AMCP Announces New President-Elect, Three Board Members

Alexandria, Va., January 5, 2018 — The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is pleased to announce the election of four members to the AMCP Board of Directors for the 2018-2020 term. The new members, along with continuing members, will be sworn in at the AMCP Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting 2018, April 23-26 in Boston. 

AMCP President-Elect for 2018-19 is James Kenney, RPh, MBA, Manager of Specialty and Pharmacy Contracts at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and a faculty preceptor for the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences. Kenney has been a member of AMCP since 1988, and currently serves as a Director on the Board, as well as liaison to the Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee, Student Pharmacist Committee, and peer reviewer for the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP). His platform statement notes in part: “I am an advocate for patients, however I understand that we have limited resources and the current cost structure in pharmacy is not sustainable. I will strive to work with the Board and Academy membership to develop and promote solutions to these issues for our respective organizations and across the United States.”

New Directors for 2018-2020 term are: 

• Deb Curry, PharmD (re-elected), Senior Director, Formulary Product & Strategy at OptumRx. Curry has been Chair of the Membership and Special Projects committees, and is co-founder and former leader of the Southwest AMCP Affiliate. She has presented at AMCP meetings and has published on managed care topics. Curry received the 2008 AMCP Spirit of Volunteerism award and is a Diamond-Level Visionary.
• Pat Gleason, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FAMCP, Senior Director, Health Outcomes, Prime Therapeutics, and adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. Gleason has been a member of the JMCP Editorial Advisory Board for 10 years, serving for two years as its Chair. He has published frequently in JMCP, and has presented at AMCP meetings. In 2014, Gleason received the AMCP Spirit of Volunteerism Award. 
• Debra J. Minich, BSPharm, RPh, Vice President, Clinical Account Services, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. Minich has been Chair of the Organizational Affairs Committee, and served as a member of the Schools of Pharmacy Relations and Finance committees. Minich also serves as an AMCP Diplomat for several colleges of pharmacies, and is past President of the AMCP Midwest Affiliate.

“Once again, AMCP is fortunate to have a group of highly qualified individuals to serve on the Board of Directors,” says AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE. “Their experience and expertise will guide the organization as we celebrate our 30th anniversary and implement a new strategic plan. I look forward to working with them to further the goals and mission of AMCP.”

Continuing members are: current President Diana Brixner, RPh, PhD, FAMCP, who will move to Immediate Past President; current President-Elect Mitzi M. Wasik, PharmD, BCPS, FAMCP, FCCP, who will become President; Treasurer William H. Francis, BSPharm, MBA, RPh; Director Paul L. Jeffrey, PharmD; and Director Marissa Schlaifer, BSPharm, MS, RPh