Burlington Store Manager receives prestigious CVS Health company recognition

Kevin Richer, Store Manager at the CVS Pharmacy on Church Street in Burlington, was awarded a 2025 National Paragon Award from CVS Health. The annual Paragon Awards recognize the best of the best among CVS Health’s colleagues and are among the highest honors awarded by the company.

Paragon Award recipients are chosen for their commitment to company values and for their dedication to fulfilling CVS Health’s purpose: bringing our heart to every moment of your health. At the same time, they have demonstrated their ability to deliver outstanding business results, lead their teams to excellence, and make substantial contributions to the communities where they live and work. They are considered role models for the entire company.

A CVS Pharmacy colleague since 2023, Richer is a respected store manager who is known for making a positive impact on his peers and within the community. He is also admired for his business savviness that helps to drive sales and ensures customers have an enjoyable shopping experience. Prior to last year’s solar eclipse, Kevin worked with vendors and his store team to make sure there was a unique mix of merchandise available to locals and the influx of tourists. His leadership resulted in a week’s worth of merchandise being sold in a single day.

“Kevin is a valuable part of this community – he makes his store a place where colleagues want to work and customers want to shop,” said CVS Pharmacy Front Store District Leader Kylie Gould. “You’ll often find him or his team purchasing items like hats and gloves for people in need, providing meals to the homeless, handing out flowers on Mother’s Day or setting up drinking stations for dogs within the community. He does it all with a positive mindset that creates a fun environment for the entire community.”

Every year, CVS Health honors Paragon Award winners from its thousands of store managers, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and pharmacy benefits management employees. The winners were nominated by their supervisors and eventually voted on by CVS Health’s senior leaders. The 2025 Retail Paragon Award winners are being recognized in October as part of the company’s American Pharmacist Month and National Customer Service Week activities.