Board of Visitors

2024-2025

Mercer University’s College of Pharmacy Board of Visitors is an advisory body comprised of prominent members of the pharmacy industry and academia. Responsibilities include:

  • To advise the President of the University
  • To represent constituencies who hire and interact with professionals graduating from the College
  • To provide input to the College and its faculty regarding changes in the professional environment
  • To advise the Dean of the College of Pharmacy and the University Provost on matters pertaining to academic and financial programs of the College
  • To advise the Dean of the College of Pharmacy and the University Provost on matters pertaining to the budget
  • To advise the Dean of the College of Pharmacy and the University Provost in proposing capital projects to the President
  • To advise the Dean of the College of Pharmacy and the University chief development officer in the planning and conducting of public campaigns for funds for the College of Pharmacy
  • To issue periodic reports to the Trustees through the President of the University
  • To recommend the adoption, alteration, and amendment of its Bylaws to the President for approval by the Board of Trustees

Leslie Betts, Pharm.D.

President
Pharmacy Administrative Solutions, Inc.

Dan Buffington, Pharm.D.

President and CEO
Clinical Pharmacology Services, Inc.

Raj Conjeevaram, M.S., Ph.D.

Associate Director, Clinical Supplies Management
AbbVie, Inc.

Ryan Crossman, Pharm.D., BCPS

Clinical Manager, Pharmacy
Piedmont Columbus Regional

Edress Darsey, Pharm.D.

Retired

Kalyn Rambacher, PhD

Senior Scientist, Cellular, Genetic, and Protein Sciences
Pfizer, Inc.

Hannah Head, Pharm.D.

Health and Wellness Pharmacy Practice Coordinator
Kroger Health

Gabe McLemore, Pharm.D.

Senior Pharmaceutical and Medical Commodities Advisor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and US Agency for International Development (USAID)

 

 

Selena DeConti, Pharm.D., MPH

Commander
U.S. Public Health Service
and
Clinical Analyst
Division of Cardiology and Nephrology, Office of New Drugs
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Kelly K. Johnson, Pharm.D.

Retired, hospital pharmacy

Adrian Washington, Pharm.D.

Vice President of Client Management and Pharmacy Development
UnitedHealth Group/OPTUMRx

Simy Casasola, Pharm.D.

Healthcare Supervisor
Walgreens Boots Alliance

Marvin Smith, Pharm.D.

Director of Pharmacy Services and Deputy Director of Supplies Management Agency
Government of the Bahamas