CAPT Michael Crockett serves as the National Health Technology Administrator for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Washington DC. CAPT Crockett oversees the BOP Health Services Division’s health informatics, data analytics, and tele-health sections. In this role, he provides executive-level leadership to the development, implementation, and enhancement of the Bureau’s electronic health record, clinical decision support tools, and health technology systems. Previous to this role CAPT Crockett served as Chief, Pharmacy Logistics Support. Additionally, in support of the national COVID-19 response CAPT Crockett was detailed to Operation Warp Speed from September 2020 to March 2021 as Liaison Officer representing the BOP and serving as an SME in the field of correctional health. CAPT Crockett was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for his efforts at the conclusion of this assignment.

LCDR Drew Swigart is the 2023 recipient of the RADM Allen J. Brands Clinical Pharmacist of the Year Award for his innovation and progress in novel pharmacy services, especially in the treatment and management of diabetes and HIV. He is a clinical pharmacist for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and is the administrator of the clinical pharmacy program at the United States Penitentiary (USP) in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He holds multiple clinical certifications (BCACP, NCPS, & AAHIVP) and also serves as the BOP Regional HIV Pharmacist Consultant Lead for the Southeast Region, overseeing 17 institutions in 5 states and Puerto Rico. An active member of numerous clinical workgroups and professional organizations, he has a long-standing history of advocating for clinical pharmacy training for pharmacy students, both locally as the lead preceptor at his duty-station, and nationally as the BOP’s lead point-of-contact for assistance in creating and maintaining educational agreements with pharmacy schools throughout the country.

CAPT Rebecca Reyes is the Division Director for Clinical and Prevention Services in the Phoenix Area Indian Health Service (PAIHS) Office of Health Programs. This position oversees clinical consultants and programs providing support to 38 IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian (I/T/U) healthcare facilities across 4 states, including laboratory, dental, diabetes, pharmacy, health education, and health promotion & disease prevention. CAPT Reyes has created, grown, and led many large-scale efforts to improve the skills and practice scope of pharmacists. CAPT Reyes developed and runs the IHS Pharmacy Leadership Training program, training 250 I/T/U pharmacy managers thus far through 12 completed cohorts. She also coordinates Temporary Duty (TDY) for officers from many agencies and categories to earn clinical practice hours, providing over 20,000 hours of support to IHS facilities in need. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she led the PAIHS Vaccine & Therapeutics Task Force for 8 months, and was a team member since inception in October 2020. CAPT Reyes expanded the Phoenix Indian Medical Center (PIMC) pharmacy residency program, while also leading the IHS national pharmacy residency program for 10 years, hiring over 300 PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents at 27 sites. CAPT Reyes is an exemplary leader who continually seeks creative ways to solve problems, paving the way for others to get involved and succeed. She has mentored over 1,000 officers, professionals, and students in various disciplines over her 24 year career.

LT Dallas Smith spent over 200 days deployed in-person or virtually and worked on a variety of outbreaks and diseases in 2022. He deployed virtually to CDC’s COVID-19 International Task Force (ITF) to serve as the Health Studies and Special Topics Lead for three months in early 2022. During this time, they also served as the subject matter expert for the novel, COVID-19 oral antivirals and led the ITF strategy and activities around COVID-19 therapeutics. LT Smith then deployed to Malawi on two separate occasions in 2022 for approximately 80 days to respond to an outbreak of wild polio virus 1 (WPV1), the first in 30 years in Malawi. He supervised two vaccination campaigns in two different Malawian districts, working with local health authorities to implement a house-to-house strategy and ensure no child was missed. LT Smith also responded to outbreaks of Candida auris in two states in 2022 which included investigating the first cluster of pediatric C. auris cases in the United States and describing potential routes of acquisition to inform prevention measures. Finally, LT Smith is the Director of Pharmacy at a free and charitable clinic in Clarkson, Georgia as an outside activity. During 2022, the officer engaged with medical staff at the clinic to be able to respond to outbreaks of COVID-19 and influenza in the population the clinic serves.

