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Effective January 1, 2017, Cynthia “Cindy” Kirkwood, PharmD, BCPP joined the CPNP Foundation Board of Directors serving a three-year term on the Foundation Board. Dr. Kirkwood is a Professor and the Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA and joins the Foundation Board as President-Elect.

The Foundation would also like to recognize the contributions of outgoing Board member Judy Curtis, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, who served on the Board from 2014-2016. Dr. Curtis was a Founding Circle Donor to the CPNP Foundation and currently works as Director, Medical Science Liaison-MidAtlantic for the Clinical Development and Medical Affairs-CNS division of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 

Dr. Kirkwood joins the following individuals currently serving on the CPNP Foundation Board:

  • Patrick Finley, PharmD, BCPP, CPNP Foundation Treasurer, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA.
  • Matthew A. Fuller, PharmD, FASHP, BCPP, BCPS, CPNP Foundation President, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Psychiatry, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
  • Sarah E. Grady, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, Clinical Associate Professor, Drake University, Des Moines, IA.
  • Rex S. Lott, PharmD, BCPP, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Idaho State University - College of Pharmacy, Boise, ID.
  • Raymond Love, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, CPNP Board Liaison to the Foundation, Professor and Vice Chair, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
  • Gene H. Makela, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Mental Health, Asheville VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC.
  • Jerry R. McKee, PharmD, MS, BCPP, Assistant Director of Pharmacy and Payer Programs, Community Care of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.
  • Dean M. Najarian, PharmD, BCPP, Janssen Scientific Affairs, Medical Science Liaison, Wrentham, MA.
  • Carol A. Ott, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University College of Pharmacy, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Stephen R. Saklad, PharmD, BCPP, Director of Psychiatric Pharmacy Program, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and San Antonio State Hospital, San Antonio, TX.
  • Brenda K. Schimenti, Executive Director, College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists and Secretary College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists Foundation, Lincoln, NE.
  • Roger W. Sommi, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP, Professor of Pharmacy and Psychiatry, University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Pharmacy, Kansas City, MO. 
  • Michael Z. Wincor, PharmD, BCPP, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Associate Dean for Global Initiatives and Technology in the School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California (USC) and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences in the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA.

The CPNP Foundation exists to enhance the capacity of pharmacy professionals to provide effective and compassionate treatment of individuals with mental disorders. Our vision is to be recognized nationally as the conduit for connecting:

  1. Pharmacy professionals and individuals living with mental disorders and their caregivers to ensure effective and compassionate treatment;
  2. Pharmacy professionals working to foster innovation in mental health treatment.

 

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