About Us
Trust Scripts is changing the way people get their prescriptions.
We are helping to make prescription medicine affordable to everyone regardless of financial status or insurance coverage. Our mission is to provide savings to consumers who need these medications to live longer and healthier lives. We distribute our TrustScrip cards through Trusted Advisors/Partners and employers. TrustScripts partners with all types of businesses, non-profit organizations, associations, government agencies, hospitals, schools, physician practices and insurance brokers. These partners help people get the medicine they need at a discount. Together with our Partners we strive to make medicine more affordable for everyone.
Management Team
Marcos Lopez, Principal
Marcos R. Lopez is currently the President & CEO of eXude Benefits Group
an employee benefits consulting firm located in center city Philadelphia. He
also serves as CEO of both Group Benefits Financial, a retirement planning company,
and eXperience HR, a Human Resource Consulting firm. The three firms provide
consulting and support services to organizations with 20 – 1,000 employees. Marcos
founded eXude Benefits group in 1996 with the specific goal of bringing a new
energy, enthusiasm and creativity to the traditionally conservative field of
employee benefits. Armed with a passion to be different and to serve his clients,
Marcos built a team of highly motivated, intelligent, energetic and committed
group of people.
The firm serves both for and non-profit organizations primarily in the tri-state
area. Over the past several years eXude has discovered that the organization
has a special compatibility with non-profit organizations because of its unique
culture.
As a principal at Trustscripts, Marcos brings his years of experience helping
the community to a completely new level. In the past his ability to give back
to non-profits has been focused on a local or regional level. With Trustscripts
the reach is significantly greater and the opportunity to help more charitable
organizations, and hence, a greater number of people, can be realized.
Marcos is originally from Spain, and moved to NY at the age of 5. He is a graduate
of the State University of NY at Stony Brook on Long Island, NY. He moved to
Philadelphia in 1987 and now lives in Narberth with his wife and 3 children.
Christian R. Stearns, Principal
Christian R. Stearns, Principal and Co-founder of Trust Scripts, LLC, leads
strategic planning and partner distribution functions. Mr. Stearns brings
over 20 years of business development, marketing and distribution experience.
Mr. Stearns is also the President and co-founder of eXcel Retirement Plans,
Inc., an investment advisor to qualified retirement plans for both profit
and non-profit companies throughout the Delaware Valley. eXcel is part of
the eXude Benefits Group, where Mr. Stearns functions as Director of New
Market Development.
Prior to Trust Scripts and eXcel Retirement Plans,
Mr. Stearns was a Vice President at Valley Forge Asset Management, responsible
for product and market development of their qualified retirement plan program.
Prior to Valley Forge, Mr. Stearns was an investment representative with
Edward Jones Investments and Regional Marketing Director for PLANCO Financial
Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hartford Life. Mr. Stearns is a graduate
of Temple University and currently holds FINRA Series 6, 7, 63 and 65. Mr.
Stearns is also Life and Health Insurance licensed in various states. Mr.
Stearns sits on various non-profit boards and committees focused on child
advocacy and social services. Mr. Stearns resides in suburban Philadelphia
with his wife and 7-year-old twins. His interests are triathlons and cycling.
Michelle E. Tepper, Vice President of Operations and Client Relations.
Michelle Tepper is currently Vice President of Operations and Client
Relations at TrustScripts.
She leads the company's efforts in marketing to for profit and non-profit organizations
who either employ or have access to individuals that can utilize the TrustScripts
discount prescription card.
Michelle has over 17 years of experience in the Healthcare industry focusing
her efforts on marketing to and serving senior citizens. Previously, she has
held management positions at Atria Senior Living, the fourth largest assisted
living community in the U.S., Emeritus, and Beverly Enterprises. Michelle has
organized and ran training programs on how to market to senior citizens and
spent 4 years supervising the marketing and sales efforts for 15 assisted living
communities in the Mid-Atlantic region. She also has experience in handling
all the marketing & sales efforts in startup communities. From developing
and implementing their market plan, hiring staff, all advertising and public
relations efforts.
Michelle is excited to use the skills she has developed to help solve a growing
problem in our country; getting medicine to those who need it most.
Michelle graduated from Penn State University with a degree in marketing and
lives in Wynnewood with her husband, two kids, cat and dog.