Current Position:
Assistant Dean for Experiential Education and Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy, University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) UNT System College of Pharmacy
Degrees:
- Specialty Residency in Drug Information Practice, Scott & White Memorial Hospital (Temple, TX) and The University of Texas College of Pharmacy (Austin, TX), 2002–2003
- Pharm.D., The University of Texas at Austin, May 2002
- BS in biology with minor in chemistry, University of North Texas, May 1996
Designations:
TPA Positions:
- Texas Delegate to APhA House of Delegates, 2013–2015
- Nominating Committee, 2014–2015
- Public Policy Council, 2016–Present
Other Pharmacy Positions:
- Member, Tarrant County Pharmacy Association (TCPA), 2013–Present
- Member, TCPA Board of Directors, 2014–Present
- Delegate to TPA House of Delegates, TCPA, 2015–2016
- President, TCPA, 2016–Present
Honors Received:
- Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, 2004–Present
- Inducted into Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society, 2000
Community and Civic Activities:
- Judge for TPA Patient Counseling Competition, 2016 and 2017
- Choir Member, St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, North Richland Hills, 2015–Present
- Pharmacy Student Volunteer Coordinator, Prevent Blindness Texas, 2014–2016
- Volunteer Pharmacist, Travis Avenue Baptist Church Mercy Clinic, 2014–Present
- Chapter Advisor, Pharmacy Student Government Association, 2013–Present
- Health Services Volunteer Coordinator, Be Covered Events, Dallas, 2013–2015
Place of Residence:
Saginaw, TX
Statement:
I am running for speaker-elect of the House. I have served as a delegate for Texas Pharmacy Association and American Pharmacists Association. I have had the pleasure of working on resolutions with the Texas delegation to APhA and Tarrant County delegation to TPA. I have had also had the extreme honor of working with the other colleges/schools of pharmacy experiential deans and faculties on updating the Texas Administrative Code regarding the duties of pharmacy intern trainees through the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. It is through our resolutions and our working with other groups on resolutions that we move the profession of pharmacy forward and preserve our sacred relationship with patients.
I will work with the TPA Board, the staff and the members to make sure that TPA has a clear and consistent message. Through serving as the speaker-elect and then the speaker, I will have the opportunity to plan the agenda and guide the process for hearing resolutions. I will study Robert’s Rules and apply them so that every member’s voice will be heard. I will ensure that there is order and a process. I will then communicate the House of Delegates actions to all TPA members.
