Awards
The California Pharmacists Association’s Awards Ceremony is presented each year at the CPhA annual conference and is dedicated to honoring individual pharmacists who have dedicated their lives to the profession of pharmacy in the State of California. Pharmacists, pharmacy students, pharmacy technicians, CPhA Local Association Chapters, and CPhA ASP Chapters are recognized for their support, innovative contributions, leadership, and mentorship to the profession and the community.
Call for CPhA Awards Nominations
SUBMISSIONS FOR 2027 AWARDS ARE NOW OPEN!
All submissions are due by November 30, 2026, at 11:59 PM PST.
The California Pharmacists Association’s Awards Ceremony is presented each year at the CPhA annual conference and is dedicated to honoring individual pharmacists who have dedicated their lives to the profession of pharmacy in the State of California.
Pharmacists, pharmacy students, pharmacy technicians, CPhA Local Association Chapters, and CPhA ASP Chapters are recognized for their support, innovative contributions, leadership, and mentorship to the profession and the community.
CPhA 2027 Awards Timeline:
- September 1 – November 30, 2026: Nominations Accepted
- December 1, 2026 – January 15, 2027: Nominations Reviewed
- January 16 – February 15, 2027: Award Recipients Notified
- April 23-25, 2027: Award Recipients Honored in San Diego, CA
Eligibility Restrictions:
- Sitting CPhA Officers and Board of Trustees are ineligible for awards (except for the sitting Student Trustee, who is eligible for consideration for Student of the Year).
- If a current committee member is nominated for an award, they must recuse themselves from reviewing the award nominations in the category they are nominated for.
2026-2027 Awards Committee Members:
Clifford Young (Chair), Keri Hurley Kim, Veronica Madrigal, Edith Mirzaian, Janna Mozannar, Silva Petrosyan, Dan Robinson, Larry Selkow, Pooja Singh, Kyle Sousa, Wilma Wong, Sarah Ruiz & Daryl Visitacion (Staff Liaisons)
Award Winners
Learn about the 2026 award winners here.
Learn about the 2025 award winners here.
Learn about the 2024 award winners here.
Learn about the 2023 award winners here.
Learn about the 2022 award winners here.
Learn about the 2021 award winners here.
Award Categories & Criteria
- CPhA Pharmacist of the Year
Criteria
This award recognizes a CPhA member pharmacist for outstanding activities in the profession of pharmacy. The recipient must be an individual who has demonstrated leadership at multiple levels of pharmacy. He/she should be an energetic leader who has stimulated others to actively participate in the profession, advocacy, and community affairs related to the practice of pharmacy. The person should be well recognized by his colleagues for his/her professional advancements.
It would be desirable if the activities or qualifications of the recipient were to result in an especially successful initiative or long-term effort on behalf of the profession. It should be noted that this highest award of the Association is not for a “one-time flash” or to be used as a retirement recognition. The person’s continued activities and efforts are essential.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Past Recipients
2026 Maria Lopez 2011 John Cronin 1996 Wilma Wong 1981 Charles Green 2025 Daniel Robinson 2010 Ralph Saroyan 1995 Jerome Feitelberg 1980 Todd Tomihiro 2024 Steven Chen 2009 George Yasutake 1994 Donald Floriddia 1979 Royce Friesen 2023 Clint Hopkins 2008 Melvin Baron 1993 Jody Stewart 1978 Mary Munson Runge 2022 Ruth Arnold Smarinksy 2007 Paul Lofholm 1992 Michael Pastrick 1977 Max Stollman 2021 Michael Pavlovich 2006 David Breslow 1991 Neil Maxwell 1976 Connie Abler 2020 Michael Negrete 2005 Christopher Woo 1990 John Berger 1975 Paul Schellenberger 2019 Sarah McBane 2004 Phillip Oppenheimer 1989 Stephen Dibble 1974 Eugene Elkin 2018 John Sykora 2003 John Hambright 1988 Gracia Bello 1973 James Wagner 2017 Victor Law 2002 John Tilley 1987 Glenn Yokoyama 1972 Vic Boisseree 2016 I.R. Patel 2001 Clark Gustafson 1986 Earl Giacolini 1971 Bill Bacon 2015 Ryan Gates 2000 Robert Nickell 1985 William Wickwire 1970 Charles Jewell 2014 Douglas Hillblom 1999 Charles Brown 1984 Bill Altmiller 2013 Brian Komoto 1998 Leo McStroul 1983 Robert Hiatt 2012 Ira Freeman 1997 David Fong 1982 Chester Yee - Bowl of Hygeia
The Bowl of Hygeia Award is sponsored by the American Pharmacists Association Foundation and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) and administered by NASPA.
