail, specialty, infusion and institutional.

Before that, as Vice President for UnitedHealth Group, Craig was a founding member responsible for the strategic direction, formulary, benefit design and implementation of the AARP Medicare Part D program. He also spent three years in London as a Director for Diversified Health Systems (SmithKline Beecham), where he conceived and championed value added health information services to the European marketplace including associated business models.

Craig graduated from South Dakota State University and received an M.B.A. from Saint Cloud State University in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. He is a licensed pharmacist and received his A.S.H.P. Hospital Residency from Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Oregon.