President

Olivia Strain, PharmD, is a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) with the GSK Vaccines Field Medical Team and is responsible for covering Mississippi, Walgreens nationwide, and numerous national associations including American Pharmacists Association (APhA), National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA), National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), and CPESN USA. Olivia is a Mississippi native and received her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2007. Prior to joining GSK, Olivia practiced for almost 18 years with Walgreens, most recently as a Clinical Services Pharmacist and PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program Director and Preceptor. Additionally, she held appointment as a part-time Clinical Associate Professor and a PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program Preceptor with the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in Jackson, Mississippi. Olivia is actively involved locally and nationally with pharmacy associations, holding leadership, committee, and delegate positions within Mississippi Pharmacists Association (MPhA) and APhA.

Olivia resides in Madison with her husband and a house full of daughters. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling with family and friends, teaching and volunteering with church and Young Life, running, and anything to do with sports.

President Elect

Bob Wilbanks is the Director of Pharmacy at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland and has vast experience as both an independent and a chain pharmacist in the retail sector. He currently serves as a MPhA Executive Committee President Elect. He has served on the Executive Committee as Vice President and Member-At-Large and has also served MPhA as a member of the Education and Membership committees. He has participated in 18 medical mission trips to Mexico, Peru, and Costa Rica. A communicant of Calvary Episcopal Church,

Bob is a former senior warden and is a lay reader and choir member. He is a past president of the Delta Arts Alliance and The Crosstie Arts Council and is the longtime Foundation Chair for the Cleveland Rotary Club. Bob is a past Bowl of Hygeia and Spirit of Pharmacy award winner and has received the Mercy Award from LifePoint Hospitals. He is a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow and has received the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce President's Award and the Lucy R. Janoush Citizenship Award. Bob was named the Crosstie Patron of the Year in 2019 and was honored to be the King of the Junior Auxiliary of Cleveland Children's Benefit Ball last year. He and his wife Wilma were named the Distinguished Pharmacy Alumni of the Year by the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in April 2022 and share three children and five grandchildren.

Vice President

Anna Jane Touchstone, PharmD, MHA received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2017, her PharmD in 2020 from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, and her Masters of Health Administration from Belhaven University in 2024. She became a pharmacist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center after her pharmacy school graduation, where she is now the Central Pharmacy Supervisor for the adult hospital. She is currently a member of MPhA, APhA, MSHP, and Phi Lambda Sigma. She has been involved with MPhA for several years as both a student and pharmacist, where she has been an active member of the Education, Convention, and New Practitioner committees. She served as the Education Committee Chair from 2021-2023. Through the New Practitioner Committee, Anna helped start the MPhA Mentor Program in 2020 by serving as program coordinator. She was awarded MPhA Student of the Year in 2019, MPhA Member of the Year in 2022, and Spirit of Pharmacy in 2023. She was also a recipient of the Ole Miss Alumni Association 40 under 40 award in 2024.

Treasurer

Emily Melton Bond, PharmD, BCMTMS, graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in 2012. After graduation, Emily worked for Walgreens throughout the state as a staff pharmacist and a pharmacy manager. Currently, Emily serves as a staff pharmacist at Covenant Pharmacy in Ridgeland, a long-term care pharmacy, supervising non-sterile compounding. Emily has been an active member on many committees for MPhA--including Education (four years), Awards and Nominations (four years currently), and Membership (nine years currently). She has previously served as District 1 Co-Chair and chairwoman for the Membership Committee. Her passion for the Association has been awarded with the J.D. Slater District Achievement Award (2016) and the Distinguished Young Pharmacist (2017).

Emily is a member of the American Pharmacists Association, the National Community Pharmacists Association, Phi Lambda Sigma National Pharmacy Leadership Society, and Phi Delta Chi Fraternity.

Member-At-Large

Ann Katelyn Franklin, PharmD is a 2012 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. After graduation, she pursued a career as a community pharmacist at Walgreens in Cleveland, Mississippi where she became Pharmacy Manager in 2014. In 2023, Ann began a clinical staff pharmacist position at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland. Ann has experience serving on the Mississippi Pharmacist Association membership committee, as a pharmacist mentor for the association, and as part of the inaugural convention planning committee, where she served as committee chair for two years. Ann currently serves as MPhA Executive Committee Member-at-Large. As a clinical associate professor for the University of Mississippi and William Carey Schools of Pharmacy, she enjoys precepting students. She was awarded Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year in 2016, Bowl of Hygeia in 2020, and MPhA Member of the Year in 2024. Outside of her career as a pharmacist she enjoys working as a Certified Lactation Counselor, helping new mothers after adding to their families. She is past President of The Crosstie Arts Council and the Delta State University Parental Advisory Board and past Vice President of the Presbyterian Day School Parent Teacher Foundation. She is an active life member of the Junior Auxiliary of Cleveland and enjoys serving on the youth, nursery, and hostess committee at Calvary Baptist Church. A busy mom of three, she enjoys cheering for the Ole Miss football team, camping, and traveling with her family.

Past President

Dr. Buddy Ogletree graduated from the University of Mississippi. He is currently the Pharmacy Director for Telligen, as well as a Pharmacy Data and Research Consultant for the Mississippi State Department of Health. Prior to 2017, he served as a coordinator for Drug Information and lnvestigational Drugs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center spending over 30 years at UMMC. He was also on the faculty of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy for over 20 years. He has served as a preceptor for hundreds of students from many schools of pharmacy and has given numerous educational lectures.