About the Program Facilitators

Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute (PLEI) Program Content for Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

 

 

Dr. Nancy Alvarez, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA
Dr. Alvarez is Associate Dean for Academic and Professional Affairs at The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy – Phoenix Campus and Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science. She has held a variety of roles in community-based pharmacy, hospice and palliative care, and pharmaceutical industry practice. She is a former president of the American Pharmacists Association and Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society. She is a director of the Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute and has served as a co-director for the California Pharmacist Association’s Leader Development Institute since its inception in 2013. She is the 2020 recipient of the Gloria Niemeyer Franke Leadership Mentor Award.

Dr. Michael Negrete, PharmD
Dr. Negrete is an Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs at Samuel Merritt University, where he collaborates with stakeholders across the Academic Division on strategic planning, interprofessional education, team training and community engagement. Dr. Negrete also serves on the Board of Directors for the Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute where he helps write leadership textbooks and develops/delivers leader development workshops for state and national pharmacy organizations. Previously, Dr. Negrete spent 12-years on the staff of the California Pharmacists Association (2001-2013) serving in a variety of executive roles. Michael received the Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award in 2006 and led the effort for the Leader-Development Institute offered by CPhA and APhA’s Lead360 leadership curriculum.