NCPA awards Pharmacist of the Year, other awards 

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The National Community Pharmacists Association announced the winners of several awards at its recent annual conference, including Richard “Tripp” Logan, L&S Pharmacy in Charleston, Mo., as the 2024 NCPA Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year. The annual award, which is given to a pharmacist who exhibits exemplary professional leadership, service to community and commitment to independent pharmacy, is named in honor of Willard B. Simmons, a former executive secretary of NCPA (then known as the National Association of Retail Druggists) and a longtime trustee of the NCPA Foundation. The Logan family currently owns and operates community pharmacies in Southeast Missouri, as well as SEMO Rx Care Coordination, an outcomes-based care coordination and medication optimization center. In addition to practicing at L&S Pharmacy, Logan has served in measure development leadership at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance. He is a member of the NCPA Innovation Center Board, a member of the Community Pharmacy Foundation Board, a member of the CPESN Luminary Expert Council, a CPESN Health Equity Lead Luminary, and a founding member and current COO of Seguridad, Inc. He was also awarded the NCPA Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award in 2012 and the Missouri Pharmacy Association’s Excellence in Innovation Award in 2019. Other awards announced: 

• Robert Greenwood of Iowa received the 2024 Calvin J. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to the advancement of the pharmacy profession. He owns and operates Greenwood Drug Inc. and Greenwood Compounding, Osterhaus Pharmacy and Denver Drug, all in Iowa. Greenwood has mentored many students as a preceptor for the University of Iowa and the Creighton University School of Pharmacy. 
• Amina Abubakar, president of Avant Institute and owner/manager of Avant Pharmacy & Wellness Center, with locations in North Carolina, received the Sharlea Leatherwood Memorial Trailblazer Award. Abubakar, who grew up in Kenya, is an internationally recognized award-winning clinical pharmacist, a certified HIV Specialty Pharmacist, and a preceptor to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill residents and students from several schools of pharmacy. She is currently sharing her passion for advancements in pharmacogenomics with pharmacists, patients and policymakers all over the country.   
• Korey Kreider, owner of the Medicine Man Prairie Pharmacy in Hayden, Idaho, received this year’s NARD Ownership Award for their entrepreneurial spirit through promotion and demonstrated excellence in the field of community pharmacy ownership. Due to the high percentage of patients without primary doctors and the opportunity to provide comprehensive care beyond medication dispensing, Kreider implemented vaccinations, rapid testing, urgent care services, weight loss management, and asthma management at Medicine Man Prairie Pharmacy. Kreider also established a buprenorphine clinic in August of 2023 due to the rise of substance use disorders within the community.