Overview
Share best practices, collaborate on advocacy, innovation, and engage in networking opportunities to drive success in community pharmacy.
Meet the Leaders Driving Our Community Forward
Get to know the leaders guiding our profession. Their leadership drives innovation, fosters collaboration, and makes a lasting impact on patient care and pharmacy practice.
Bio
Jeff Hamper, PharmD, earned a BS degree in biology from Purdue University and his PharmD degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He started his career in pharmacy as a pharmacy intern at Jewel-Osco pharmacy, a division of Albertsons Companies. Upon graduation from pharmacy school, Jeff completed a PGY1 community pharmacy residency with Jewel-Osco pharmacy and Midwestern University-Chicago College of Pharmacy. He has held various positions including pharmacy manager, clinical pharmacist, district point person for clinical services, clinical coordinator, and corporate pharmacy trainer. He has stayed involved with residency training since graduation from the program, serving as a preceptor, director, and practitioner surveyor.
In his current role as manager of pharmacy experiential, intern, and residency programs with Albertsons Companies, Jeff oversees preceptor development for pharmacy technician experiential, PharmD experiential, interns, and residency programs companywide. He also serves as a lead surveyor for community-based pharmacy residency programs with ASHP Accreditation Services. He is a past coordinator of the APhA Preceptor Special Interest Group and is an active member in community-based pharmacy groups with APhA, ASHP, and ACCP.
A Chicago-area native, Jeff currently lives in Boise, ID with his wife Melissa, and children Charlie, Vivian, and Henry.
Jeff Hamper
PharmD
Bio
Ryan Waldschmidt, PharmD, is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Findlay and staff pharmacist at Jackson Pharmacy and Wellness Center. He grew up in Allison Park, PA, before attending the Ohio Northern University (ONU) Raabe College of Pharmacy for his PharmD degree. After graduation, he completed a community residency alongside the ONU Healthwise Pharmacy and the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network Ohio chapter. He has worked at several different independent community pharmacies, including the Ingomar Pharmacy, owned by his uncle and the inspiration behind Ryan's passion for pharmacy.
Ryan's primary interests include drug pricing, community pharmacy practice, nonsterile compounding, and pharmacotherapy of conditions managed in an outpatient setting like asthma, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.
Ryan Waldschmidt
PharmD
Bio
Savannah Cunningham, PharmD, has been engaged in APhA and other professional pharmacy associations since the start of pharmacy school, holding various leadership roles at many levels. She graduated from Mercer University College of Pharmacy in 2022 and has primarily practiced in community pharmacy, specifically compounding. Savannah has worked in the community pharmacy field with Walgreens since 2015, and has also worked at an independent compounding pharmacy. She has served in a regulatory affairs role to coordinate pharmacy advocacy efforts at both state and federal levels with a pharmacy association. She is passionate about mentoring and engaging with student pharmacists and continuing to improve the perception of pharmacy as a profession through engagement with colleges of pharmacy.
Savannah is excited about the opportunities for improving the implementation of new clinical services and reimbursement in community pharmacies, enhancing collaboration with other health care providers, and leading the community pharmacy practice community to create a unified public presence.
She lives in Myrtle Beach, SC, with her husband and golden retriever, and enjoys hiking, travel, and hosting friends in her home.
Savannah Cunningham
PharmD
Bio
Traci Poole, PharmD, is a 2009 graduate of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy. Upon graduation, she completed an ASHP/APhA-accredited community-based pharmacy residency at the VCU School of Pharmacy and Kmart Pharmacy under the guidance of Amy Rudenko, PharmD, and Kelly Goode, PharmD. Immediately after residency, she joined the faculty of the Belmont University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in August 2010, where she now serves as director of community practice advancement and associate professor. She is a board certified ambulatory care and geriatric pharmacist with a primary practice focus of developing clinical services within the community setting and innovative health care models.
Traci has practiced in multiple settings including chain pharmacy, campus pharmacy, a third-party owned patient-centered medical home, and is a former pharmacy owner. She now practices at Riverside Village Pharmacy as the director of clinical services and serves as COO of Riverside Village Clinic, an independent primary care clinic.
Traci Poole
PharmD
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Teams are at the heart of our association's impact. By joining a team, you will collaborate with like-minded professionals, share insights, and work together on key initiatives that shape the future of our field.
The Community is led by a chair, chair-elect, and member-at-large (up to three) that serve to advance the work of the Community. Team members are appointed by the Community leadership.
Engagement and Communication Team