Rebecca Chater is Group Manager of Clinical Services for Kerr Drug. A career-long community pharmacist with a breadth of practice experience including academia, medical clinic practice, long term care, independent, and chain pharmacy, Chater has been a pioneer in practice innovation and champion of the pharmacists’ role in improving patient care.
Rebecca earned both her B.S. in Pharmacy and Masters in Public Health (Health Policy and Administration) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has served as an investigator in pharmacy practice-based outcomes research. She is currently a visiting instructor at both UNC and Campbell University Schools of Pharmacy, having been a preceptor for both Schools for more than a decade. A past recipient of the NC Preceptor of the Year award, Rebecca has also been honored nationally for her professional leadership by receiving the prestigious American Pharmaceutical Association Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award.
Rebecca is a past president of the Wake County Pharmaceutical Association, former Executive Committee member of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists, and past Trustee of the APhA. She has published numerous articles on a variety of pharmacy-related topics. She has been instrumental in the development and growth of Community Pharmacy Residency Programs. Her knowledge and experience in the pharmacy profession have been sought by more than twenty local, state, and national professional advisory boards. In addition, she has represented pharmacy before the FDA, giving testimony on practice-related issues. Rebecca is a Fellow of the Wharton School of Business and the APhA.
By far, her greatest honors are that of wife to husband of fourteen years, Bill, and mom to daughter, Katherine Riley.
