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As senior vice president and general counsel, Tejal Vakharia leads the day-to-day legal and compliance affairs of the company, as well as the company’s government affairs group. As general counsel, Tejal advises the board of directors and executive management on all legal matters, including those relating to merger and acquisitions, contracts, partnerships, employment, litigation, regulatory affairs, cybersecurity, intellectual property and governance. She continues to lead the company’s global compliance department, which she established, and is responsible for areas such as privacy and security, healthcare compliance, the foreign corrupt practices act, pharmaceutical and medical device regulations, antitrust, health reform and reimbursement. Previously, Tejal served as senior vice president and chief compliance counsel for Allscripts. Prior to joining Allscripts, she held business, compliance and legal leadership positions at General Electric and Abbott Laboratories, and was an attorney at the multinational law firms of Foley & Lardner and Dentons.

Tejal serves on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Lake County and is the Chair of the Little Kids, Big Futures Fund, which has provided more than half of a million dollars in grants to nonprofits in Lake County, Illinois, to help fund early childhood education in underserved and vulnerable communities. In addition to being recognized for her problem-solving skills with multiple awards, she has received the Public Interest Law Initiative Distinguished Alumni Award and the Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award from the Chicago Bar Association.

Tejal earned Juris Doctor and Masters in Public Policy degrees from the University of Michigan, as well as Masters in Social Science and Bachelors in Philosophy from the University of Chicago.