Lorri Walmsley

Lorri Walmsley, RPh, FAzPA, is a Director of Pharmacy Affairs for Walgreens's Enterprise Pharmacy Practice team. A passionate community pharmacist for her entire career, she is the liaison with Boards of Pharmacy in the Western third of the US, where she is responsible for providing feedback on proposed rules and boards’ activities and working with other interested parties on pharmacy practice-related matters.  She serves as the Vice-Chair of the recently formed Walgreens Deans Advisory Council, which was formed with the mission of collaborating with academia to evolve the community pharmacy business model and to enhance the pipeline of talent into colleges of pharmacy to ensure a stable supply of qualified pharmacists.

She has served on the Arizona Board of Pharmacy since 2018 and is the acting President of the Board. During her tenure with the Board, she has been a very engaged member of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, serving on many committees and task forces and as the current Chair of NABP, District 8. A career-long member of the American Pharmacists Association and the Arizona Pharmacy Association, she has held numerous roles in both organizations, including President of the Arizona Pharmacy Association (2017-2018). She is a current member of the American Pharmacists Association Government Affairs Committee.

She is a Fellow of the Arizona Pharmacy Association and was the recipient of the 2016 Amerisource Bergen Incoming President’s Award, the 2016 NCPA Pharmacy Leadership Award, the 2017 Arizona Pharmacy Association’s Outstanding Leadership Award, and the 2019 Arizona Pharmacy Association’s Pharmacist of the Year Award.