Virginia (Ginny) Schmith received her B.S. Pharmacy (1984) and Ph.D. in the Clinical Pharmaceutical Scientist program (1989) from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She worked for GSK (and predecessor companies) for 26 years doing clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics for investigational drugs throughout drug development. After leaving GSK in 2015, Ginny began consulting at Nuventra Pharma Sciences for almost 7 years and eventually semi-retired in December 2021. She continues to consult part-time with small companies within her own company (Schmith PK/PD Consulting LLC). Over 33+ years, she has actively contributed to clinical strategy across all phases of drug development across numerous therapeutic areas: anesthesia, cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, central nervous system, dermatology, cancer, inflammation, antibiotics, antivirals, and rare diseases, and has actively contributed to the approval of 15+ drugs. Dr. Schmith has been an Adjunct Professor at UNC-CH Eshelman School of Pharmacy since 1989 and recently become a Courtesy Clinical Professor at the University of Florida School of Pharmacy. Ginny has published 50 peer-reviewed articles and reviews in international scientific journals in addition to over 70 published abstracts; she has authored 5 patents; and is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and the International Society of Pharmacometrics. Ginny has maintained her pharmacy license and volunteered with the COVID vaccine effort in Florida.