2026 Award Recipient

Ashley Snow, BS, CPhT-Adv, CSPT, CPTEd
Division Coordinator Pharmacy Compliance
HCA MidWest Division Pharmacy

Ashley Snow is a compliance coordinator for HCA Midwest Division Pharmacy, facilitates compounding compliance and quality assurance across Kansas and Missouri. Collaborating with division leadership teams, she ensures strict adherence to federal, state, and institutional regulations. Snow mitigates risk through systematic compliance assessments, data analysis, education, and oversight of microbiological monitoring programs. Uniquely combining administrative stewardship with operational expertise, she also prepares complex compounded medications to support resource allocation during critical needs.

As a USP Designated Person, master trainer, and virtual education facilitator for HCA’s ClinEd Pharmacy Technician Training Program, she spearheads critical safety initiatives and workforce development across the division. Snow holds a BS in Healthcare Administration from Colorado Christian University, where she also recently earned a graduate certificate in leadership. She will graduate from CCU with her MBA in Healthcare Administration in 2026. Her foundational training includes TRC Healthcare’s Pharmacy Technician University Certificate and HCA Healthcare Leadership Institute's Leadership Essentials Cohort.

Backed by 25 years of oncology, hospital, and community pharmacy experience, Snow's career includes past leadership roles like Technical Ops Manager, Supervisor, Sterile Compounding Coordinator, and Pharmacy Buyer. Her commitment to professional advancement is evidenced by a portfolio of advanced credentials from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), ASHP, and National Healthcareer Association (NHA).

A passionate advocate, Snow prioritizes national leadership service. She currently Co-Chairs the Pharmacy Technician Society (TPTS) Educational Steering Committee (2026–2027), following her term as ESC Chair (2025–2026). Prior, she served on the ASHP Pharmacy Technician Forum (PTF) Executive Committee and was member liaison to the PTF Practice Advancement & Advocacy Advisory Committee, which she also formerly chaired. Her professional contributions have included serving as a PharmacyTechCE faculty member, hosting TPTS/ASHP podcasts and live networking sessions, reviewing resumes for the biannual TPTS/ASHP program(s), and contributing as a PTCB SME with the former Item Writer Committee. At the state level, Snow serves as the currently elected Board of Directors Pharmacy Technician Representative for the Kansas Council of Health-System Pharmacists (KCHP). Equally engaged within Missouri Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP), she serves on multiple committees and contributes across both states as a newsletter author, convention speaker, and webinar presenter. Snow’s sustained dedication to advancing the pharmacy technician profession earned her the title of Pharmacy Technician of the Year from GKCSHP in 2022 and MSHP in 2025. She was also named a 2025 Ingram's Magazine Heroes in Healthcare Honorees, highlighting her contributions to pharmacy practice, healthcare leadership, and patient safety.