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Helen Sairany, BA, MBA, PharmD, RPh, BCACP

Dr. Sairany holds extensive knowledge, skills, and experiences in executive leadership, administrative management, regulatory, practice, and accreditation systems gained through 12 years of experience. Before joining Florida, she held positions as State Executive and CEO for the South Carolina Pharmacy Association (SCPhA), Director of Content Development and Partnership at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), Director of Quality Assurance at the University of Duhok College of Pharmacy, and as a field provider in Iraq and Western Syria.

Dr. Sairany is a Kurdish-American born in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. She lives in Tallahassee, with her two French bulldogs, SeVay and Jango—the Kurdish names for apple and hero.

She is a leader in trauma-informed pharmacy practice. She has keynoted nationally on wide range of topics including but not limited to mental health fitness and wellbeing, racial and developmental trauma, addiction, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Her greatest passion is traveling the world. Throughout her years of travel, she has embarked on many adventures including trekking in Southeast Asia, summiting Everest Base Camp in Nepal, W circuit in Patagonia-Chile, Machu Picchu and Rainbow Mountain in Peru, and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. After visiting 80+ destinations in the world, she has developed an appreciation for a diverse mix of cultures, people, and traditions.

Through all her experiences, Dr. Sairany brings an incredibly valued perspective to the FPA and she is leading the association and Florida pharmacists into the future of pharmacy.

Internal Staff

CEO & EVP

Helen Sairany, BA, MBA, PharmD, RPh, BCACP

Executive Administrative Assistant

Maria Goodno

Events Management Specialist

Eric Rosenwach

Manager of Digital Marketing and Communications

Kaitlynn Veno

Manager of Member Services

Tria'le Thomas

Manager of Continuing Education

Reeves Herring

FPA Partners

Finance & Accounting

Mindy Kaplan, MAcc, CNAP

FPA Senior Lobbyist

Claudia Davant, Esq

Legal Affairs & General Counsel

TJ Morton, Esq

Board of Directors

The affairs of the Association shall be managed by the Board of Directors, of which the immediate past president shall serve as the Chairman. It shall consist of the President, the President-Elect, the immediate Past President, the Treasurer, the Executive Vice President, and the President of the Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates, nine (9) elected directors who shall serve staggered terms, one (1) elected student director, and one (1) elected pharmacy technician.

President

William Mincy

Chairman of the Board

Humberto Martinez

President-Elect

Kevin Duane

Treasurer

Alexander Pytlarz

FSHP President

Bill Terneus

Region 2 Director

Eric Jakab

Region 6 Director

Kathy Petsos

Technician Director

Verender Brown

Speaker of the House

Genevieve Hale

Region 3 Director

Matthew Schneller

Region 7 Director

Damien Simmons

EVP & CEO

Helen Sairany, BA, MBA, PharmD, RPh, BCACP

Vice Speaker

Aneesh Lakhani

Region 4 Director

James Alcorn

Region 8 Director

Jacob Johnson

Region 1 Director

Joy Wright

Region 5 Director

Amanda Haddad

Region 9 Director

Goar Alvarez

Officers

The Officers of the Association shall be an Immediate Past President, a President, a President-Elect, a Treasurer, a Speaker of the House, a Vice Speaker of the House and an Executive Vice President. In the event of death, disability, resignation, non-residence or removal from office of any officer of the Association, or in the event any elective officer shall for any reason be unable or unwilling to act, then in such event the Board of Directors shall appoint the successor in office of the said officer for the unexpired term of office.

President

William Mincy

Chairman of the Board

Humberto Martinez

President-Elect

Kevin Duane

Treasurer

Alexander Pytlarz

Speaker of the House

Genevieve Hale

Vice Speaker

Aneesh Lakhani

EVP & CEO

Helen Sairany, BA, MBA, PharmD, RPh, BCACP

Region Directors

Region 1 Director

Joy Wright

Region 2 Director

Eric Jakab

Region 3 Director

Matthew Schneller

 

Region 4 Director

James Alcorn

Region 5 Director

Amanda Haddad

Region 6 Director

Kathy Petsos

Region 7 Director

Damien Simmons

Region 8 Director

Jacob Johnson

Region 9 Director

Goar Alvarez

Speaker of the House

Genevieve Hale

Vice Speaker

Aneesh Lakhani

Director of the House of Delegates

DeArcy Campbell

Chairman of the House

Alexander Pytlarz

Director of the House of Delegates

Neil Barnett

Director of the House of Delegates

Dustin Williams

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