Charles R. Young, RPh, CFE, Elected NABP Treasurer at Association's 101st Annual Meeting

May 27, 2005 12:00 AM

Charles R. Young, RPh, CFE, was elected to serve as treasurer of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) during the Association's 101st Annual Meeting, May 21-24, 2005, in New Orleans, LA. Prior to the election, Mr Young was completing the final year of his three-year term as a member of the Executive Committee.

Mr Young currently serves as executive director of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy, a position he has held since 1997. He began his tenure at the Board in 1985 as a compliance agent. Mr Young also serves as an adjunct assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Northwestern University, Bouve College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences from 2004-2005 and served as an adjunct assistant professor in pharmacy practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy from 1996-1997 and 2002-2003.

Immensely involved in NABP's committees and task forces, Mr Young was appointed to serve as the Executive Committee liaison to the Committee on Law Enforcement/Legislation in 2003 and 2005; chaired the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws in 2001; and was elected chairman of the Task Force on Centralized Prescription Filling in 2000. He also served as member of both the Task Force on Collaborative Practice Agreements and Task Force on Mail Delivery of Prescriptions in 1998. In addition, Mr Young was appointed to serve a two-year term as member of the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination® Review Committee in 1999.

A recipient of various awards, Mr Young was awarded the President's Pharmacist of the Year Award by the Massachusetts Pharmacists Association in September 2000 and was commended by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration for outstanding contribution in the field of law enforcement in August 1994. He also received Pride in Performance, an Outstanding Employee Award by the Division of Registration in October 1993 and 1999.

Presently the editor of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy News, Mr Young was also a correspondent for the NABP Enforcement News from 1996-1997. In addition to NABP, he is professionally affiliated with the American Pharmacists Association, the Massachusetts Pharmacists Association, the Boston Druggists Association, and the National Association of State Controlled Substance Authorities. Mr Young earned his pharmacy degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston.

Renee Renganathan