Chairman of the Board
Buford T. Abeldt
Abeldt's Gaslight Pharmacy
200 Gaslight Blvd.
Lufkin, Texas 75904
abeldtrx@consolidated.net
Buford T. Abeldt, Sr., attended pharmacy school at Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma. He received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy in 1969. In June of 1979, he opened Abeldt’s West Loop Pharmacy in Lufkin. In the 28 years at this location, Buford purchased two local pharmacies and a medical supply store and combined them with his pharmacy. After experiencing much growth in this location he built and moved into Abeldt’s Gaslight Pharmacy in October 2007. Abeldt’s Pharmacy was awarded the 2006 Small Business Award from the Angelina County Chamber of Commerce and “Best Pharmacist” by the Lufkin Daily News for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Professionally, Mr. Abeldt was appointed to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy in May of 2008. He is a member of Texas Pharmacy Association, East Texas Pharmacy Association and National Community Pharmacists Association. Locally, Buford is active in the Kiwanis Club, serves on the board of directors for the Chamber of Commerce, and attends Lufkin’s First Baptist Church.
President
Nelson L. Showalter
Williamson Hughes Pharmacy & Home Health
563 Neff Ave., Ste. B
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801
nshow@comcast.net
Nelson L. Showalter is a 1967 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia School of Pharmacy. Showalter has been actively involved in both the practice and profession of Pharmacy. He is an independent community pharmacist and owner and operator of WilliamsonHughes Pharmacy in Harrisonburg, Virginia and owner of the Broadway Drug Center in Broadway, Virginia. He has written several articles on innovative practices in pharmacy and has been featured in several National Pharmacy Journals. He has spoken on numerous occasions at the NCPA (National Community Pharmacists Association) annual meeting on issues and trends in long term care pharmacies and has been a speaker at APHA (American Pharmaceutical Association) annual meeting. He has also lectured at the ASCP (American Society of Consultant Pharmacists) midyear and annual meetings.
President Elect
Jay Watts
Family Pharmacy
333 Newberry St NW
Aiken, South Carolina 29801
Jay Watts is a 1985 graduate of the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. Jay has owned and operated both Aiken Compounding Pharmacy/Family Pharmacy - South Aiken and Family Pharmacy for the past 23 years. His areas of cognizance include traditional pharmacy as well as Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy, Iontophoresis & Phonophoresis compounding, Veterinary Compounding, Pain Management, and Hospice Care. He is certified in ACA Aseptic Technique, general compounding, advanced compounding, ACVP general veterinary compounding, ACVP advanced veterinary compounding, and has attended the ACVP canine and feline therapeutics class. Jay has been a Fellow of the American College of Apothecaries for 10 years and has served as the Region 4 Director since 2004. He is also a Fellow of American College of Veterinary Pharmacists, a lifetime member of the National Community Pharmacists Association and a member of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, and the South Carolina Pharmacists Association. Jay and his wife Sherrie have been regular attendees of the ACA/ACVP conferences for many years.
Vice President
Ben Smith
bensmith1942@aol.com
Ben Smith graduated from pharmacy school at the University of Toronto in 1966 and purchased his first pharmacy in 1979 in a small community in Ontario. From there he eventually opened eleven more, mostly in small communities. Each pharmacy has been named Ben’s Pharmacy to have a small town feeling. Ben joined ACA in 1990 and soon after NARD - now NCPA - and ASCP in order to provide his area with the highest standard of pharmaceutical care. Ben continues to be the only Canadian pharmacist to be an active member of these three prestigious associations. He is also a member of the Ontario Pharmacists Association and the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association. Ben and his wife Donna have attended many conferences over the years and have especially enjoyed the friendships and the valuable educational opportunities through the ACA. He has served on the ACA Admission Committee for many years and plans to continue to serve the College for many years. Ben has been married for 43 years and has three children, two of which reside in the United States, as well as three grandchildren, two of which are US citizens. They purchased a home in Arizona to maintain their close family ties.
Treasurer
Thomas J. Hunt
Lindenwood Drug
6903 Lansdowne
St. Louis, Missouri 63109
thuntrph@sbcglobal.net
Tom Hunt received his B.S. degree in pharmacy from St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1980 and his MBA from St. Louis University in 1986. Between 1980 and 1990, Tom worked as a staff pharmacist, pharmacy manager, district manager and business consultant to franchisees. In 1990 he purchased Lindenwood Drug. Currently Tom has ownership in two pharmacies in the St. Louis area. In addition to his responsibilities as a pharmacist, manager and owner, Hunt is an adjunct clinical instructor at St. Louis College of Pharmacy and affiliate clinical faculty at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Tom has served as ACA Regional Director for Region 7 for several years. He is also a member of the Missouri Pharmacist Association, NCPA, APhA, IACP, and the American College of Veterinary Pharmacists..
Regional Directors
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Region 1
Gary Wingate (2013*)
Wingate’s Pharmacy, Inc.
129 Main Street
Nashua, New Hampshire 03060
603-882-9733
gary@wingatespharmacy.com
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)
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Region 2
David Stahlberger (2015*)
Pompton Pharmacy
558 Newark-Pompton Turnpike
Pompton Plains, New Jersey 07444
973-839-4200
pomptonrx@aol.com
(New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)
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Region 3
David B. Liebman (2015*)
Kaye's Pharmacy
6913 Belair Rd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21206
410-665-5192
dblieb@comcast.net
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland,
North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia)
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Region 4
Josh Regel (2012*)
Regel Pharmalab
1679 Bonnie Lane #101
Cordova, Tennessee 38016
901-757-9434
jregel@regelpharmalab.com
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina and Tennessee)
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Region 5
Deirdre L. Myers (2015*)
Harry’s Pharmacy
101 East Findlay
Carey, Ohio 43316
419-396-7977
d-myers@onu.edu
(Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio)
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Region 6
No Regional Director
(Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin)
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Region 7
Debra Edler (2014*)
Stark Edler Apothecary
10600 Quivira Road #100
Overland Park, Kansas 66215
913-541-5050
stark@starkapothecary.com
(Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska)
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Region 8
Ben Allison (2013*)
Osborn Drugs #2
116 S. Wilson
Vinita, Oklahoma 74301
918-256-6459
osborn2@cableone.net
(Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
and Oklahoma)
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Region 9
Jim Martin (2014*)
Dripping Springs Pharmacy
100 Commons Rd., Ste. #1
Dripping Springs, Texas 78620-3966
512-894-0285
Jim@cpdwellness.com
(Texas)
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Region 10
Dennis J. McCallian (2012*)
5674 W. Monona Dr.
Glendale, Arizona 85308-9169
623-572-3500
dmccal@midwestern.edu
(Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah and Wyoming)
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Region 11
Ryan Oftebro (2012*)
Kelley-Ross Pharmacy
616 Olive Way
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-622-3565
roftebro@kelley-rossrx.com
(Alaska, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon and Washington)
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Region 12
Jerome A. Greene (2013*)
San Diego Compounding Pharmacy
5395 Ruffin Road #104
San Diego, CA 92123
858-277-8884
sdcprx@gmail.com
(California, Nevada and Hawaii)
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Region 13
Joe Odumodu (2014*)
The Dispensary
510 Ingersoll Avenue
Woodstock, Ontario, Canada N4S 4X9
519-539-8528
joeodumodu@hotmail.com
(Canada)
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