CHPA Chair
President & Chief Executive Officer
Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc.
Education:
B.A., Finance, University of Iowa
M.B.A., J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
Chris DeWolf holds the position of president & chief executive officer and is the co-owner of Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc., a global consumer products company located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Prior to joining Lil’ Drug Store Products, Inc., he held a number of leadership positions within the General Electric Company (GE) including corporate finance, operations, acquisition, and business development positions with GE Healthcare and GE Capital.
DeWolf serves on the board of trustees of Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa. While serving with Junior Achievement, he has held positions as Resource Generation Committee chair, vice chair, and chair of the board of directors. An active supporter of the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business, he has been a professor for undergraduate business courses and currently serves on the school’s Marketing Advisory Council.
DeWolf serves on the board of directors of The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, a public charitable foundation holding more than 500 different funds, large and small, established by individuals, families, nonprofit agencies, and businesses to benefit Linn County, Iowa.
DeWolf is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, a global networking and professional
development society.
CHPA Leadership Activities:
CHPA Chair, Board of Directors, 2009-; Executive Committee, 2009-; Chair, Personnel Committee, 2009-; Chair, Business Development Committee, 2008-2009; Vice Chair, Business Development Committee, 2007-2008; elected to Board of Directors, 2007