HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACY TECHNICIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
2022 Glen J. Gard
2021 Annexiea Buford
2020 Richard Puccetti
2019 Becky Ohrmund
2018 Dylan Marx Vera Kalin
2017 Clara Gary
2015 Margarita Villarreal-Flores
Award Purpose: The ICHP Pharmacy Technician of the Year Award is established to identify and recognize exceptional performance by a certified pharmacy technician within the State of Illinois.
Award Criteria:
The candidate must:
Be a current ICHP technician member
Be a PTCB certified pharmacy technician for at least two years
Demonstrate at least one of the following:
exceptional contributions to his/her pharmacy worksite
exceptional contributions to ICHP as a volunteer member
exceptional contributions to the practice of pharmacy in Illinois
Nomination Process: A call for nominations will be made in the March/April KeePosted each year. That announcement may be augmented with appropriate e-mail blasts.
The nominator must:
Be the technician’s supervisor, colleague or co-worker. No self-nominations will be accepted.
Provide the following information:
Worksite name, address and telephone number.
Technician name and year certified.
Describe the technician’s contributions in detail.
Provide the nomination to the ICHP office by no later than July 1.
Selection Process: All nominations are reviewed by the Division of Marketing Affairs at their July conference call.
The Division will select two finalists for consideration and present them to the ICHP Board of Directors at the July Board Meeting.
The ICHP Board of Directors will select the award winner from the two finalists presented by the Division of Marketing Affairs.
The Division of Marketing Affairs may recommend one of the two finalists by providing detailed discussion points to the Board of Directors.
The Board is not required to select a recipient if no candidate seems qualified.
Award: The Award will be presented at the ICHP Annual Meeting in September, if a technician is selected.
The award recipient and her/his nominator will be notified immediately following his/her selection by the Board of Directors.
The award recipient will receive a complimentary full registration to the ICHP Annual Meeting.
The award recipient will receive a plaque to be presented at an appropriately agreed upon time during the ICHP Annual Meeting. The nominator will be invited to participate in the award ceremony.
The award recipient may give a continuing education presentation at the technician session at the following year's ICHP Annual Meeting on a topic of their choice related to their area of practice.
To nominate someone for this award, complete the online nomination form or forward a detailed letter of recommendation identifying the specific accomplishments of the nominee with respect to each criteria above to ICHP, 4055 N Perryville Road, Loves Park, IL 61111-8653, or email to ChrisC@ichpnet.org.