Nashville — The Tennessee Pharmacists Association(TPA), the only professional association representing pharmacists in all practice areas across the state, has announced the hire of Nancy K. Hooper as Manager of Recovery & Well-Being Services and Dalton Bolin as Grant Compliance Associate.

As a healthcare professional with over 20 years of pharmacy experience, including long-term care, corporate, and community pharmacy, Hooper will serve TPA as Manager of Recovery & Well-Being Services. She replaces Baeteena Black, TPA champion and current Executive Director Emeritus, who will retire as program director of the Tennessee Pharmacy Recovery Network (TPRN) in early 2023.

Hooper is a pharmacist in long-term recovery and an active member of the Tennessee Pharmacy Recovery Network. She is passionate about serving and advocating for people suffering with, or in recovery from, substance use disorder. Hooper played an integral role in supporting Tennessee's clinicians in their efforts to further their careers as healthy physicians while in her previous position with the Tennessee Medical Foundation. She earned her bachelor's degree in pharmacy at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.

The Tennessee Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation (TPREF), a subsidiary of TPA, was recently awarded a $7.75 million dollar 2-year grant from the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) to educate and encourage immunizations amongst Tennesseans who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated for COVID-19. In his role as Grant Compliance Associate, Bolin will assist in gathering data for the research, outreach and education efforts across the state.

Prior to joining TPA, Bolin held roles at ICON plc, a multinational clinical research organization that provides services for the pharmaceutical industry, and the United States Air Force as a public health specialist. He brings hands-on grant experience with various organizations to the TPA. A graduate of the University of Arizona, Dalton holds a bachelor's degree in public health and is currently pursuing his master's degree in public health.

We are excited to have the experience of Nancy and Dalton on our team as we continue to grow and begin the important work of our recently awarded grant,” said Anthony Pudlo, TPA’s Executive Director. “I’m confident that their experience will be invaluable in helping us support community pharmacists and all those in the pharmacy professions statewide.”