Prior to joining Goodwin, Mr. Wetzel held several executive positions in the life sciences industry.
- Associate General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of GRAIL, Inc.
- Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, AdvaMed
- Senior Counsel, Global Compliance & Ethics, Boston Scientific
Mr. Wetzel began his career as an associate at two global law firms, advising health care and life sciences companies on a variety of health care fraud and abuse, billing and reimbursement, and transparency-related matters.
Mr. Wetzel serves as Chair of the AdvaMed PRIDE Leadership Network, the medical technology industry’s LGBTQ diversity initiative. In addition, he has also held several leadership positions with the American Health Law Association (AHLA), including serving on AHLA’s Diversity & Inclusion Council (2014–2017) and Quality Council (2017–2019). He currently is Chair of the AHLA’s Fraud & Abuse Practice Group, the association’s largest specialty group.
Mr. Wetzel has also previously served as Secretary of the LGBT Bar Association of the District of Columbia (2016–2019), and he is a 2015 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.
A trained executive and career coach, Mr. Wetzel serves on the Board of Directors for the World War II Foundation, a nonprofit organization that produces award-winning documentary films about World War II.