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Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute (PLEI)

Saroyan Leadership Challenge Fund Tops $275,000 in Pledges!

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Phi Delta Chi’s 60th Grand Council (Memphis, 1995) authorized the Fraternity's Executive Council to establish a not-for-profit foundation to advance the leadership, educational, and other benevolent missions of the Fraternity. This charge was fulfilled in the creation of the Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute, Inc. (PLEI), which held the inaugural meeting of its Board of Directors during APhA's 143rd Annual Meeting in Nashville, March 1996.

The Institute serves charitable and educational purposes, advancing the Fraternity’s mission of training pharmacy’s future leaders. The Institute aims to advance healthcare by improving the professional and interpersonal competencies of America's pharmacists and student pharmacists. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recognizes the Institute as a 501(c) (3) charitable organization; EIN 582296988.

The PLEI coordinates the Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award, the Leader Development Seminar, and other educational events for the Fraternity’s Brothers and other members of the pharmacy profession. The Institute is lead by a Board of Directors of distinguished Brothers and colleagues. The Grand President, Grand Past President, and Executive Director serve ex officio on the PLEI Board of Directors.

A copy of the Biennial Report of PLEI (as presented to the 67th Grand Council of the Phi Delta Chi Pharmacy Fraternity in Phoenix in 2009) is provided here in Powerpoint (*.ppt) format.

PLEI BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Chairman of the PLEI Board of Directors

• Ralph L. Saroyan, RPh (Alpha Psi), retired, formerly University of the Pacific

Other Members of PLEI Board of Directors

• Nancy A. Alvarez, PharmD (Alpha Nu), Endo Pharmaceuticals
• Mary L. Euler, PharmD (Beta Epsilon), University of Charleston
• Anthony A. Guerra (Iota), Des Moines Area Community College
• John D. Grabenstein, PhD (Beta Gamma), Merck Vaccines
• Gary J. Keil, II, PhD (Alpha Mu), AstraZeneca
• Michael Negrete, PharmD, Pharmacy Foundation of California
• Collin J O'Neill RPh. BCNP, (Eta), Covidien Imaging Group
• Candace Roberts, Quantum Think, public member
• Brandon Sucher, PharmD, CDE (Beta Rho), Regis University [ex officio, Grand President]
• Song C. You, RPh (Eta), Walgreens Pharmacy [ex officio, Grand Past President]
• Kenny Walkup, RPh (Alpha Upsilon), Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy [ex officio, Fraternity Executive Director]

PLEI Executive Director

• Ron Corey, PhD, MBA (Beta Gamma), Asubio Pharmaceuticals, Inc

For more information about PLEI, contact Executive Director Ron Corey at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Albert B Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award Info

The 2010 Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award recipient is a Phi Delta Chi alumnus US Army Major Jeffrey J. Neigh, PharmD, BCPS (Beta Gamma). Please join PLEI and Phi Delta Chi in congratulating Jeff!

The Prescott presentation will be held at the APhA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on March 13, 2010, at 5 pm at the Grand Hyatt. Please come and hear Major Neigh reflect on leadership.
The application form for the 2011 Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award will be available in the October 2010. Please note, the application deadline is November 19, 2010, for the March 2011 award.