Criteria
This award recognizes a pharmacist for outstanding and continuing activity in the community outside of the profession. The recipient should be a person who has demonstrated how pharmacists can elevate themselves and their profession in the eyes of the public through participation in community civic programs or participation in government activities at the local or state level. The person must be a CPhA member pharmacist and have contributed to the advancement of the profession through his/her activities.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Past Recipients
2026 Ralph Saroyan 2003 Michael Pastrick 1980 Vern Cross 2025 Frank Cable 2002 Robert Duey 1979 John Bailey 2024 Christopher Allen Woo 2001 Richard Kane 1978 Robert Hunnell 2023 IR Patel 2000 William Altmiller 1977 Terry Grant 2022 Maria Lopez 1999 Evelyn Geisler 1976 Dean Reavie 2021 Katherine Bass 1998 David Wilcox 1975 Earl Giacolini 2020 Robert Scheidtmann 1997 Robert Holbrook 1974 Irving Sprugasci 2019 Carl Franklin 1996 Susan McCalla Ornellas 1973 Robert McLemore 2018 Deborah Johnson 1995 Alfred Runge 1972 Steven McCarter 2017 Pierre Del Prato 1994 John Tilley 1971 Charles Brown 2016 Fred Mayer 1993 Irwin Sitkoff 1970 John Andrew Foley 2015 Robert Shmaeff 1992 Ira Freeman 1969 Wendell Hill Jr. 2014 Walter Cathey 1991 Fred Hirning 1968 Norman Rudy 2013 Helen Park 1990 Nicholas Ivans 1967 Max Polinsky 2012 Melvin Renge, Jr 1989 Glenn Yokoyama 1966 Marie Kuck 2011 Pete Vanderveen 1988 William Wickwire 1965 Kenneth Katz 2010 Horace Williams 1987 Edward Mullins 1964 W. Bryon Rumford 2009 Chester Yee 1986 Lee Owning 1963 Benjamin Kingwell 2008 Jeffrey Shinoda 1985 Duncan McCarter 1962 George Sargenti 2007 Peter Caldwell 1984 Bob Clifford 1961 Otto Weihe 2006 Victor Law 1983 James W. Barton 1960 Joseph MacDonald 2005 Ralph Duff, Sr. 1982 James Thompson 1959 Joe Mazy 2004 Carlo Michelotti 1981 Joseph Shilling - CPhA New Practitioner of the Year
Criteria
This award recognizes the outstanding new practitioner who has demonstrated leadership at multiple levels of pharmacy. He/she should be an energetic leader who has stimulated others to actively participate in the profession, advocacy, and/or community affairs related to the practice of pharmacy. The person should be well recognized by his colleagues for his/her professional advancements. The pharmacist must be licensed, a member of CPhA, and graduated less than 10 years prior.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Past Recipients
2026 Mary Ngo 2006 Helen Park 2025 Ani Avoundjian 2005 Marie Cottman 2024 Laressa Bethishou 2004 S. John Johnson 2022 Marina Dykhne 2003 Poonam Patel 2021 Patrick Tabon 2002 Jack Chen 2020 Jennifer Courtney 2001 Jeffrey Wong 2019 Chau Phan 2000 Chris Salvatori 2018 Richard Dang 1999 Adam Kaye 2017 Edlen Wong 1998 Harold Washington Jr. 2016 Micah Hata 1997 Jacqueline Kraus 2015 Annie Ho 1996 Grace Hayes 2014 Michael Conner 1995 Michael Pavlovich 2013 Sonya Frausto 1994 Jeana Colabianchi 2012 Vinson Lee 1993 Marilyn Hedges Stebbins 2011 Ken Thai 1992 Christopher Woo 2010 Veronica Bandy 1991 Pat Person 2009 Eric Gupta 1990 Scott Workman 2008 Ryan Gates 1989 David Bernal 2007 Jason Kim 1988 Michael Woo - CPhA Student Pharmacist of the Year
Criteria
Any student enrolled in a California School of Pharmacy who is a current member of CPhA is eligible to be nominated for this award. The person nominated should be active in the student chapter, active in their local CPhA chapter and demonstrate a willingness to become involved in the future of the profession as evidenced by involvement in CPhA professional activities. The person nominated should be involved in community projects, attending CPhA educational events or other programs designed to bring credit and public acceptance to the profession. Additionally, the student should be involved in advancing his/her school academically and professionally. Each California School of Pharmacy is requested to submit nominations for students that meet the above qualifications.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- One of the letters should be from a professor or advisor of the student chapter.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Past Recipients
