Management

Semprae Laboratories, Inc.

Mary Wallace Jaensch
Chief Executive Officer

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As CEO, Mary is applying her proven experience growing brands to create a company that provides essential sexual satisfaction and health products and services to women.

Mary has been building successful consumer brands for over 25 years. Upon earning her MBA from the Yale School of Management, she joined Richardson-Vicks, where she managed high profile brands such as NyQuil and Olay. As Director of Marketing for Olay at Procter & Gamble (following its acquisition of Richardson-Vicks), she was instrumental in accelerating the brand's growth with breakthrough advertising and new business-building strategies.

In 1989, Mary started working with Delta Consulting, providing strategy and marketing consulting. With Delta, she expanded beyond her expertise in personal care products, working with clients in the financial and insurance sectors. Later, as Principal and Owner of The Demeter Group, she helped drive the growth of global consumer brands for Johnson & Johnson, Shiseido, Häagen-Dazs and Dannon.

In 1998, Mary joined forces with Rachel Braun Scherl to co-found The Jannick Group, LLC/SPARK Solutions for Growth. Over more than a decade, the firm provided strategy and marketing guidance and expertise to Fortune 100 firms, including multiple divisions and operating companies of Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth, Deloitte & Touche, GlaxoSmithKline and Church & Dwight.

The Jannick Group partnered with Quaker BioVentures in 2008 to create Semprae Laboratories, Inc. and focus on developing and marketing women's sexual health products. As CEO, Mary is applying her proven experience growing brands to create a company that provides essential sexual satisfaction and health products and services to women.