Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints NSU COP Alumna, Dorinda Segovia, Pharm.D. (’92) to the Board of Pharmacy

NSU alumna and 2020 STUEY Alumni of the Year, Dorinda Segovia, Pharm.D. (’92) was recently appointed to the Board of Pharmacy by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Segovia is the Vice President of Pharmacy Services for Memorial Healthcare System. She has been supporting the college of pharmacy community since 1992 as a student mentor, affiliate assistant professor, guest speaker, and member of the admissions and curriculum committees. In 2002, she was appointed by the Governor to Florida’s Medicaid first Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee to assist in selecting a formulary for the underserved.

The Florida Board of Pharmacy was legislatively established to ensure that every pharmacist practicing in the state and every pharmacy meet minimum requirements for safe practice. It is responsible for the licensure, monitoring and education of pharmacy professionals to assure competency and safety to practice in their service to the people of Florida. The Florida Board of Pharmacy consists of nine members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. Seven members of the board must be licensed pharmacists who are residents of this state and who have been engaged in the practice of the profession of pharmacy in this state for at least 4 years. The remaining two members must be residents of the state who have never been licensed as pharmacists and have no connection with the practice of the profession of pharmacy.