Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced the appointment of a new president and five new members to the State Board of Pharmacy.

  • Dennis Wiesner, a pharmacist and recently retired senior director of privacy, pharmacy and government affairs for H-E-B, was appointed president.
  • Donald “Donnie” Lewis of Athens is a staff pharmacist for Malakoff Pharmacy and Tyler Hematology Oncology Pharmacy.
  • Rick Fernandez of Northlake is a healthcare director at Walgreens, overseeing 550+ pharmacy locations in the Texas, Oklahoma and Southern New Mexico.
  • Daniel Guerrero of San Marcos is a former three-term Mayor and City Council Member for the City of San Marcos. He currently serves as a lecturer in the McCoy College of Business at Texas State University and as a business development consultant with J.L. Powers & Associates.
  • Lori Henke, Pharm.D. of Amarillo is the director of pharmacy at Northwest Texas Healthcare System.
  • Julie Spier of Katy is the director of pharmacy operations for the southern division of Albertsons, Randalls and Tom Thumb, where she oversees 158 locations in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.