2026 Janna Mozannar 2011 Hilary Campbell 1996 William Mumbert 2025 Quyen Nguyen 2010 Bonnie Hui-Callahan 1995 Edna Chan 2024 Pooja Singh 2009 Vi Lee 1994 Jeanne Lucich 2023 Ania Nazari 2008 Danielle Colayco 1993 Jennifer Ura 2022 Reilly Oki 2007 David Truong 1992 Peter Koo 2021 Van Cathy Pham 2006 Jennifer Russell 1991 Jeanine Hamill 2020 Eric Dobberpuhl 2005 Christine Rongavilla 1990 Dan Cariddi 2018 Rajan Vaidya 2004 Jeff Jolliff 1989 Michael Pavlovich 2018 Melissa Kimura 2003 Peter Lee 1988 Grace Hayes 2017 Elizabeth Akhparyan 2002 Deborah Anderson 1987 Michael Manolakis 2016 Tinh An (April) Nguyen 2001 Dante Yuson 1986 Robert Garlick 2015 Crystal Zhou 2000 Shaun Young 1985 Mark Shaefer 2014 Greg Estep 1999 Lawrence Brown 1984 Les Bennett 2013 Richard Garcia 1998 Helen Park 1983 Ruth Arnold 2012 David Ha 1997 Jeffrey Wong 1982 Susan McCalla - CPhA Technician of the Year
Criteria
This award recognizes a CPhA member Pharmacy Technician for outstanding activities in the profession of pharmacy. The individual demonstrates exceptional capabilities, raising the standard of excellence within practice.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Past Recipients
2026 Consuelo Robles 2025 Amantha Bagdon 2022 Cynthia Bennett 2020 Paul Sabatini 2019 Johnny Lam 2017 Jeanne Li 2012 Leticia Bravo 2011 Shawn Deck 2010 Toni Villanueva 2009 Heather Duffer 2008 Debbie Fernandez 2007 Dan Wills 2006 Robin Koon 2005 Katherine Warren 2004 Erin King - California Friend of Pharmacy
Criteria
This award recognize any individual who has shown outstanding devotion and service to the profession of pharmacy in California. The nominee should have contributed to, supported, and/or advanced the profession of pharmacy; and should have participated in professional, educational, political and/or community affairs related to pharmacy practice. The nominee need not be a member of CPhA nor a pharmacist.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Past Recipients
2026 Assemblymember Marc Berman 2025 Senator Scott Wiener 2024 Assemblymember Akilah Weber 2023 Senator Toni Atkins 2022 Senator Josh Newman 2021 Vince Fong 2019 Liz Helms 2017 Brian Warren 2015 Mary Hayashi 2013 Paul Rohrer - California Pharmacy Hall of Fame
Criteria
The California Pharmacy Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who are, or have been, an inspiration to the practice of pharmacy in California, as exemplified by, but not limited to, the following: a long and distinguished history of service, achievement in several arenas, character, innovation, trend setting and altruism. Any individual who has been an inspiration to the practice of pharmacy in California is eligible for nomination. The nominee need not be a CPhA member or a pharmacist. The nominator need not be a CPhA member. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Past Recipients
2026 Sharon Youmans 2018 Carl Franklin 2007 Earl Mindell 2025 Jeffery Goad 2018 Daniel Robinson 2007 Jody Stewart 2025 Michael Pavlovich 2018 Neodros V. Bridgeforth 2006 Paul Lofholm 2025 Binh Tran 2017 Pierre Del Prato 2006 Eugene Tunick 2024 Ruth Smarinsky 2017 Brian Komoto 2006 Carlo Michelotti 2023 Christopher Allen Woo 2017 Chet Yee 2005 Herman Cenci 2022 David Adler 2017 Phillip Oppenheimer 2005 Joseph M. Long 2022 John Tilley 2017 Wilma Wong 2005 Thomas J. Long 2022 William Stuart 2015 John Berger 2004 Charles Brown 2021 Colleen Carter 2014 Michael Pastrick 2004 Fred Mayer 2021 Irwin Sitkoff 2013 Ralph Saroyan 2000 Earl Giacolini 2021 Steve Gray 2013 Royce Friesen 2000 Ivan (Cy) Rowland 2020 Douglas Hillblom 2012 Clark Gustafson 2000 Max Stollman 2020 Fred Weissman 2012 Jeff Jellin 2000 Robert Gibson 2020 Kathleen Besinque 2009 Donald Floriddia 2000 Stephen Dibble 2019 I.R. Patel 2009 Robert Day 2000 Wally Pond 2019 Lee Meyer 2008 Glenn Yokoyama 1997 Edward Brady 2019 Loriann De Martini 2008 Peter Kellison 1997 James Wagner 2019 Melvin Baron 2008 Sylester Flowers 1997 Mary Ann Koda-Kimble 2019 Michael Wincor 2007 Benard Bubman 1997 Mary Munson Runge 2018 Bradley Williams 2007 Charlie Green 1997 Robert Johnson - Steven C. Feldman Compounding Award
