On Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland, student, Dylan Atkinson (Class of 2017) was elected as the 2016-2017 Speaker of the House by a committee of his peers. Through this position, Atkinson will serve as one of just five members of the National Executive Committee as part of APhA-ASP (American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists). APhA-ASP is one of three academies housed within APhA and represents between 32,000 and 36,000 student pharmacists across the nation.
Atkinson will chair the Policy Standing Committee in APhA-ASP, and will serve as a delegate to the APhA House of Delegates. In addition, Atkinson will be an acting member of the APhA Government Affairs Committee and Political Action Committee. In his role, Atkinson will serve a one-year term.