CDR Jessica M. Fox serves as the Chief of Pharmacy for the DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic Military Treatment Facility located within the Pentagon in Washington, DC. As Officer in Charge, she leads a 10-member Air Force, Army, and civilian pharmacy team to care for 9,500 TRICARE beneficiaries including the DoD’s senior-most leaders. After 19 months of design, negotiation, and construction, CDR Fox successfully opened a $5 million pharmacy on the main concourse of the Pentagon, quickly completing the relocation of pharmaceuticals and equipment with minimal downtime for patients. She led the new pharmacy to offer improved and unique pharmacy services to benefit the Pentagon TRICARE patient population, including installing a ScriptCenter automated prescription dispensing machine for 24/7 refill pickup, implementing the Global Script Locator radio frequency system for will call prescriptions, upgrading the ScriptPro filling robot, adding the MedsOnCue 2d barcode to the prescription label, stocking pediatric medications, and installing a hazardous drug room for compliance with USP 800. CDR Fox’s leadership improved the DiLorenzo Pharmacy’s capabilities, boosted staff morale, enhanced the Pentagon’s clinical readiness, and profoundly impacted Pentagon TRICARE beneficiaries.

LCDR Kristin Allmaras is a credentialed and privileged clinical pharmacist at Red Lake IHS and serves as the executive secretary for the IHS National Committee on Heroin, Opioid, and Pain Efforts. Prior to moving to Northern Minnesota, LCDR Allmaras was an integrated pharmacist at Southcentral Foundation / Alaska Native Medical Center. Currently LCDR Allmaras is leading the expansion of clinical pharmacy services in support of Red Lake’s Patient-Centered Medical Home initiative. She maintains involvement with her alma mater, North Dakota State University, serving as a mentor for student pharmacist's concept proposal projects and routine guest lecturer. In addition to volunteering with the National IHS Pharmacy Residency Mentor Program since its inception. LCDR Allmaras is proud to represent the PharmPAC and IHS as this year’s recipient. She encourages all junior officers to find their passion and use their talents to continue to push the boundaries of pharmacy, ensuring that we strive to practice at the top of our license and deliver high quality patient care. LCDR Allmaras is committed to serving the underserved American Indian / Alaska Native population and remains dedicated to National support of Surgeon General’s priorities to combat the opioid crisis, promote a tobacco free lifestyle, and cultivate healthy workplace well-being.

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CAPT George F. Archambault studied pharmacy at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and law at Northeastern University. He also received honorary doctorate degrees in pharmacy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Sciences and from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and an honorary doctorate of law degree from Temple University. From 1979 to 1984, he was the Washington correspondent for Drug Intelligence and Clinical Pharmacy. For seven years, Dr. Archambault was the pharmacy consultant to the Executive Medical Officer of the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund. Patient drug profiles and formulary drug prescribing became part of the pharmacy program under his leadership. One of his many outstanding contributions to pharmacy was the development of pharmacy standards (Conditions of Participation) for Medicare, which he did while he served in the Bureau of State Services and as a Pharmacy Liaison Officer to the Office of the US Surgeon General. He maintained a private law practice for six years and he practiced hospital pharmacy for 15 years. He was a commissioned officer in the USPHS and was the Director of Pharmacy for three years at the USPHS Hospital in Boston. He served for many years as chief of Pharmacy Branch, Division of Hospitals, Bureau of Medical Services, USPHS in Washington, DC. He held presidencies in APhA and ASHP. He was a member of the US Pharmacopeial Convention for more than 3 decades and a trustee for 10 years. He received both the Remington Honor Medal and the H.A.K. Whitney Lecture Award. He was a vocal advocate for expanding the role of pharmacy in health care, and challenged the lack of professional status for PHS pharmacists and led the move to improve pharmacy services in PHS. CAPT George F. Archambault was named a “Living Treasure of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps” on April 22, 1999 by Deputy Surgeon General RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu.

