ZRG Appoints Marcia Brown-Rayford as Vice President, Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice Leader within Interim Solutions & Project Consulting

Rochelle Park, NJ- Wentzville, MO – August 2025 — ZRG, a global talent advisory firm transforming how companies hire and manage talent, is proud to announce the appointment of Marcia Brown-Rayford as Vice President of Healthcare, Life Sciences Practice Leader within its growing Interim Solutions and Project Consulting business unit.

Brown-Rayford brings more than 30 years of experience in life sciences, consulting, and operational transformation. Her leadership has delivered nearly $1 billion in efficiencies, productivity gains, and cost savings across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medtech, CRO and other life sciences service sectors.

"What drew me to ZRG Partners as the inaugural Life Sciences Practice Leader was the rare opportunity to align my lifelong commitment to life sciences innovation with a global talent advisory firm that shares my bold vision for the future of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medtech and beyond,” said Marcia. “ZRG’s audacious vision to launch a Healthcare and Life Sciences vertical within the Interim Solutions & Project Consulting business unit resonates deeply with my passion for building transformative capabilities that accelerate scientific breakthroughs and improve patient outcomes. Larry Hartmann’s vision for ZRG is valiant and expansive, and together, we’re poised to help shape the future of life sciences in ways that may define the next century.”*

“Marcia brings a rare combination of technical expertise, visionary leadership, and purpose-driven execution,” said Larry Hartmann, CEO of ZRG. “Her appointment marks a pivotal moment for our Interim Solutions & Project Consulting business unit and reinforces our belief that solving today’s talent challenges requires leaders who have been on the frontlines of change.”

Brown-Rayford’s professional milestones include:

• Contributing to HIV/AIDS therapeutic development by applying Bernoulli’s equation to solve life-threatening scientific challenges
• Resolving $125M in unaccounted R&D expenditures for a major life sciences company
• Founding BrightPath STEAM Academy, annually serving 500+ underrepresented youth across multiple countries
• Receiving the distinguished 2022 Alumni Achievement Award from Washington University in St. Louis’s McKelvey Engineering School
• Serving as a 2025 One Young World Summit speaker in Munich, Germany, representing the U.S. as a global ambassador (upcoming in November 2025)