On June 30, the KPHA Board of Directors announced it had accepted the resignation from Aaron Dunkel as the Executive Director of the Kansas Pharmacist Association. Aaron has been invaluable to the success of the organization, and we were lucky to have him as long as we did. We wish him nothing but the best in the next step of his career and life. His last day was Friday, July 7.

Amanda Applegate was named the interim Executive Director. She has been employed on a part-time basis by the association for the last several years and is a past president of KPhA. She is a great fit for this interim position, and we are thankful she has decided to take this on. She brings a wealth of knowledge and a little different perspective to the KPHA team, and we are excited to work with her for the next several months. 

The search for a new executive director for the association is on and the Board plans to pursue many avenues to obtain top-level candidates. A search committee has been formed and will be reviewing applicants over the next couple of months. Once the top candidates are chosen, the board will approve the new director of the association. Our overall goal will be to work diligently to get this position filled in a timely manner. 

"We hope to have someone in place by the annual meeting so please plan to attend so you will be able to meet them," said Dared Price, KPhA president. "We are sad to see Aaron go, but are excited to begin the search for new leadership in our Association."