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Jolene Bostwick, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
President
Assistant Dean for Co-Curriculum and Professional Development & Clinical Professor
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Ann Arbor, MI

Academia: 30%; Administrative: 70%
 
I practiced as a psychiatric pharmacist for 15 years, developing clinical pharmacist services at three different practice sites including a VA outpatient clinic, a University hospital inpatient adult psychiatry service, and University outpatient psychiatry clinic focused on managing depressive and anxiety disorders. At these sites I oversaw IPPE students, APPE students, pharmacy fellows, and pharmacy residents who were instrumental in providing support for and helping us expand our pharmacy services.

Suzanne Harris, PharmD, BCPP
President-Elect
Associate Professor/Director of Well-being and Resilience/Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner
University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Chapel Hill, NC

Academia: 70%; Admin: 25%; Clinical: 5%
 
I work with a multidisciplinary team outpatient team serving as the sole board-certified psychiatric pharmacist/Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner for a half-day Psychiatric Consult Liaison (CL) Clinic at an academic teaching institution (UNC) that sees approximately 10-12 patients/week. The primary scope of the clinic is medically complicated patients in whom their medical conditions may either be causing or contributing to their psychiatric symptoms, with a heavy emphasis of solid organ transplant psychology referrals.

Michelle Geier, PharmD, BCPP
Past President
Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacist Supervisor
San Francisco Department of Public Health
San Francisco, CA

Clinical: 50%; Administrative: 50%

I am a psychiatric clinical pharmacist for a county public health department. I manage a caseload of psychiatric and substance use disorders clients under a collaborative practice agreement at a county mental health clinic that predominantly serves people experiencing homelessness on admission and dual diagnosis. I oversee substance use disorder clinical services at our county mental health and substance use disorders pharmacy that serves approximately 1000 people with opioid use disorder annually. I participate in multiple quality improvement committees for our health plan that is responsible for all Medicaid beneficiaries with a serious mental illness in our county. I serve as the Residency Program Director for our PGY2 in psychiatry.

Julie Cunningham, PharmD, BCPP, FAAPP
Treasurer
Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer Clinical Practice & Research
Mayo Clinic Medical Center
Rochester, MN

Academia: 10%; Admin: 80%; Clinical: 10%
 
Responsible for all clinical pharmacy and pharmacy-based research programs. Development of comprehensive inpatient and outpatient clinical pharmacy program that incorporates best practices and emphasizes the safety and optimized outcomes of our patients. Development of comprehensive clinical pharmacy program that delivers the highest value care to our patients and the organization. Supports a pharmacy-based research program. Ensures incorporation, alignment with and support of the departmental and institutional strategic vision, direction and priorities. Actively participates in and supports pharmacy education programs and scholarly activity. Pharmacy administrative partner for opioid stewardship program. Consultative responsibilities for provider referred challenging controlled substance cases through the Controlled Substance Advisory Group.

Brenda K Schimenti
Secretary
Executive Director, AAPP
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Lincoln, NE 68510
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Jennifer Dress, PharmD, BCPP
Member-at-Large
Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacist
Wilkes-Barre Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Admin: 60%; Clinical: 30%; Other: 10%
 
I have been a clinical pharmacy practitioner for the past 12 years with my first several years spent working with a multidisciplinary team on our acute psychiatry unit. Now, my time is split between three main roles. First, I spend approximately 30% of my work week providing comprehensive medication management to clients seen in our mental health clinic. Next, as clinical pharmacy supervisor, I oversee 12 employees working in various settings including inpatient acute and general outpatient mental health, primary care mental health integration, substance use disorder treatment, mental health consult liaison, and pain management. Finally, I am the Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior training coordinator for our facility.

Kelly Gable, PharmD, BCPP, FAAPP
Member-at-Large
Professor and Director of Well-being and Resilience
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) School of Pharmacy
Edwardsville, IL

Academia: 65%; Admin: 10%; Clinical: 25%
 
Federally Qualified Health Center in St. Louis, Missouri, working collaboratively as part of a behavioral health team, focused on the integration of primary and behavioral health care. Extensive work as a psychiatric care provider on Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams at Places for People. Provides trainings in Motivational Interviewing throughout the St. Louis region.

Danielle Stutzman, PharmD, BCPP
Member-at-Large
Psychiatric Pharmacist - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Childrens Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO

Academia: 10%; Clinical: 90%
 
I work at the Pediatric Mental Health Institute (PMHI) at Childrens Hospital Colorado. PMHI consists of two inpatient units (inpatient psychiatry, neuropsychiatry special care), three day treatment programs (partial hospitalization, neuropsychiatry special care, eating disorders), a consult/liaison psychiatry service, and a large outpatient clinic. Our psychiatric pharmacy team provides coverage to all service lines. In addition to patient care, my primary teaching responsibilities include our child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship program, school of pharmacy, and regional child and adolescent psychiatry ECHO series.