The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) membership has elected three officers to serve on the 2014-2016 Board of Directors. Assuming their offices effective July 1, 2014, will be Drs. Raymond Love, Jennifer Zacher, and Jonathan Lacro. Dr. Love is currently serving the first year of a two-year term as Member at Large to the Board. With his selection as President-Elect, a vacancy on the board will occur on July 1, 2014. CPNP bylaws require that President-Elect Steve Burghart name an individual to complete this 1-year term. Dr. Megan Ehret has been selected and endorsed by the CPNP Board as the individual to complete this term.

Newly elected Board members will fill the following roles on the Board:

  • Ray Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, President-Elect, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
  • Jennifer L. Zacher, PharmD, BCPP, Assistant Division Officer, Pharmacy Division, Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, North Chicago, IL
  • Jonathan Lacro, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
  • Megan Ehret, PharmD, BCPP, Member at Large, Associate Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Drs. Love, Zacher, and Lacro join current and “retiring” board members as follows:

  • Rex Lott, PharmD, BCPP, Past President (term concludes June 2014), Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Idaho State University College of Pharmacy, Boise VA Medical Center, Boise, ID
  • Julie Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, President, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • Steve Burghart, DPh, MBA, BCPP, Incoming President, Director of Pharmacy, Rolling Hills Hospital, Franklin, TN
  • Christopher Thomas, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, CGP, Treasurer, Clinical Pharmacist in Psychiatry, Chillicothe VAMC, Chillicothe, OH
  • Ellie Elliott, PharmD, BCPP, Secretary (term concludes June 2014), Residency Director and Clinical Pharmacist, Center for Behavioral Medicine, Kansas City, MO
  • Troy Moore,  PharmD, BCPP, MS, Member at Large (term concludes June 2014), Clinical Pharmacy Specialist/Assistant Professor, STVHCS/University of Texas HSC San Antonio, Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital, San Antonio, TX
  • Cherry Jackson, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, Past President Advisory Appointee, Professor of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, University of Alabama-Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL

About CPNP

The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) is a professional association of over 1100 members dedicated to promoting excellence in pharmacy practice, education and research to optimize treatment outcomes of individuals affected by psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Members of CPNP are generally pharmacists who work directly with patients and caregivers to apply specialized clinical knowledge and skills, educate and train healthcare professionals and develop new knowledge in order to improve health outcomes for those individuals with psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Members apply evidence-based, cost-efficient best practices as a member of a treatment team to achieve patient recovery and improved quality of life.

CPNP actively partners with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and health care associations recognizing the importance of consumers, pharmacists and other specialized professionals working together in managing psychiatric illness. CPNP is integrally involved in supporting and providing educational products and services such as the CPNP Annual Meeting and recertification education for the 647 Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacists (BCPPs), 70% of whom are members of CPNP.