Jamie Brannan of Zoetis Elected AHI Board Chair
WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2025 – The Animal Health Institute’s Board of Directors today elected Jamie Brannan of Zoetis as Board Chair for the remainder of the 2024-26 term. Brannan is Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Zoetis.
Richard R. DeLuca, Jr., Executive Vice President and President, Merck Animal Health, becomes Immediate Past Chair and Joseph N. Huff, President of Colorado Serum Company was elected to another term as Treasurer.
“I am excited to welcome Jamie as our new Board chair,” said AHI CEO Martha Scott Poindexter. “Animal health products contribute to the well-being of Americans each day by helping farmers and ranchers produce safe and abundant food and by keeping pets healthy so owners can enjoy their companionship. I look forward to working with Jamie and the entire AHI Board to create the regulatory and policy environment necessary to incentivize innovation to meet unmet medical needs in animal health.”
“This is an exciting time for AHI and for the animal health industry,” said Brannan. “New technologies are fueling innovation across animal health, delivering a broader range of solutions to help veterinarians, pet owners, farmers, and ranchers address unmet medical needs with greater precision and care. We need efficient regulatory processes and policy that incentivizes this innovation, and I look forward to building on the success of AHI to capitalize on this opportunity.”
About Brannan:
As Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Zoetis, Jamie Brannan is responsible for commercial operations across all global markets. Since joining Zoetis in 2016, he has held several senior leadership roles, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Group President of International Operations, Aquaculture, and Global Diagnostics from 2022 to 2024. His strong commercial leadership has driven growth across diverse markets and business units. Prior to Zoetis, Mr. Brannan held commercial leadership roles at Mölnlycke and Ecolab, following an early career as a microbiologist in the UK. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors from Anglia Ruskin University.
