Patricia M. O’Connell, product success manager for Barrington Nutritionals, is a health and wellness executive with 17 years in the food and dietary supplements industry. Degrees in biochemistry and environmental biology, as well as an MBA, inform her unique skillset. O’Connell understands the rigors of manufacturing, quality and safety, and has honed her ability to identify botanicals, vitamins and minerals as bioagents and explain their pharmacological effects, along with insight into commercializing to scale and perfecting the message that nutritional intervention works. Her career also included time with Coca-Cola, Ball Horticultural Co., Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp., Valensa International, Curaleaf, and XYMOGEN/WholeScripts.