ASHP names alumnae Jessie Hipple as executive fellow

Postgraduate training fellowship focuses on leadership and management

Janel Shoun-Smith | 615.966.7078  |  05/15/2020

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has selected Jessie Hipple (’19) as one of its two 2020–2021 Executive Fellows in Association Leadership and Management. 

The yearlong fellowship provides each fellow with hands-on training under the guidance of ASHP executives in all facets of not-for-profit association leadership and management.

Hipple is a PGY1 pharmacy resident at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee, and earned her Pharm.D. along with a Master of Management in Health Care degree from Lipscomb in 2019. She previously obtained her B.S. in toxicology and a focused associate’s degree in nanofabrication manufacturing technology from Pennsylvania State University.

She has been highly engaged in professional pharmacy associations at the local, state and national level, including the Tennessee Society of Student Pharmacists, Tennessee Pharmacists Association and ASHP. 

“We are pleased to have Jessie join us as a 2020–2021 ASHP executive fellow,” said ASHP CEO Paul W. Abramowitz. “The two fellows were selected for this highly-regarded program because of their strong involvement as volunteer leaders and passion for serving members and advancing pharmacy practice. The entire ASHP staff looks forward to mentoring them both and helping them achieve their goals as future leaders.”

The ASHP Executive Fellowship in Association Leadership and Management was created in 1968 for those interested in a career in association management. Graduates of ASHP’s training program have gone on to serve in leadership roles in associations, government, for-profit corporations, academia, philanthropy and various other sectors.

The program trains pharmacists in the many facets of association management, including executive leadership, strategic planning, policy development, financial management, government relations, marketing and communications, member engagement and many other essential association management functions.

Hipple will begin her fellowship in July and will be engaged in an array of projects and activities throughout the year.

ASHP represents pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in acute and ambulatory settings. For more than 75 years, ASHP has been at the forefront of efforts to improve medication use and enhance patient safety.