Chadwin Sandifer Named to Fast Company’s Impact Council
Sandifer, Chief Innovation Officer for FDU Health, Joins Esteemed Leaders Driving the Future of Business and Innovation
July 10, 2025 – Dr. Chadwin Sandifer, Chief Innovation Officer for FDU Health and Executive Associate Dean, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, has joined Fast Company’s exclusive Impact Council. The Fast Company Impact Council is a collective of the most innovative leaders in business. Members meet several times a year for invitation-only live events, roundtable discussions, and virtual sessions on some of the most promising opportunities and most pressing challenges of our time. These gatherings focus on the role companies and council members can play in shaping the future. Fast Company amplifies members’ impact by publishing their thought leadership and tapping their expertise to inform the publication’s coverage of innovation across the business world.
“I’m honored to join the Fast Company Impact Council and stand alongside so many visionary leaders who are committed to shaping a better future,” said Sandifer. “This recognition is not just a personal milestone, it’s a testament to the transformative work we’re doing at Fairleigh Dickinson to innovate education, advance equity, and empower the next generation of changemakers.”
Sandifer plays a dynamic role at FDU as Chief Innovation Officer for FDU Health, which includes the many longstanding and more recently created programs in the health sciences. At the University, he was also a founding leader of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, which he now serves as Executive Associate Dean. Since 2011, he has helped lead the creation of New Jersey’s first private pharmacy school in over a century, pioneering a dynamic, interdisciplinary model for healthcare education. The school has grown into a multidisciplinary hub featuring five advanced programs in physician assistant studies, occupational therapy, public health, physical therapy, and social work.
Sandifer has also led the development of over 75,000 square feet of immersive, tech-enabled learning environments that replicate the full continuum of care, from simulation labs to telehealth-integrated care platforms. His approach blends innovation, equity, and inclusive design to create educational spaces that are as resilient as they are relevant.
“The Impact Council represents the ideal version of Fast Company’s readers,” says editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan. “These are some of the more creative, mission-driven people in business, with some of the most original ideas about how to solve big problems and build the future. It is our great pleasure and privilege to bring this community together.”
Fast Company hosted its third annual meeting of the Impact Council on June 3 in New York City. The annual meeting convened members of the Impact Council to share knowledge and discuss this year’s theme, “The intersection of AI and Social Impact.”