Gary A. Schnabel, RPh, RN, Oregon Pharmacist, Elected NABP President-elect at Association's 104th Annual Meeting

May 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Gary A. Schnabel, RPh, RN, Oregon pharmacist, was elected to serve as the 2008-2009 president-elect of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®) during the Association’s 104th Annual Meeting, May 17-20, 2008, in Baltimore, MD. Prior to the election, Mr Schnabel served as the NABP Treasurer from 2007 to 2008 and as an Executive Committee member representing District 7 from 2003 to 2007.

Currently the executive director of the Oregon State Board of Pharmacy, Mr Schnabel began his employment with the Board in 1994 as compliance director, before being named executive director in 1999. Prior to joining the Board, he held positions such as pharmacy manager, director of pharmacy, and director of intravenous services in various pharmacy practice settings. Mr Schnabel also owned an independent pharmacy consulting practice from 1990 to 1995.

Mr Schnabel is an active member of NABP and other organizations in the pharmacy profession, serving on committees and several task forces. These include the NABP Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, the NABP Task Force on Active/Associate Membership, the NABP Task Force on Telepharmacy and the Implementation of the Medicare Drug Benefit Medication Therapy Management Provisions, the Task Force to Improve the Care of Terminally Ill Oregonians, convened by Oregon Health Sciences University, the 69th Legislative Assembly’s Task Force on Pain and Symptom Management, and the Board of Pharmacy Community Based Care Pharmacy Committee. In addition, Mr Schnabel was a part of the Oregon Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration and is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation.  

Among his other activities, Mr Schnabel has been an active member of the Oregon State Pharmacy Association, serving as vice president in 1990 and on the House of Delegates from 1984 to 1985 and 1994 to 1995. He has also been a member of the Oregon Society of Hospital Pharmacists, now known as the Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Oregon Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

A graduate of Oregon State University, Mr Schnabel graduated with a bachelor of science degree in pharmacy.

Larissa Doucette