Marvin R. Richardson, R.Ph.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Marvin Richardson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Arcadia Resources, Inc. He joined Arcadia in January 2007 when, as co-founder, President and CEO of Minneapolis, Minn.-based PrairieStone Pharmacy, he completed the sale of PrairieStone to Arcadia.
Richardson is a 32-year veteran of health care and retail pharmacy services. He started his career at age 16 in an independent retail pharmacy in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana.
He worked for the Walgreen Company for 10 years beginning in 1979 before co-founding Low Cost Health Care, where he was President and CEO for 11 years. The company owned and operated retail pharmacies as well as a long-term care pharmacy operation that serviced several thousand patients in Indiana. He later sold this multi-store retail chain and institutional pharmacy chain.
In 2000, he joined Rite Aid Corporation as part of a newly formed management team focused on the turn-around of its operations. He served as Senior Vice-President, Pharmacy Operations and was responsible for pharmacy operations and pharmacy technology for 3,600 pharmacies in the Rite Aid drug chain.
In 2003, he co-founded PrarieStone Pharmacy headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and served as President and CEO. PrarieStone focused on the implementation of automation designed to allow the pharmacist more time for patient interaction. The company was named “Chain of the Year” by Drug Topics magazine in 2005.
Richardson is a 1980 graduate of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy. He is former Chairman of the Long Term Care Committee of the National Association of Community Pharmacies and served on the Pharmacy Committee for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. He has been an advisor to several major government leaders on Health Care policy, including Vice President Dan Quayle.
Peter Anthony Brusca
Peter A. Brusca, M.D. Dr. Brusca is a physician who practiced otolaryngology in the Chicago, Illinois area through 2004. Dr. Brusca earned his medical degree in 1967 from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1963 from Loyola University, Chicago. He is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and other professional organizations. Dr. Brusca also is a board member, executive & audit committee member and chairman of the investment committee of ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company located in Chicago, Illinois.
Joseph Mauriello
Mr. Mauriello retired in 2006 as Deputy Chairman & COO of KPMG after 40 years with the firm. He was responsible for its day-to-day operations and financial affairs. As Deputy Chairman, he also chaired the firm's Management Committee. In addition, Mr. Mauriello was COO for the Americas Region and member of the Boards of KPMG LLP and KPMG Americas. After joining KPMG in 1965, he held a series of leadership positions and serviced some of the firm's most prestigious global clients. During his career, he specialized in serving global financial services clients in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Los Angeles markets. He also served as lead partner for a number of global companies. Prior to his most recent position, he was a member of the Board of Directors of KPMG in 1990-94, and Partner in Charge of the firm's Financial Institution Practices in 1987-1996.
In addition, Mr. Mauriello serves on the Board of Directors of XL Capital Ltd. (NYSE:XL), the Board of Trustees of the Fidelity Funds, the Board of Overseers of the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Sciences of the Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University, the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Lupus Research, New York, NY and the Board of Trustees of the St. Barnabas Medical Center and Health System, Livingston, NJ.
Daniel Eisenstadt
Daniel Eisenstadt. Mr. Eisenstadt began his career as a corporate lawyer in the New York office of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., with a practice focused on securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions. He then served as Vice President and founding Executive Director of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation from 1998 to 2002. In addition, Mr. Eisenstadt has been involved in several entrepreneurial ventures. From 2004 until August 2009, Mr. Eisenstadt served as Managing Director of Private Equity at CMS Companies, an investment fund based in Philadelphia. Currently, Mr. Eisenstadt serves as a partner in MDM Equity Partners, LLC and as President of Community Veterinary Partners, LLC. In the past, Mr. Eisenstadt served as a member of the Investment Committee of Quad Partners II, on the Board of Directors of Beckfield College LLC, and served as an observer on the boards of HB&G Building Products Inc. and High Response Holdings LLC. Mr. Eisenstadt received a B.A. from Clark University with a major in International Relations, a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Eisenstadt was a Raoul Wallenberg Scholar in International Affairs at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
John T. Thornton
John T. Thornton. Mr. Thornton owns and manages J.T. Investments, Inc., a real estate development company. Mr. Thornton retired in 2009 as a member of the board, and the compensation, audit and finance committees of XL Capital Ltd. (NYSE: XL), an insurance, reinsurance and financial products company. From 1987 to 1999, Mr. Thornton served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Norwest Corporation (now Wells Fargo). From 1984 to 1987, Mr. Thornton was senior vice president and controller of Norwest Corporation. Mr. Thornton received a law degree from St. John’s University and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1972. Mr. Thornton became a Certified Public Accountant in 1964.