DATE:  Monday, July 21, 2008, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual
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PRESENTERS:

• Fern Zappala, ASHP's General Counsel
• Dawn Benton, Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer, California Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Chris Decker, Executive Vice President, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin

DESCRIPTION:  It may seem easy to be a Board member of a statewide organization-- you just read the materials and attend the Board members, correct?  Not quite so simple any more-- increasingly, both state and federal laws and courts are holding Board members responsible for their actions.  Members of the Board of Directors have legal obligations related to duty of care and duty of loyalty, as defined by state law, and are bound by these obligations, as well as other professional/ethical standards of conduct when they become a Director. A Director must act only in the best interest of their organization as a corporation and its membership, and should be cognizant of their obligation to represent the organization positively even when they are acting outside their official duties.

Fern Zappala, ASHP's General Counsel, will discuss the legal responsibilities for state association Board members.  And, several affiliate executives will discuss how their organizations provide comprehensive orientation programs for their members.  The state executives describing their Board orientation programs will be Dawn Benton, Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer, California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and Chris Decker, Executive Vice President, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin.