Report of the President

Board of Directors

I have appreciated the opportunity to work with an excellent Board that is committed to fostering the success of the Institute: Arthur Daemmrich (Vice President), Robert Buerki (Secretary), Clarke Ridgway (Treasurer), David Herzberg (At Large), Jole Schackelford (At Large), Gregory Higby (Executive Director), and Steven Swanson (Ex Officio). Dr. Schackelford’s term on the Board is ending, and I thank him for his service to the Institute in this capacity.

Strategic Goals

The Board and staff of the Institute continued to be guided this past year by the four strategic goals we established in 2014:

• Revitalize the AIHP journal, Pharmacy in History.

• Actively pursue membership and leadership development.

• Raise the profile of the Institute among national pharmacy associations.

• Maintain a strong relationship between AIHP and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

As reflected in Dr. Higby’s report, and in other reports that will be presented later during the Annual Business Meeting, we have made good progress on all four goals.

National Association Sponsors

I am pleased with the support for the Institute demonstrated by our five National Association Sponsors (which relates to the third strategic goal listed above):

• Patrons ($10,000)

  Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy

  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

• Donor ($5,000)

  American College of Clinical Pharmacy

• Contributors ($2,500)

  American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

  American Pharmacists Association

The financial contributions of these national association sponsors allowed the Institute to work on enhancing the teaching of the history of pharmacy, stimulate research and publication on the history of pharmacy practice and education, begin planning an international congress on the history of pharmacy, and facilitate communications about the history of pharmacy. We continue to encourage other pharmacy groups to become association sponsors and thereby support AIHP’s role in preserving, studying, and communicating the history of our field.

Other Initiatives

An ambitious program has been launched related to membership and leadership development, which will be the focus of a report later in this meeting. (This effort relates to the second strategic goal listed above.)

The Board looks forward to action later in our meeting on proposed bylaws amendments, which are designed to widen membership involvement in the work of the Institute and improve the effectiveness of governance.

The Institute has had a long-standing relationship with the Wisconsin Historical Society. This strategic partnership is being refreshed through a new memorandum of understanding. The opportunity to revitalize this relationship came about largely through the volunteer efforts of Angela Long, a newly elected Board member who will be installed later in our meeting.

Through the leadership of Treasurer Clarke Ridgway, we have found a way for the Institute to obtain outside review, during the current fiscal year, of its financial procedures. One of the principles of good association oversight is for the governing board to periodically arrange for such a review.