The award, which is conferred at the discretion of the ASHP Board of Directors, may be presented annually at an ASHP national meeting or other appropriate function. There is no limit to the number of awards that may be conferred each year.
2024 Recipients
Chelsea D. Jones, RN, CPhT, CSPT
Pharmacy Training Program Manager
University Hospitals
Cleveland, Ohio
Ms. Jones is an exemplary pharmacy technician, educator, and leader dedicated to elevating and expanding the role of pharmacy technicians. Most recently, she spearheaded a system wide, tuition-free pharmacy technician training program that cultivates an empowered pharmacy technician workforce armed with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to confidently take on new and existing challenges and advance the profession.
Hope Ballard Presley, CPhT
Former Program Director, Technician Education and Training, Fortis Colleges and Institutes
Instructor, ASU-Beebe Pharmacy Technician Program
Pharmacy Technician, Cookeville Regional Medical Center
Cookeville, Tenn.
Ms. Presley is a respected pharmacy technician, educator, and leader. A tireless advocate for technician excellence, her vision and commitment to developing a highly skilled pharmacy technician workforce continues to enhance the professionalization of pharmacy technicians, elevate their role within the pharmacy team, and advance the pharmacy profession.
Criteria and Eligibility
ASHP members are invited, annually, to suggest nominees in writing with substantiating evidence. The award is intended to recognize an individual pharmacy technician for a recent singular, significant achievement or for career-long contributions. Individuals must have made a recent contribution or achievement that has done one or more of the following in the United States to serve the needs of patients:
- Affected the outcome of patient care; (and/or)
- Advanced the role of pharmacy technicians; (and/or)
- Advanced the professionalization and ability of pharmacy technicians; (and/or)
- Advanced the pharmacy technician workforce.
Nominees must be pharmacy technicians and current ASHP members. Current ASHP Board members and ASHP staff are not eligible.
Nominating Instructions
Nominations are accepted year-round and are to be transmitted electronically during this period using the Award Nominations Form. Please see the Call for Award Nominations to reference the criteria for the award as well as the nomination instructions.
Nominations received by October 1 will be reviewed by the Awards Committee, and selections will be made the following February. In some years, selections are not made for all awards.
If you have any questions about the Awards Program, please contact the Office of Member Relations at [email protected].
Past Recipients
| 2023 | Danielle Pierce, CPhT |
| 2023 | Rafael Roman, BA, CPhT, CSPT, RPhT |
| 2022 | Barbara E. Lacher, CPhT |
| 2021 | Glen J. Gard, CPhT-Adv, CSPT |
| 2021 | Matthew A. Rewald, CPhT |
