Lee Ann Stember
As President of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc. (NCPDP), Stember represents the Council and its strategies, issues, and policies through her work with government agencies, pharmaceutical and health care organizations, academia, standards development organizations, and others actively involved in standards development for the pharmacy industry. Stember has been an integral part of NCPDP for 27 years as it has progressed into international acceptability and advanced in the standards setting arena. Stember utilizes her professionalism and leadership skills to effectively operate the Council office and act as a liaison to the Board of Trustees, Work Group and Committee Co-Chairs, and other pharmacy industry executives. Stember is also an active member in several health care associations, including the Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), American Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Association, National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA), Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), American Management Association (AMA), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) and the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). Currently, Stember serves on the WEDi Board of Directors, and has previously served on the PharmData Foundation and the PharmasMarket.com Board. Stember has also served on the Editorial Board for Group Practice Managed Healthcare News and was a former member of the Board of Directors for Computerized Patient Record Institute (CPRI). Stember is a 1979 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Business.