top of page

Rina Shah, PharmD

Rina Shah is the Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Modernization & Growth at Walgreens, based in Chicago, IL. She brings over 25 years of experience with community-based care to deliver the future of pharmacy in healthcare and broaden pharmacist capabilities through consumer-centric, technology-enabled services that improve health outcomes and lower cost of care. In her current role, she is responsible for building the future of community pharmacy for our patients, team members and the business. 


Rina began her career at Walgreens in 1998 in our stores where she held various pharmacy roles. In 2007, Rina joined the corporate support center where she held multiple leadership positions in which she was responsible for launching innovative healthcare initiatives, leading market access sales operations and client services, and was responsible for pharmacy operations, services and specialty across 9,000+ Walgreens’ community pharmacies. Rina was critical in the COVID-19 pandemic response with the enablement of vaccinations, testing and treatment services across the Walgreens enterprise. 


Rina has been recognized as one of Crain’s Chicago Business “40 under 40” for her leadership at Walgreens, Drug Store News Fierce Healthcare Most Influential Minority Executives, and Mass Markets Retailers Most Influential Women. Rina is actively involved with the UIC College of Pharmacy, APhA, NASP, the CDC and NACDS. In addition, she was re-elected to the NACDS Foundation Board of Directors and on the board of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Rina received her Doctorate in Pharmacy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2005.

bottom of page