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RADM Allen J. Brands served as the Indian Health Service Chief (IHS) of Pharmacy Services from 1953 until 1981, and from 1967-1981 he also served as the USPHS Chief Pharmacy Officer. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and subsequently worked in community practice. During World War II, he served as a Battalion Radar Officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and entered the USPHS in 1950. During his tour of duty as the IHS Chief of Pharmacy Services, he strongly encouraged the development of innovative and highly progressive pharmacy practices by pharmacists in the field. The use of patient medication consultation rooms attached to the pharmacy, primary care by pharmacists, the Clinical Support Center Pharmacy Practice Training Program, the IHS Pharmacist Practitioner Program, and patient consultation techniques now used nationwide in schools and colleges of pharmacy were all developed under his bold leadership. He is fondly referred to as the father of clinical pharmacy because of these programs which laid the foundation for the concept of pharmaceutical care, and his advocacy for changes in attitude and philosophy at the highest levels of the profession. Many pharmacists who served in IHS during this time of rapid advances subsequently became leaders in the academic and professional field and further supported this transition of the profession. RADM Allen J. Brands will always be remembered as a pioneer in the advancement of the pharmacy profession.

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Mary Louise Andersen graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1952 and joined her father in community pharmacy practice in Wilmington, DE. She was active in the Delaware Pharmaceutical Society, serving as its first female president in 1965. She received the A.H. Robbins Bowl of Hygeia Award and the Harry Zeisig Award from the Delaware Pharmaceutical Society. During these years, she partnered with other pharmacy leaders in convening the first Symposium for Women in Pharmacy. She was elected Vice-President of the American Pharmaceutical Association and then served two years as Speaker of the House of Delegates. During her terms, students in the profession were given the official recognition as members in this body, a decision for which she has been honored with the Linwood F. Tice Friend of the Academy of Students of Pharmacy Award. She was the first female candidate for the office of APhA President. In 2003, she was awarded the Remington Honor Medal, considered the profession’s most prestigious award for pharmacists in the United States. She was the founder of The Children’s Inn, a residential facility on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Children’s Inn houses critically ill children who are enrolled in NIH research protocols and their families. Mary Louise Andersen had an illustrious career and demonstrated excellent leadership in many key positions, including Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health/Operations and Deputy Director of the HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care.

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RADM John Babb received his Pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee in 1968. In 1993, he received his Master of Public Administration from the University of Memphis. He joined the U.S. Public Health Service in 1989 after working 21 years as a community pharmacist and began his exemplary USPHS career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) in Memphis, Tennessee. He then moved to Washington, D.C. as FBOP Chief Pharmacist, eventually becoming the FBOP Chief of Health Programs. In 2000, he became the Director of the Office of Force Readiness and Deployment (OFRD), with the responsibility for coordinating the public health and medical readiness and response capabilities of the USPHS. He was sworn in as an Assistant Surgeon General in 2002. RADM John Babb served as Acting Pharmacy Chief Professional Officer, Regional Health Administrator for Region VII, and HHS Acting Regional Director and Homeland Security H1N1 Regional Coordinator before retiring from USPHS in 2010.

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This award was previously sponsored by the George F. Archambault Foundation until 2011. The George F. Archambault Foundation exists to support the advancement of Public Health Pharmacy. The foundation was established in 1999 to honor the distinguished career of CAPT George F. Archambault (Ret.) with a personal emphasis on vision, leadership, growth and advanced education. Even though this award no longer provides a grant to the recipient for further training in administration/management, the PharmPAC decided to continue the recognition of USPHS pharmacists who best exemplify the qualities signified by the award.

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This award recognized a Junior Pharmacist of the U.S. Public Health Service who has demonstrated outstanding performance.