Criteria
This award recognizes an individual who is a leader in California pharmacy by virtue of his or her activities to advance the practice of compounding. This must be illustrated in multiple ways, examples including: being a Board member of a pharmacy compounding organization, testifying in front of the Board of Pharmacy, engaging in Legislative Advocacy, giving lectures on compounding, publishing articles on compounding and conducting public education/outreach. The recipient should be someone who has made significant contributions in compounding and should be an individual who is well respected among his/her compounding colleagues as an individual who advances the profession.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Past Recipients
2024 Michael Freudiger 2021 Rick Rhoads 2020 Erin Michael 2019 Jerry Greene 2018 Dana Gordon 2017 Rudolf Mireles 2016 William Stuart 2015 Robert Brensel 2013 Peter Koshland - CPhA Excellence in InnovationThe Excellence in Innovation Award is sponsored by Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC, and administered by the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations.
Criteria
This award recognizes a CPhA member pharmacist that is directly involved in a project or practice of pharmacy that has significantly improved patient care, had a significant impact on the profession of pharmacy, added to the scope of pharmacy practice, created a new type of pharmacy specialty, introduced a concept that has altered the view of the pharmacist, or invented a new chemical composition, method of delivery, raw material or machinery related to the field of Pharmacy.
Required
- A letter from the nominator to address the criteria and provide specific examples of how the candidate has made significant, influential and sustained contributions to the pharmacy practice in California.
- Current full curriculum vitae or detailed resume of the nominee.
- A minimum of two but up to four Letter of Recommendations are required.
- All letters of support must be signed by the author. Letters may contain an electronic signature.
Award Submission
Selection Process
The CPhA Awards Committee is responsible for selecting all qualified award winners, which is based upon careful review of all qualified applicants. Upon receipt of a nomination package, CPhA staff reviews the package for completeness and then forwards on to the CPhA Awards Committee. If the nomination package is incomplete, a CPhA staff member will follow up with the nominator to obtain the missing information.
Past Recipients
2026 Parth Parikh 2017 Chris Givant 2007 John Cronin 2025 Jonathan Hashimoto 2016 John Sykora 2007 Robert Graul 2024 Diana Arouchanova 2015 Marcus Ferrone 2006 Robert Nickell 2023 Shawn Smith 2014 Charles Leiter 2004 Don Cottman 2022 Crystal Zhou 2012 Kenneth Scott Guess 2003 James Gates 2021 Danielle Colayco 2011 Karl Hess 2001 Roger Klotz 2020 Nathan Painter 2010 Marilyn Stebbins 1997 Charles Bonner 2019 David Mitchell 2009 Dana Nelson 1996 John Hambright 2018 Tony Park 2008 William Wills 1994 Jim Avedikian - Designated Fellow of CPhA
Become a Designated Fellow of CPhA (FCPhA)
Being recognized as a fellow of the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) is an honor. It signifies that you have made significant contributions to CPhA and to the profession of pharmacy that go far beyond regular pharmacy practice.
