Healthcare Professionals
John Speranza
CEO
Prior Experience
John became the CEO of Bridges Consumer Healthcare in early 2024. As the former Chief Marketing Officer of Freshpet, he spearheaded the transformation and modernization of the brand, resulting in a fivefold growth over seven years. Before his time at Freshpet, John spent over a decade at Colgate-Palmolive and Nestle, where he played a pivotal role in unlocking value across categories such as personal care, oral care, and food.
What Inspires You?
I'm inspired by the challenge of scaling brands and business models. I thrive on creating and translating a strategic vision into actionable strategies and business plans that unlock growth and exceptional financial outcomes.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
It’s the Bridges people. We dream big, stay scrappy, and always get the job done.
Jason Chatterjee
CFO
Prior Experience
Jason became the CFO of Bridges Consumer Healthcare in mid 2024. Prior to joining Bridges, Jason spent nearly 20 years operating, advising and investing across a spectrum of private equity backed consumer companies.
What Inspires You?
I'm inspired by the reward of growing a business and creating stakeholder value. I am energized by the opportunity to take on a variety of professional experiences. All the while, I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to contribute to the development of others and help foster high performing teams.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
Working with talented people that are dedicated to building a best-in-class company.
Jennifer Holahan
Chief Marketing Officer
Prior Experience
Jennifer has spent 20 years in the Consumer Health industry at companies including Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, GSK, and Haleon. These experiences have offered me a breadth of positions leading teams in Brand Management, Innovation, Strategy, Category Management, Insights, and Operations—all preparing me for my role here at Bridges Consumer Healthcare.
What Inspires You?
Our consumers! We often get amazing testimonials from our users sharing the life changing impact of our products. Hearing these stories remind me every day why I do what I do.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
First and foremost, I love our ability to be a part of changing people’s lives. We move with the speed of a small company, but the expertise of a leading Healthcare company, to deliver great products to the world. Even better is that I get to do this with people that share my passion, make me a better leader, and are truly fun to work side by side with.
Ryan Anderson
VP of Digital
Prior Experience
Ryan has nearly two decades of marketing, product development, and e-commerce experience in the CPG industry. Beginning his career at General Mills helped build his foundation for brand management and go-to-market strategies. He carried that experience into the pet industry, where he built and scaled digital and e-commerce capabilities for one of the largest pet product manufacturers.
What Inspires You?
I find inspiration in stories or from people that have taken the road less travelled and gone on to achieve things they didn’t think were possible. I grew up in a small town and my mother had a saying, 'If it was easy everyone would do it' so whenever I encounter challenges in business or life I remember that and try to drive forward.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
The best about working at Bridges for me is the ability to try new things. We are a young organization with an entrepreneurial spirit that believes the faster you fail, the faster you learn. That makes it not only a fun place to work but creates an environment that fosters growth.
Jack Bakke
VP, Supply Chain & Operations
Prior Experience
Jack started in his role as Head of Operations & Supply Chain at the formation of Bridges in late 2020. He has 25+ years experience in various supply chain roles in fast moving consumer goods in confections, OTC, and health & beauty industries.
What Inspires You?
I am inspired by being part of a great team, seeing our company meet our goals, and mentoring my team.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
I love the work and the people. We are nimble, scrappy and highly adaptable at Bridges.
Jennifer Cooper
VP, Insights, Analytics and FP&A
Prior Experience
Jennifer is a seasoned marketing executive with nearly three decades of experience across diverse industries. CPG is where Jennifer has dedicated the majority of her career to mastering brand management and strategic marketing. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a talent for building, managing, and revitalizing brands, emphasizing driving sustainable growth and profitability. Prior to joining Bridges, Jennifer led brand management initiatives at Sanofi Consumer Healthcare for several prominent brands, including Allegra, Gold Bond, and IcyHot.
What Inspires You?
What inspires me the most is the ability to make a positive impact on others' lives. Whether it’s through my professional or personal interactions, I find joy in helping others achieve their goals and overcome challenges.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
Our company culture is incredibly supportive and collaborative. Our core values emphasize integrity, innovation, and respect, aligning with my values.
But most importantly, I love knowing that our products make a real difference for our consumers. That is incredibly fulfilling.
Andy Flasch
VP OF SALES
Prior Experience
Andy joined Bridges Consumer Healthcare in 2020, as Vice President of Sales leading customer development. An accomplished CPG senior executive known for dynamic leadership, driving transformative change, and fostering growth through strategic initiatives. Expertise spans Food, Consumer Health & Beauty Care, Sales, Trade Finance, Innovation-driven Business Development, eCommerce, and more. Proven track record in building high-performance teams and delivering unprecedented corporate success through visionary strategies and meticulous execution.
What Inspires You?
The talent and team around me, competition, and bringing new consumer solutions to market that make our consumers lives better.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
The gritty, smart culture of the people, thinking big, and breaking down barriers to get it done.
Scott Hughes
Head of Quality and Regulatory
Prior Experience
Scott has been working in this industry since he completed his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Memphis. Before that he served his country in the United States Army for seven years in multiple campaigns protecting people and ensuring their needs were meet. Scott continues to protect his community in his role at Bridges Consumer Healthcare as the Head of Quality and Regulatory Affairs by ensuring the products are of the highest quality and meet the rigorous standards outlined by our customers.
What Inspires You?
Spending time on his small hobby farm with his dog watching the animals and the stars by the fire.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
He enjoys the problem solving and working with different backgrounds and levels of experience of people to help protect the community and make a positive difference in other’s lives.
Angela Sharps
VP of HR
Prior Experience
Angela has experience in both Human Resources and Project Management and uses data and process-driven approaches to her work. More recently, Angela has directed compensation, benefits, wellness, HRIS, HR Services, security and policy teams. She has worked for companies in diverse industries, including the consumer packaged goods industry.
What Inspires You?
I am passionate about project management (getting the job done well), creating and implementing innovative total rewards strategies, enhancing employee engagement and well-being, and driving HR transformation with agile and data-driven approaches. Experiencing the growth and learning journey of others is incredibly rewarding to me.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
I love to learn and try new things and each day is an adventure at Bridges. We're scrappy and fun and out to make a difference in people's lives with our products. Bridges is a growing company with a lot of potential and we're committed to doing great work!
Jason Sondgeroth
VP, Innovation
Prior Experience
Jason’s professional career includes strategic and delivery roles in innovation and new product development for global pharmaceutical companies, start-ups, and board directorships.
A proven driver of growth that integrates emerging technologies with deep consumer insights.
What Inspires You?
My passion is to bridge the gap between technology and healthcare needs to induce relief, healing and delightful consumer experiences.
What do you love about working at Bridges?
Bridges has a strong company culture where everyone works well together to achieve our goals.
It is fast paced, yet we take the time to show appreciation and celebrate our successes.