ASHP Pharmacy Technician Excellence Award

The award, which is conferred at the discretion of the ASHP Board of Directors, may be presented annually at an ASHP national meeting or other appropriate function. There is no limit to the number of awards that may be conferred each year.

2026 Recipients

Janet McGregor Liles, MS, CPhT-Adv, CPTEd
Director
Arkansas State University-Beebe
Beebe, AR

Ms. McGregor Liles is a highly respected pharmacy technician, educator, mentor, and advocate. Her transformational leadership and dedication to advancing pharmacy practice through technician integration, interprofessional collaboration, and evidence-based education have elevated the contributions of pharmacy technicians to modern healthcare delivery and created lasting change that benefits the whole pharmacy workforce and the patients they serve.

Billie M. Simonson, CPhT
Pharmacy Technician Specialist | EnACT (Enhanced Access and Care Technician Team)
UNC Health
Chapel Hill, NC

Mrs. Simonson is an exemplary pharmacy technician with an unwavering dedication to patient care, innovative practices, and advancing the role of pharmacy technicians. A visionary leader, she helped transform how pharmacy technicians contribute to multidisciplinary care teams, demonstrating their essential role in improving access, outcomes, and overall quality of care.

Criteria and Eligibility

ASHP members are invited, annually, to suggest nominees in writing with substantiating evidence. The award is intended to recognize an individual pharmacy technician for a recent singular, significant achievement or for career-long contributions. Individuals must have made a recent contribution or achievement that has done one or more of the following in the United States to serve the needs of patients:

• Affected the outcome of patient care; (and/or)
• Advanced the role of pharmacy technicians; (and/or)
• Advanced the professionalization and ability of pharmacy technicians; (and/or)
• Advanced the pharmacy technician workforce.

Nominees must be pharmacy technicians and current ASHP members. Current ASHP Board members and ASHP staff are not eligible.

Nominating Instructions

Nominations are accepted year-round and are to be transmitted electronically during this period using the Award Nominations Form. Please see the Call for Award Nominations to reference the criteria for the award as well as the nomination instructions.

Nominations received by October 1 will be reviewed by the Awards Committee, and selections will be made the following February. In some years, selections are not made for all awards.

If you have any questions about the Awards Program, please contact the Office of Member Relations at awards@ashp.org.

Past Recipients