AACP Council of Deans Report, July 2011

Nominating Committee (standing) * Charge: Develop a slate of nominees by May 31, 2011 and provide a report at the COD Business Meeting in July 2011. * Members: Pat Kroboth, Chair (Pittsburgh), Phil Oppenheimer (UOP), Bill Riffee (Florida), Barbara Wells (Mississippi) * Status: The Committee is pleased to advance the following slate of candidates for the position of Chair-Elect designee: * For Chair-elect: Lynn M. Crismon (Texas) and Daniel C. Robinson (Western) Resolutions Committee (standing) * Charge: Develop resolutions from the COD as needed to come before the HOD at the July 2011 Annual Meeting. Provide a report on any resolutions to the COD Business Meeting in July 2011. * Chair: Dave Forbes (Montana) * Status: There have been no resolutions brought to the COD this year. Task Force on Dean's Development Priorities * Charge: Development of a needs assessment for CEO Deans and Associate/Assistant Deans of Schools/Colleges of Pharmacy focusing on priorities of programming for leadership and administrative development. * Members: R. Lee Evans, Chair (Auburn), Anne Lin (College of Notre Dame), Dick Gourley (Tennessee), Becky Finley (Thomas Jefferson), Stephanie Gardner (Arkansas), George McKinnon (Roosevelt), Kelly Smith (Kentucky) * Report: Report to be presented at the 2011 COD Business Meeting Joint Task Force with the COF on Advocacy * Charge: Establish a model to systematically increase advocacy-relevant communications between members and AACP. * Members: Wendy Duncan COD Co-Chair (St Louis), Gary Matzke COF Co-Chair (VCU), Gayle Brazeau COD (University of New England), Curt Gielow COD (Concordia), Abby Kahaleh COD (LECOM), Cari Brackett COF (Ohio State), Donna West-Strum COF (Mississippi), Jerry Nesamony COF (Toledo) * Status: Progress report to be presented at the 2011 COD Business Meeting Joint Task Force on Faculty Workforce-COD/COF * Charge: The TF was extended for 2010-2011 to complete the writing of the report. * Members: Kathy Knapp COD Co-Chair(Touro-California), Shane Desselle COF Co-Chair (Oklahoma), Dan Acosta COD (Cincinnati), Lisa Deziel-Evans COD (Nova Southeastern), Michael Manolakis COD (Wingate), Russ Melchert COD (UMKC), Delores Nobles-Knight COF (Chicago State), Andrew Webster COF (Belmont), Donald Kishi COF (UCSF), Keith Olsen COF (Nebraska) * Status: Completed and published in AJPE 2011; 75(4) Article 63 (electronic). …