SOP alumna Snead to receive APhA Foundation’s Jacob W. Miller Award
VCU School of Pharmacy alumna Rebecca Snead (B.S. ’85) has been named the 2017 recipient of the American Pharmacists Association Foundation’s Jacob W. Miller Award.
Snead, who is executive vice president and CEO of the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, will be honored at the APhA 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco. The official award presentation will be made March 27 during the APhA Foundation Contributors’ Breakfast.
The award recognizes individuals who have advanced the foundation’s mission through involvement in its programs, support of its initiatives or leadership in carrying out its mission. It was established in 2000 to honor Jacob Miller, who served as president of the APhA Foundation from 1991 to 2000.
“Jake is a longtime friend and a mentor to me,” said Snead, “so it makes this award even more special.”
Prior to her role at NASPA, Snead served as executive director of the Virginia Pharmacists Association for 13 years. Throughout her career, she has promoted medication safety and quality. She is secretary/treasurer for the Alliance for Patient Medication Safety Pharmacy, a member of the Alliance for Integrated Medication Management board and a founding member of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Pharmacy HIT (Health Information Technology) Collaborative.
Snead has stayed active and involved with her alma mater as a member of the VCU School of Pharmacy’s National Advisory Council and as a preceptor, receiving an Outstanding Preceptor Award in 2007. She was keynote speaker for the Student Pharmacist Policy and Advocacy Forum Colloquium in 2015 and for the Student National Pharmaceutical Association National Convention in 2014.
Previous recognition includes APhA’s Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award; the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ Foundation’s UCB Leadership in Pharmacy Award; the Medical College of Virginia Alumni Association’s Outstanding Alumnus Award; and VPhA’s Outstanding Pharmacists Award.
She is active in APhA Foundation programs, including her staunch support of the Bowl of Hygeia program.
“It has been a pleasure working with the APhA Foundation on many projects and activities throughout my career,” Snead noted, “but none are as close to my heart as the Bowl of Hygeia program recognizing individuals’ exemplary community service.
“I would like to thank the APhA Foundation staff and volunteers for all that they do for the profession of pharmacy and extend a special thank you to Jake Miller for providing an example of leadership and community service that we all can strive to emulate.”
Over the years, Snead has been a philanthropic contributor to a number of APhA programs, including the 1953 Society, Bowl of Hygeia, Daniel A. Herbert Incentive Grant Award, Carl F. Emswiller Memorial Fund, Capital Building Campaign and other annual fund appeals.
Editor’s note: The late Herbert and Emswiller were MCV (now VCU) School of Pharmacy alumni in the classes of 1966 and 1962, respectively.
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