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Leadership and Advocacy

Committee

Leadership and Advocacy Committee

Charges

  1. Highlight and share leadership strategies and professional development insights from experienced leaders.
  2. Develop resources that build leadership skills among pharmacy technicians.
  3. Create advocacy tools that educate on regulatory requirements, board roles, and benefits of certification.  
  4. Recommend standards of practice that enhance patient safety and expand technician responsibilities.   

Committee Chair

Amanda Abernathy

 Amanda Abernathy, MBA, CPhT, CPTEd
Pharmacy Technician Training Program Manager University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
PA
 

Committee Co-Chair

Mileena Kendall

 Mileena Kendall, CPhT-Adv, CSPT
Pharmacy Technician Supervisor
WVU Medicine- WVU Hospitals
WV
 

Committee Members

Adriana Perez Cornelio, CPhT
Pharmacy Technician
Inspira Medica Center Vineland
NJ
Brad Fletcher, CPhT, PMP, CPHQ
Principal Consultant, Solution Deployment
Becton Dickinson
OH

 

Caitlin Quigley, CPhT, DPLA
Head of Health-System Partnerships and Engagement
RxTechExam
MA
Cassandra (Kaci) Gordon, CPhT-Adv, CSPT
Clinical Research Program Coordinator
Nationwide Children's Hospital
OH

 

Chaylon Harris, CPhT, CSPT
Career Management Director
West Virginia Junior College
WV
Christine Cline-Dahlman, CPhT-Adv, CPTEd, BFA
President
PharmTechForward, LLC
GA

 

Erika Anderson, CPhT, CSPT
System Manager, Pharmacy Compounding
CommonSpirit Health
WA
Jacqueline Jones, CPhT
OPAT Program Technician
ECU Health Medical Center
NC

 

James Love, CPhT-Adv, MHA
Network Pharmacy Business Analys t
Hackensack Meridian Health
NJ
Jamie Collett, CPhT, CPhT-Adv, CPTEd
Pharmacy Technician Supervisor
Mayo Clinic
MN

 

Josie Quick, CPhT-Adv, CSPT
Clinical Applications Support Analyst /
Acute Care Pharmacy Technician II
Sanford Health / Essentia Health
ND
Justin Ragle, BTAS-HCL, CPhT-Adv, CSPT, BCSCPT
Pharmacy Technician Supervisor
UC Health
OH

 

Kathryn Plahn, CPhT-Adv, CSPT
Hazardous Drug Compliance Coordinator
UK Healthcare Pharmacy Services
KY
Kayla Rumph, CPhT, CPhT-Adv
Pharmacy Technician II
Emory University Healthcare
GA

 

Kristine Smith, CPhT-Adv, CSPT
Director, Acute Care Pharmacy Technicians & Analytics
Banner Health
AZ
Lea Raines, CPhT
Lead Pharmacy Technician
PharMerica
CO

 

 Lilith Kortemeyer, CPhT-Adv, CSPT
Certified Pharmacy Technician
University Health
MO
Ryan Cook, CPhT-Adv, LPhT
Pharmacy Technician III
Bronson Methodist Hospital
MI

 

Sandirria Harris, CPhT
Dean of Pharmacy Technology
Wayne County Community College District
MI
Savana McFarland, CPhT
Assistant Manager of Pharmacy Operations
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
OH

 

Sheena Illarramendi, CPhT
Compliance Coordinator
Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy
TN
Teri Coates, CPhT, RPhT
Pharmacy Resource Specialist
Memorial Hermann
TX

TPTS Staff

Autumn Pinard, PharmD, MBA
Senior Director, TPTS
Bethesda, MD

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