APhA names prominent pharmacy educator president-elect for 2017-2018

WASHINGTON - The American Pharmacists Association last week announced the election of Nicki Hilliard of Little Rock, Ark., as 2017–2018 APhA president-elect. Hilliard will succeed Nancy Alvarez of Lake Forest, Calif., to the office of APhA president on March 19, 2018, at the end of the 2018 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Nashville, Tenn.

Also elected to serve three-year terms on APhA’s board of trustees are Sandra Leal of Tucson, Ariz., and Randy McDonough, of Iowa City, Iowa. Both terms will begin in March 2017.

In addition, former Walgreens pharmacist Philip Burgess was elected as 2017–2018 honorary president.

All officers will be installed at the 164th APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco, March 24–27, 2017.

Hilliard is a Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences  College of Pharmacy and has pharmacy practice experience in both independent and chain pharmacy and free medical clinics. She has focused her career on becoming an innovative educator of nuclear pharmacy practice and management and has expertise in inter-professional education, online learning and educational technology.

Hilliard is a former APhA-APPM president and APhA trustee, serving on the APhA Governmental Affairs, Strategic Directions  and Policy Standing Committees. She served on the Board of Pharmacy Specialties and is the current Chair of the Pharmacy Provider Status Task Force and the Government Affairs Committee for the Arkansas Pharmacists Association.

She received her BSPharm and PharmD from UAMS College of Pharmacy and a Masters in Health Services Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and has been recognized with the APhA William H. Briner Distinguished Achievement in Nuclear Pharmacy Practice, APhA Award of Merit and the Bowl of Hygeia.