Paul W. Bush, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPS, FASHP
Vice President, Global Resource Development and Consulting
Paul Bush is an Executive Consultant for ASHP Consulting. He recently retired from ASHP where he was Vice President for Global Resource Development and Consulting from 2019 to 2024. He has held the positions of Chief Pharmacy Officer for Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC, Director of Pharmacy Services for Medical University of South Carolina, St. John Hospital and Medical Center and Detroit Osteopathic Hospital and was Corporate Director for Clinical Pharmacy Services for Horizon Health System.
Dr. Bush received his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan and Pharm.D. and M.B.A. from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He serves on the faculty of University of North Carolina Eschelman School of Pharmacy and Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. He previously served on the faculty of the Medical University of South Carolina and Wayne State University and served as Clinical Associate Dean for Medical Center and Health Systems for the South Carolina College of Pharmacy.
He has served as presidential officer, board member and Chair of the Board of Directors of ASHP. Dr. Bush is Past-Treasurer of the Michigan Pharmacists Association. He has served on the Michigan Society of Health System Pharmacists Board of Directors and held the position of President-elect. Dr. Bush is Past-Chair of the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers, Past-Chair of the University HealthSystem Pharmacy Council and has served as a member of the ASHP House of Delegates, Commission on Credentialing, Commission on Goals, and the Practice Model Summit Advisory Committee. He is a member of ASHP, APhA, ACCP and FIP.
Dr. Bush was awarded the John W. Webb Lecture Award by Northeastern University and ASHP, an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Campbell University, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Wayne State University Pharmacy Alumni Association, the Dean Golod Award from MUSC Health, the Distinguished Service Award by the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers and the NCAP Pharmacy Ambassador Award
He co-authored Managing and Leading – 44 Lessons Learned for Pharmacists, and chapters in Building a Successful Ambulatory Practice, Financial Management Basics for Health System Pharmacists, Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice, and the Pharmacy Certified Technician Training Manual.
David J. Warner, Pharm.D.
Senior Director, Consulting and Practice Development
David J. Warner is Senior Director, Consulting and Practice Development in ASHP's Office of Practice Advancement. In this role, David leads ASHP's domestic and international consulting programs, working with pharmacy residency programs and pharmacy services around the world to prepare for accreditation, assess pharmacy operations and clinical services, illustrate opportunities for advancement, or customize a consultation to meet a pharmacy department's or organization's specific need. David's experience in clinical services, practice model evaluation, education, residency training programs, and hospital pharmacy management, and his collaborative and results-oriented style help him work with programs to create a consultation that meets each client's individual needs.
Prior to his current role, David was Director, International Residency Program Development in the Accreditation Services Office at ASHP. For more than 30 years, David has been a clinician, an administrator, an educator and a leader in his roles at ASHP, Duke University Hospital, and University Hospital at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Mary-Haston Vest, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Director, Pharmacy Accreditation and Quality
Mary-Haston Vest joined ASHP in 2024. Previously, she was a System Director of Pharmacy with University of North Carolina (UNC) Health, and an Associate Professor of Clinical Education at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Her areas of expertise include justifying and building analytics programs; data driven strategic planning; pharmacy education and associated partnerships; and demonstrating pharmacy services’ value through quality measurement and research. She also has experience with medication-use strategy development, including management of high-cost drugs and gene therapy, system P&T structure, formulary management, sourcing and contracting, and shortages management. She has implemented services that have been recognized with two ASHP Best Practices Awards.
Mary-Haston is a Past Chair of the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists Health System Practice Academy, and Past Chair of the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders (SPPL) Advisory Group on Value, Quality and Compliance. She also served on the ASHP SPPL Educational Steering Committee, Commission on Credentialing, Commission on Affiliate Relations, and Pharmacy Accountability Measure Work Group.
She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 and PGY2 residency program in Health-System Pharmacy Administration at UNC Medical Center and M.S. from the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She has a Graduate Certificate in Health Economics and Outcomes Research from the University of Washington.