2020 FPA CANDIDATES
FPA Elects Regional Directors and Pharmacist Technician Board Member The Florida Pharmacy Association elected regional directors from regions 2, 4, and 8 and a new pharmacist technician board member for 2020-2022. Tejas Patel, an FPA member since 2018, is an independent pharmacy owner who was educated in India. He was elected as Region 2 representative for Nassau, Duval, Marion, Volusia, Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Clay counties. Cheryl Rouse, an FPA member since 2016, owns C&C Community Pharmacy. She was elected as Region 4 representative for Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Lake and Sumter counties. There will be a runoff election for the Region 6 seat between Kathy Pestos and James Wright. Both candidates received equal votes resulting in a tie. Members in those counties — Brevard, Manatee, Hardee, Okeechobee,
Highlands, DeSoto, Sarasota, Charlotte, Glades, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties should watch for information on participating in the runoff election. Carmen Gordon was elected for Region 8, serving Collier, Monroe and Dade counties. Verender Gail Brown, an FPA member since 2006, was elected pharmacist technician board member. She has been a pharmacy technician for more than 40 years. Regions are determined geographically based upon equal numbers of pharmacists residing in that area of the state. Serving until July 2021 are Preston McDonald, Region 1; Larry Alaimo, Region 3; James Alcorn, Region 5; Paul Delisser, Region 7; and Mitchell Levinson, Region 9. Elections for those seats and for treasurer-elect will be this fall.
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