Mike Moshier
Founder/Owner, Cresco Partners
Mike Moshier combines a deep passion for helping executives achieve their potential as leaders – and as people – with a 22-year immersion in business. He honed his expertise in global talent management, organizational and leadership development and staffing through senior executive positions at Novartis in the Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Health divisions. He served as senior vice president and global head of human resources at Novartis OTC (Over-the-Counter). He also was a member of the Novartis OTC Global Leadership Team, helping ignite the company’s global expansion in the dynamic consumer goods industry. He began coaching senior executives in 2000 and has since supported the growth of hundreds of executives.
Mike has operated globally, working and traveling around the world, calling Switzerland home for six years. As Owner and Founder of Cresco Partners since 2010, he is able to bring his expertise in team development, executive coaching and leadership development to a broad group of executives and corporations. Cresco has worked with more than 550 leadership teams in all industries and most geographies around the world.
Mike earned both his bachelor’s of science and master’s in business administration from the University of Notre Dame. He also played and coached Division 1 college baseball there. Mike is a devoted husband and father of four having raised his family in Basking Ridge, NJ and Basel, Switzerland. Mike is also a Board Member of the Greater Somerset County YMCA and and an Alumni Board member of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza School of Business.
Dave Yawman
Partner, Cresco Partners
Dave is an experienced leader who has worked in the C-suite and with senior leaders and Board members while developing and leading global teams at PepsiCo, Inc., a US multinational, Fortune 50 company.
After starting his legal career working in the U.S. Federal Court and at a Wall Street law firm, Dave spent 22+ years at PepsiCo, rising from an entry-level, legal position to become EVP and General Counsel. Dave worked with the PepsiCo Board of Directors, CEO, C-Suite executives, and leaders and teams at all levels, to help shape PepsiCo’s business strategy and corporate culture. He gained significant public company, operating division and international experience leading more than 600 colleagues in the global law, compliance & ethics, public policy and government affairs departments across the 200+ countries in which PepsiCo operates. During his “career within a company,” Dave continually expanded his knowledge of global markets, organizational structure, law and public policy in order to support business growth while managing risk and protecting corporate equity. Dave also leveraged his EQ to develop deep insights about leadership and corporate/team culture, and he became an impactful internal voice on both topics, well beyond his role as General Counsel.
Leveraging his belief that organizations thrive or falter on the effectiveness of their people, Dave stepped away from his legal career and joined Cresco to focus on developing high-performance leaders and teams. In doing so, Dave reunited with his college baseball teammate and roommate at the University of Notre Dame – Mike Moshier. Dave and Mike have long shared the core values of lifelong learning, growth and people.
Outside of work, Dave is committed to giving back to the community, which has provided him the opportunity to chair two separate boards of directors comprised of a cross section of community leaders. Dave and his wife, Margaret, met in high school and raised their four children in Sleepy Hollow, New York, where they still reside.
Jacopo Leonardi
Partner, Cresco Partners
Jacopo Leonardi is an experienced executive with a proven track record of building high-performing teams and developing exceptional leaders. His organizations are widely recognized for modeling “purpose-inspired performance”—executing with a focus and discipline that consistently exceeds both internal targets and Wall Street expectations.
A Foundation in Life Sciences & Corporate Leadership
Jac began his career in healthcare and life sciences, driven by a passion for helping others and a commitment to excellence. Following experience in chemistry at Unilever, Jac started his life sciences journey in sales at Eli Lilly. He then transitioned into New Product Planning working with R&D to develop, and launch breakthrough medicines in Neuroscience, Endocrine, and Immunology. After nearly a decade at Lilly, Jac was recruited to Johnson & Johnson, where he led an in-line marketing team in Women’s Health. He later joined Janssen, accelerating Risperdal Consta’s performance through focused strategic choices and exceptional cross-functional teamwork. During his tenure, Jac also helped build and teach marketing planning coursework at the J&J Marketing College.
Driving Executive Excellence & Global Growth
In 2009, Jac joined Baxter Healthcare’s Bioscience Division to elevate commercial excellence and cross-functional leadership in rare diseases. After three successful years in Biotherapeutics, he was tapped to turn around the Hematology Franchise. This transformation became a great lesson in purpose-inspired performance, combining a unified vision of a bleed free world with the development of a high performing team. On the strength of that turnaround, Baxalta was born out of the Baxter Healthcare Bioscience spinout. Jac was named President and EVP of Baxalta’s $2.6B Immunology Division, successfully leading the business until Shire’s acquisition of Baxalta in 2016.
For his dedication to leadership development, Jac was recognized by Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine as a 2015 Emerging Leader, and by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) as the 2016 HBA Honorable Mentor of the Year for his dedication to advancing women in leadership.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Perfect Fit
After 20 years at Eli Lilly, J&J, Baxter, and Baxalta, Jac focused his next chapter on innovation and entrepreneurship— helping outstanding scientists and founders grow as leaders and deliver their breakthroughs to as many people as possible. Jac is currently the CEO of 4D Path, a company focused on revolutionizing cancer care with the development of a next generation, physics-inspired treatment selection platform to personalize care for each patient.
True to Jac’s passion for developing high performing teams and leaders, Cresco Partners is the perfect fit. Previously a top client and champion of Cresco Partners, Jac personally sponsored and participated in dozens of workshops focused on purpose-driven leadership and high-performing teams. Inspired by the profound impact of this work on his own organizations, he has joined the faculty to help the next generation of leaders and teams reach their full potential.
Education & Personal Life
Jac earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Rutgers College, where he was recognized as a Henry Rutgers Honors Scholar and served as both a player and coach on the Men’s Basketball Team. He also holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Outside of his professional work, Jac actively supports charitable organizations dedicated to providing loving homes and quality education for underprivileged children. He is a proud husband to Leslie and the father of four children.