Elizabeth K. Keyes

Elizabeth K. Keyes is Chief Operating Officer at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).  Ms. Keyes is responsible for developing partnerships and alliances with health care stakeholder groups to advance the Association’s professional practice and business agendas.  In addition, she creates strategies to market APhA education and communication capabilities and develops specific APhA projects and opportunities to promote the APhA medication therapy management agenda. 

The APhA business units she oversees include Industry Relations, Chain Relations & National Accounts, Federal Pharmacy Programs, Meetings and Expositions, Access/Sponsored Programs, Live Programming and Training, Marketing, Membership, e-Business, Books and Electronic Products, and Periodicals Publishing.

Ms. Keyes earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from West Virginia University School of Pharmacy and a bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in technical writing from Wheeling Jesuit University.  Prior to joining APhA in 1993, she worked as a community pharmacist.  She is active in many professional and civic organizations.