Northern District Candidates for 2016 Board Election
The Northern District seat is presently held by Carol Day, who will complete her term in April 2017.
Candidates are listed alphabetically by last name. Please scroll down to see all three (3) candidates for the Northern District seat.
Cecil Davis
Cecil Davis is the Assistant Director of Operations-West for Southern Pharmacy Services in Kernersville, NC. Southern Pharmacy Services/ Guardian Pharmacy is a Long-Term Care Pharmacy that serves North Carolina with two locations and a third location in Virginia.
Cecil started in pharmacy delivering prescriptions on his bicycle for Mitchell’s Pharmacy in Cary, NC. He would come back to work for Wayne Mitchell as a pharmacist after his graduation from pharmacy school. In addition, Cecil spent lots of time in Edwards Pharmacy in Bladenboro, NC where his grandfather, C.A Shaw, managed the store and ran the soda counter.
Cecil graduated from Chowan College in 1988 and the graduated from Campbell University School of Pharmacy in 1992 with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Cecil was certified in Geriatric Pharmacy in 2001 by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy and is currently licensed in North Carolina and Virginia.
His professional affiliations include the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. Cecil was the President of the NC Chapter of ASCP during the merger with NCAP. He served as NCAP president 2011. He is a past recipient of the NCAP Chronic Care Forum Dale Jones Award for Excellence in Geriatrics. He has served on NCBOP working committees, Hospital/ LTC Working Group and Drug Donation Rule Working Group. He is married to Christy and they have four girls Olivia, Sophia, Ella and Camille. Cecil serves as an Elder at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem.
“I am deeply rooted in North Carolina Pharmacy. Service on the Board is way to give back to and honor the profession that has been a large part of my life. Pharmacy continues to rapidly change and the board needs pharmacists with differing professional backgrounds. I would like to bring my experience in long-term care to the board and be a part of continuing to advance the great heritage of pharmacy that we enjoy in North Carolina.”
Haywood Rhodes, PharmD, MEd, BCPS
Haywood began his career in pharmacy at Rite Aid as pharmacy school intern. He continued to work at Rite Aid after graduation from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2009. He then transitioned to WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh as a clinical staff pharmacist. While there, he worked in different areas including sterile products, central distribution, and in a decentralized role providing direct patient care primarily in cardiology. Haywood was also part of the team that initiated discharge medication reconciliation and counseling for patients at risk for readmission.
After almost six years with WakeMed, Haywood took the opportunity to work closer to home and be a part of the team that opened a new hospital and pharmacy. The challenges and unique learning opportunities of working as a pharmacist at UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus have been rewarding, and he appreciates the operational, clinical, and logistical challenges involved with such a new endeavor.
Prior to his career as a pharmacist, Haywood was a high school science teacher. As a pharmacist, he has enjoyed the opportunity to teach and give back to the profession by precepting pharmacy students from Campbell and UNC. He attended his first Board of Pharmacy meeting as a student and has been interested in serving on the board since then. Haywood is excited about how pharmacy is changing and looks forward to serving to protect public health and promote policies that advance pharmacy in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Haywood currently serves on the Orange County Parks and Recreation Council and in his spare time enjoys beekeeping, gardening, and disc golf. Haywood and his wife, Virginia, reside in Hillsborough with their twin boys, Matthew and Jonah.
Please vote for Haywood Rhodes.
Keith Vance
Keith is the owner and pharmacist manager of Lewisville Drug Company, a Mutual Drug independent pharmacy located in Lewisville, NC. A 2002 graduate of the Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Keith has over 27 years’ total experience in community pharmacy. His first job was as a delivery driver for his cousin’s independent pharmacy near his hometown of Logan, WV. It was then that he began to see the impact that a pharmacist could have on a person’s life, and how it came to be known as one of America’s most trusted professions. That part-time job has turned into a career where he still feels that pharmacists can and do make an indelible impact on patient’s lives.
Keith has served his community as a pharmacist for almost 14 years. Upon graduation, he worked for Bi-Lo Pharmacy and Wal-Mart Pharmacy in the Winston-Salem, NC area. In 2005, Keith, along with his wife Sara, opened Lewisville Drug Company. Their goal was to do to what Keith had seen at his first job in an independent pharmacy, provide excellent care to their patients and be a positive influence in their community.
In addition to his duties at Lewisville Drug, Keith serves on the Mutual Drug Retail Advisory Committee and is a member of the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP). Keith is a member of Old Town Baptist Church, where he has served as a deacon, on various committees, Sunday School teacher, and as one of the organizers of the Old Town Medical Clinic, which includes serving as one of pharmacists for the clinic. He also co-hosts an “Ask the Pharmacist” monthly radio show on WSJS 600 AM/101.3 FM in Winston-Salem.
Keith lives in Lewisville, NC with his wife Sara (a pharmacist at Novant Health Oncology Services) and their boys, Riley (7) and Andrew (4).
“If elected to serve as a member of the Board of Pharmacy, my goals are simple: To serve with integrity, to be transparent, to be fair, and to represent all North Carolina pharmacists to the best of my abilities. Our profession is rapidly changing, and the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy has always been a progressive, forward-thinking body. If elected, I would be honored to continue that tradition. I respectfully ask for your vote.”
PLEASE CONTACT KRISTIN MOORE OR JAY CAMPBELL AT THE NC BOARD OF PHARMACY OFFICE
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELECTION.