NewsVGM Group Announces Chris Wendland As Chief Legal Officer

VGM Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Chris Wendland to Chief Legal Officer. In this newly created role, Wendland will oversee all legal matters for VGM Group, ensuring compliance and providing strategic legal guidance to support the company's growth and innovation. With this promotion, Wendland also joins VGM’s senior leadership team.

Wendland, a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Iowa College of Law, has worked significantly with VGM, its business units, and its founders for over 25 years. He has served as secretary on the VGM Board of Directors since the company established employee ownership in 2008. He has also provided legal services through private practice for business, real estate, municipal, and estate planning clients since 1995. Most recently in his role as Legal Counsel for VGM, Wendland played a key role in the company’s acquisition of SleepGlad, a leading provider of innovative sleep technology solutions.

"Chris's extensive experience and deep understanding of our company, our values, and the industries we serve make him the perfect fit for this role,” said VGM Group CEO Jeremy Stolz. “VGM has an ongoing responsibility to our customers, our more than 1,600 employee owners, and the communities we call home, and we’re fortunate to have an expert like him helping guide our team."

Like VGM, Wendland’s roots lie in the Midwest. He grew up on an acreage in South Dakota then went on to graduate from Harvard University. Since pursuing and achieving his juris doctorate from the University of Iowa, Wendland has called Waterloo, Iowa, home.

"I have been truly honored to work with VGM for the past 25 years,” Wendland said. “As a 100% employee-owned company, VGM is unlike any company I’ve ever worked with. I am excited to take on this new role and continue supporting VGM's mission—to provide exceptional services to our customers and partners, to make a difference in our communities, and to create life-changing wealth for our employee owners."

To learn more about VGM and the industries it serves, visit vgmgroup.com.

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About VGM Group, Inc.  

Headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa, VGM is a 100% employee-owned company providing business and professional services to thousands of business customers across North America. Services include group purchasing, commercial insurance, management of healthcare services and networks in post-acute cases, healthcare distribution direct to patient homes, specialty consulting, online education, digital, print, and traditional marketing and more. VGM employs approximately 1,600 people across 40 states and Canada, with more than 1,100 working in Iowa. VGM has been named the Top Workplace in Iowa on multiple occasions and is proud of its role in the communities in which it serves. For more information visit www.vgmgroup.com.