Ronna Hauser

SVP Policy & Pharmacy Affairs at National Community Pharmacists Association

Speaker

Ronna B. Hauser, PharmD, is the Senior Vice President of Policy & Pharmacy Affairs for the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). In this capacity Ronna is responsible for the association’s professional affairs, public policy and regulatory initiatives, including legislative review and drafting, the preparation of regulatory comments, issue briefs, testimony, and correspondence. Ronna represents and presents on behalf of NCPA at governmental and private sector meetings and is the lead for relationships and outreach to multiple non-profit organizations and federal and state agencies such as FDA, CMS, DEA, and DHA (Defense Health Agency).

Prior to joining NCPA, Ronna was the Director of Pharmacy Advocacy and Policy at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, where she advocated the value of pharmacy to federal and state legislators, regulators, and other policymakers. She has also worked as a licensed community pharmacist. She has 20 years of progressively responsible experience in association management, policy development, regulatory law, pharmacy practice and operations, strategic relationship building and fundraising.

Ronna is an experienced manager and has led teams and committees and frequently presents to audiences large and small. She serves as the co-director of the USC-NCPA Pharmacy Access Initiative, which generates real-time information for national, state, and local policy officials, health care academics, industry leaders, and others to identify communities lacking in pharmacy access. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and was responsible for NCPA’s role in creation of the Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative. She helped create and shape NCPA’s LTC Division and remains engaged in policy and regulatory issues impacting long-term care pharmacy.

Ronna has a Bachelor of Science in biomedical science from Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.