January 12, 2024
You say goodbye, I say hello …
This week, just two weeks into the new year, in a special-called APC Board of Directors meeting, I resigned as your 2024 APC Board Chair effective January 31. I’ll also be leaving my position as pharmacist-in-charge at Civic Center Pharmacy in Scottsdale, where I’ve worked for the past 16 years.
Just writing that takes my breath away a little. It was a big decision.
But it’s not goodbye. In fact, it’s hello.
On February 1, I will join the APC staff as Chief Advocacy Officer, where CEO Scott Brunner has invited me to oversee legislative and regulatory affairs for the Alliance. I love APC and the work it does to elevate our profession. That’s why I’m thrilled to be joining his team and helping to grow our reach and credibility as an advocate for our patients and businesses.
As for the APC Board of Directors: It’s in good hands. Board Chair-Elect Joe Navarra will move up to become Board Chair as of February 1, and Board Vice President Michelle Moser will step into the Board Chair-Elect position. The Board of Directors will elect a new Board VP at its February meeting.
Scott reminds me to tell you that all of this is made possible thanks to APC’s great membership and revenue growth over the past couple of years – and by the Board’s vision for expanding APC’s effectiveness and value to our members. That growth is largely due to our Pharmacy/Facility Member category, which is growing like gang-busters. We ended 2023 with 140+ PFMs and about 4,500 members.
Those numbers should only grow in 2024, and I look forward to being a part of the team that makes it happen.
So: Goodbye. And … hello!
Read on for more compounding news and notes.
– Tenille
Tenille Davis, PharmD, RPh, FAPC, is pharmacist-in-charge at Civic Center Pharmacy in Scottsdale, Arizona (for now). You can reach her at tenille@civiccenterpharmacy.com until January 31. We’ll let you know her new email address when she starts at APC in February.