The CPhA Board of Trustees has adopted a set of criteria that CPhA members must meet or exceed to be considered eligible to earn the designation of Fellow of the California Pharmacists Association (FCPhA). Selected Fellows will be honored at CPhA’s annual meeting, Western Pharmacy Exchange.
To become eligible as a Fellow in CPhA, the candidate must have been a licensed California pharmacist and an active member of CPhA for at least seven years. Membership or activities performed while a student pharmacist are not considered for eligibility. Activities during postgraduate residency training may be included. Qualified Fellows should demonstrate sustained contributions and excellence in pharmacy practice, professional leadership, teaching, professional advocacy and community engagement. FCPhA recognition serves as a highly visible way to promote public awareness of pharmacists who have distinguished themselves within CPhA and the profession.
All application materials must be typed and submitted electronically. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae or resume, however, the application form must be fully completed without statements such as “refer to CV”.
Required Materials
- Completed application (submitted electronically)
- Curriculum vitae/résumé
- Letter of nomination may be submitted by any current CPhA member pharmacist. Self-nominations are acceptable.
- Letters of recommendation: minimum of 2; maximum of 5. Letters should address several of the criteria listed above.* Letters of recommendation are welcome from member pharmacists, technicians or student pharmacists.
Award Submission
Past Recipients
2026 Brian Kawahara 2019 Ed Rogan 2006 Jeff Goad 2026 Melissa Kimura 2018 Jason Lam 2006 Helen Park 2026 Jeffrey Wong 2017 Sarah McBane 2005 Jody Stewart 2025 Saleema Granen 2017 Kathleen Besinque 2004 Deepak Anand 2024 George Do 2016 Jason Bandy 2004 Melvin Baron 2024 Marina Dykhne 2016 Timothy Karley 2004 Robert Allen Brown 2024 Keri Hurley-Kim 2016 Lee Meyer 2004 Colleen Carter 2024 Larry Selkow 2016 Michael Pastrick 2004 James Chin 2023 Edith Mirzaian 2016 Clifford Young 2004 Shirley Fender 2023 Jennifer Courtney 2015 Sonya Frausto 2004 Roger Klotz 2023 Jennifer Hendricks 2015 Johanna Liu 2004 Jose Marco 2023 Linh Lee 2015 David Mitchell 2004 Leo McStroul 2023 Nancy Kawahara 2014 Edlen Wong 2004 Robert Nickell 2022 Micah Hata 2014 Ed Sherman 2004 Shruty Parti 2021 Richard Dang 2014 Vinson Lee 2004 Mark Reynolds 2021 Tony Dao 2011 Karl Hess 2003 Jack Chen 2021 Nathan Painter 2010 Eric Gupta 2003 Adam Kaye 2021 Pat Person 2010 Craig Stern 2003 Poonam Patel 2021 Sally Rafie 2008 Veronica Bandy 2003 Harold Washington Jr. 2021 Ken Thai 2007 Kathleen Johnson 2003 Christopher Woo - CPhA Chapters of Excellence
Criteria
The Chapter of Excellence (COE) Award is a designation of achievement earned by those local chapters meeting the criteria. The criteria for the Chapter of Excellence Award are based upon the innovative ideas that were implemented within the Chapter. The Chapter of Excellence (COE) Award is a designation of achievement earned by those local chapters meeting the criteria. The criteria for the Chapter of Excellence Award are based upon the innovative ideas that were implemented within the Chapter.
