Distinguished Federal Pharmacist Award
2025 Award Recipient
CAPT Bridgette M. Faber, Pharm D, MS
Captain Faber attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy in 1995. In 2004 she earned her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from Idaho State University. Selected to attend full-time duty under instruction, she received a Masters in Pharmacy and an American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists Accredited Specialized Residency in Health System Pharmacy Administration at the University of Wisconsin in 2005. In 2013, she completed a Clinical Informatics Fellowship at the DoD/VA Interagency Program Office.
Her tours of duty include the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, the Office of the Attending Physician, U.S. Capitol, Washington DC, Naval Hospital, Naples, Italy, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, VA, the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, IL, and the Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA. She currently is the Pharmacy Consultant to the Navy Surgeon General and Pharmacy Specialty Leader, as well as the Deputy Director for Clinical Operations, Standards and Policy at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Captain Faber’s notable achievements include serving as the subject matter expert developing pharmacy interoperability solutions where she testified to members of Congress, House/Senate Armed Service committee staffers, and senior policy advisors for DoD and VA Health Affairs on quality control measures and patient safety. She developed a Pharmacy Operational Readiness Training program providing new pharamcists with basic inpatient and expeditionary knowledge and she implemented an innovative coronavirus pharmacy plan, upgrading a pharmacy call center to accommodate a three-fold increase calls and establishing a drive-through pharamcy that handled over 1500 cars daily. As the Chair of the Navy Pharmacy Advisory Board, she was responsible for optimizing the delivery of the pharmacy benefit for 9.2 million Tricare beneficiaries worldwide.
About
The APhA Distinguished Federal Pharmacist Award is the Association’s premier award to recognize a pharmacist who has distinguished himself/herself and the profession by outstanding contribution in federal pharmacy practice that has resulted in a significant improvement in the health of the nation and/or the population he/she serves.
Evaluation Criteria
The nominee for the APhA Distinguished Federal Pharmacist Award must be a pharmacist who is a member of APhA, served in a federal pharmacy practice for the past 10 years, and is on active federal service at the time of nomination and has distinguished himself/herself and the profession of pharmacy by sustained outstanding performance and achievement. Applications will be evaluated based upon the following criteria (listed alphabetically; not in rank order):
- Active participation in Inter-Agency Collaboration (cross-service activities)
- Community service (contributions to the local community in which you live, federal agency community, facility, etc.)
- Demonstrated leadership and mentorship
- Impact on the pharmacy profession
- Innovation in practice, research, and/or scholarly activity
- Sustained impact and contributions to positive patient or health outcomes
Nomination process
The nominator is responsible for submitting a complete award nomination.
The nomination is to include the following items:
A narrative letter of justification (no more than two pages or 1,000 words) from the nominator describing the most significant contributions of the nominee and an explanation of how the nominee meets the award criteria
Two supporting letters
Current complete curriculum vitae or a detailed résumé of the nominee that includes professional activities, publications, and awards/honors
Selection process
The selection of the award recipient will be based upon careful review of the completed nominations by the APhA Distinguished Federal Pharmacist Award Selection Committee. All nominations will be evaluated using the award criteria. No one from the selection committee will be eligible for the award.
The selection committee will be comprised of the following representatives:
One representative from each federal pharmacy group selected by the chief pharmacist; the chief pharmacist is not eligible to serve on the selection committee (i.e., U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, U.S. Public Health Service).
The award recipient from the immediate preceding year
One nonfederal representative from the APhA Board of Trustees selected by the APhA President will serve as the chairman.
Nature of award
The APhA Distinguished Federal Pharmacist Award will be presented at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition and will consist of a crystal figurine. The recipient will receive: a $1,500 honorarium,and complimentary APhA Annual Meeting registration and reimbursement for meeting-related travel expenses, according to current travel policies and up to the maximum amount budgeted by APhA. The recipient will be asked to participate in a session highlighting his/her specific achievement. The award is endowed by The Roche Foundation.
Past recipients
2019 CDR Aimee Young, USPHS
2017 COL (Ret) John Spain
2015 COL J. Michael Spilker, USAF, BSC (Ret)
2014 CAPT Pamela M. Schweitzer
2013 RADM Scott F. Giberson, USPHS
2012 Jannet M. Carmichael
2011 COL Everett B. McAllister, USAF, BSC (Ret)
2010 LTC Stacia L. Spridgen, MS, USA
2007 Capt David E. Price, MSC, USN
2005 COL William Michael Heath, MS, USA
2004 COL Daniel D. Remund, MS, USA
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