Jonathan Marquess (Mercer University)
1991–92 APhA–ASP National President
My wife, Pam, and I are the owners of 10 community pharmacies in Georgia. In addition, I am the President/CEO of The Institute for Wellness and Education, a disease management company. Throughout my career, I have been actively involved in local, state, and national professional organizations. I served on the APhA Board of Trustees from 2011–14, and recently was elected as an NCPA national officer. In 2012, I was named Georgia Independent Pharmacist of the Year, and in 2016 was awarded the Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award.
Susan Staggs Vos
(The University of Tennessee)
2002–03 APhA-ASP National Member-at-large
My current focus is on student admissions, curriculum, and student services at The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. My classroom teaching is focused on pediatrics, global health, and professional development, and I also co-direct the college’s teaching and learning curriculum for residents. I have served as a preceptor in pediatrics, academic leadership, and a global health experience in Belize, and published articles and presented topics on experiential education and preceptor development in the United States, United Arab Emirates, Japan, and Italy. The joy of my life is being a wife to Jeremy and a mom to Claire and Emily.
Vibhuti Arya
(St. John’s University)
2005–06 APhA–ASP National President
I am an Associate Clinical Professor at St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and serve as Clinical Advisor to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. I work to integrate pharmacists into public health initiatives, particularly among high-risk, medically underserved areas; advise on legislation pertinent to pharmacy practice and access to care; and serve on the Health Department’s Institutional Review Board. I engage my students to examine public health programs and policies through the lens of equity, applying social justice principles and frameworks to reduce inequities in care.
Alison Knutson
(University of Minnesota)
2009–10 APhA–ASP Speaker of the House
I am a Medication Management Pharmacist at Park Nicollet Creekside Clinic, an ambulatory primary care clinic in St. Louis Park, MN, and an Affiliated Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. In the family medicine residency training clinic at Park Nicollet, I am also a faculty pharmacist preceptor, teaching optimal evidence-based and patient-centered medication use to physicians during their residency training. In my non-pharmacist life, I enjoy running, cooking, and boating, and spend as much quality time as I can with my husband Josh, and my kiddos, Avery (6), Eli (4).
Nicholas Dorich
(The University of Rhode Island)
2010–11 APhA–ASP National Member-at-large
I am the Director of Client Services at Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS), which provides the EQuIPP dashboard. I manage PQS relationships with pharmacy clients, as well as implementation and tracking of medication-related quality measure performance. In this role, I also work to develop and design reporting for pharmacy organizations along with reporting capabilities for EQuIPP. I was recently elected to serve as a 2020–22 APhA-APPM Executive Committee Member-at-large.