Past Recipients
2026 Orange County Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
San Fernando Valley Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association2025 Inland Empire Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Peninsula Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Fernando Valley Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association2024 Inland Empire Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Peninsula Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Fernando Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association2023 Central Valley Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
Peninsula Pharmacists Association
Pharmacists’ Society of San Francisco
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association2022 Central Valley Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Peninsula Pharmacists Association
Pharmacists’ Professional Society of the San Fernando Valley
Pharmacists Society of San Francisco
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association2021 Central Valley Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Peninsula Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
Pharmacists’ Professional Society of the San Fernando Valley2020 Central Valley Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Peninsula Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
Pharmacists’ Professional Society of the San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
San Joaquin Pharmacists Association2019 Central Valley Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Peninsula Pharmacists Association
Pharmacists’ Professional Society of the San Fernando Valley
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
San Joaquin Pharmacists Association2018 Central Valley Pharmacists Association C
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Peninsula Pharmacists Association
Pharmacists’ Professional Society of the San Fernando Valley
Pharmacists’ Society of San Francisco
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
San Joaquin Pharmacists Association2017 Central Valley Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Pharmacists Society of San Francisco
Pharmacists’ Professional Society of San Fernando Valley
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
San Joaquin Pharmacists Association2016 San Joaquin Pharmacists Association
Contra Costa Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego Pharmacists Association
Pharmacists Society of San Francisco
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
Central Valley Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
San Mateo Pharmacists Association2015 Orange County Pharmacists Association
Pharmacist Society of San Francisco
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
San Joaquin Pharmacists Association
San Mateo County Pharmacists Association2014 Contra Costa Pharmacists Association
Orange County Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
San Joaquin Pharmacists Association
San Mateo County Pharmacists Association2013 Orange County Pharmacists Association
Sacramento Valley Pharmacists Association
San Diego County Pharmacists Association
San Gabriel Valley Pharmacists Association
San Joaquin Pharmacists Association
San Mateo County Pharmacists Association - CPhA-ASP Innovative Chapter of the Year
Criteria
This award recognizes California’s most innovative CPhA-Academy of Student Pharmacist (ASP) chapter embodying CPhA’s core values of visionary leadership, innovation, diversity of thought and opportunity, and entrepreneurship. Interested chapters must be active and affiliated with CPhA. The chapter must submit the constitution, bylaws, goals, and annual objectives, as well as an essay highlighting the chapter’s innovative efforts.
Past Recipients
2026 2021 University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences West Coast University 2025 2020 West Coast University West Coast University 2024 2019 West Coast University West Coast University 2023 2018 University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2022 2017 West Coast University Western University of Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy - CPhA-ASP Chapter of Excellence
Criteria
This award recognizes all CPhA-ASP chapters that have achieved excellence in pursing CPhA’s mission and goals in promoting the health of the public through the practice of pharmacy.
Past Recipients
2026
California Northstate University
Chapman University
Keck Graduate Institute
Loma Linda University
Marshall B. Ketchum University
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Francisco
University of the Pacific
University of Southern California
West Coast University
Western University2025
California Northstate University
Chapman University
Keck Graduate Institute
Marshall B. Ketchum University
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Francisco
University of the Pacific
University of Southern California
Touro University
West Coast University
Western University2024
American University Health Sciences
California Northstate University
Chapman University
Keck Graduate Institute
Loma Linda University
Marshall B. Ketchum University
Touro University
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Francisco
University of the Pacific
University of Southern California
West Coast University
Western University2023
American University of Health Sciences
Chapman University School of Pharmacy
California Northstate University College of Pharmacy
Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy
Marshall B. Ketchum
UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
West Coast University School of Pharmacy2022
Marshall B. Ketchum
Loma Linda University
University of California, San Diego
University of the Pacific
University of Southern California
West Coast University2021
California Health Sciences University
California Northstate University
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Francisco
University of Southern California
West Coast University
Western University of Health Sciences2020
California Health Sciences University
California Northstate University
Loma Linda University
Marshall B. Ketchum University
University of the Pacific
University of California, San Francisco
University of Southern California
West Coast University
Western University of Health Sciences2019
California Health Sciences University College of Pharmacy
California Northstate University College of Pharmacy
Chapman University School of Pharmacy
Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy
UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
Univ. of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy
West Coast University School of Pharmacy2018
California Health Sciences University College of Pharmacy
California Northstate University College of Pharmacy
Chapman University School of Pharmacy
Touro University California College of Pharmacy
UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
Univ. of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy2017
California Health Sciences University College of Pharmacy
California Northstate University College of Pharmacy
Chapman University School of Pharmacy
Keck Graduate Institute School of Pharmacy
Touro University California College of Pharmacy
UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Univ. of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding the CPhA Awards Program, please email membership@cpha.com.
