Leadership
MPhA Executive Committee 2011-2012
President Bill Mosby Mr. Mosby is the 4th Mosby generation owner of Mosby’s Drug Store in Canton. The drugstore was started by two of his great uncles in 1843 on the square in downtown Canton. He moved the store to its current location on East Peace Street 12 years ago. Mr. Mosby graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1972. Bill is also a member of the Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association. Mr. Mosby and his wife, Karen, have two sons, Will and Noble. They also have three grandchildren. In his spare time, Mr. Mosby enjoys hunting and spending time outdoors with his family. He proudly served on the Canton City Council for 26 years. For the upcoming year, Mr. Mosby looks forward to “maintaining our growth and keeping the recent momentum going strong.”
President-Elect J. Todd Barrett Mr. Barrett is the owner of Covenant Pharmacy in Flowood, Mississippi. Covenant Pharmacy specializes in serving the needs of residents of long-term care facilities throughout the state. He is president of BluePoint Medical Services, located in Ridgeland. Mr. Barrett also serves as vice president of Transcript Pharmacy a specialty pharmacy in Flowood started in 2003 that provides medication therapy and pharmacist services to individuals with chronic conditions such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, Multiple Sclerosis, and individuals who have received solid organ transplants. Mr. Barrett graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1984 with a B.S. in chemistry and zoology. After a year of graduate study in chemistry he began pharmacy school and graduated with a B.S in 1988.
Jillian Foster- At-Large Member Mrs. Foster is currently the Director of Pharmacy at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, MS. She is a student preceptor and leads a team of 38 employees in maintaining quality care for patients at Baptist. She facilitates the P&T committee and is currently working closely with administration post implementation of an electronic medical record and bedside bar-coding system for their medications. Jillian graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy after completing a Health Policy Fellowship with United States Senator Thad Cochran. Mrs. Foster and her husband, Doug, have a 1-year-old son, Autry, and a 2-month-old girl, Jane.
Vice President Val Soldevila Mr. Soldevila is the president/owner of Henderson and Economy Healthmart Drug in Clarksdale. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1977. He began a career at Economy Drugs, a prescription shop style pharmacy, and then moved to Henderson Drugs in 1985. Val works with home medical equipment, specialized compounding, IV Therapy, consultations in diabetes, asthma, MTM therapy, and is a certified fitter of orthodics and mastectomy products. He is a member of MPhA, MIPA, University of Mississippi Pharmacy Alumni Board and serves as MPhA District 3 Chairman. Val has served on the Board of Directors for Tutwiler Clinic and is working with the University of Mississippi on the Delta Project for Diabetes, Asthma and MTM.
Treasurer Waymon Tigrett Mr. Tigrett is the owner of Brandon Discount Drugs in Brandon, Mississippi. He graduated from Northeast Louisiana University in 1968. Mr. Tigrett is a member of MPhA, NCPA, and the Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association. He is currently serving on the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Mississippi Pharmacy Foundation, Treasurer, and serves on the Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy.
Joe Durastanti- At-Large Member Mr. Durastanti is the lead pharmacist for the tuberculosis program at the Mississippi State Department of Health Pharmacy. He is also the secondary pharmacist for numerous other programs at the MSDH Pharmacy: cystic fibrosis, diabetes, neurology, cancer, sickle cell, and family planning. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1976, serving as a member of the Honor Council. Mr. Durstanti has owned nine independent pharmacies in his 27-year career in retail pharmacy. He has served as vice president of Mississippi Pharmacy Alumni Association, vice president of the Rebel Club of Jackson and is a founding member of the Galen Order. Current memberships include MPhA, and Founding member of Mississippi Retail Pharmacy Association.
Past President Kimsey O’Neal Cooper Ms. Cooper is currently a 
District Pharmacy Supervisor for CVS and has a background of working in retail field management for the past 8 years. Ms. Cooper has also worked at the Memphis Poison Control Center, Delta Regional Hospital and the Memphis Health Center. She is from Carthage and graduated from University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. In her spare time, Ms. Cooper enjoys reading, traveling, all types of sports and arts and crafts. She has two children— Kobe, 11, and Kimsey, 8.
Ex officio members of MPhA's Executive Committee:
- Katherine Ayers, President, Mississippi Society of Health-System Pharmacists
- Frank Gammill, Executive Director, Mississippi State Board of Pharmacy
- Alicia Bouldin, Advisor, Academy of Students of Pharmacy
- Hart Wardlaw Berry, President-External, Academy of Students of Pharmacy
- Barbara Wells, Dean, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi
- Jerry Fortenberry, Mississippi Association of Recovering Pharmacists
MPhA 2011-2012 District Chairmen:
Tera Minshew (District 1: Flowood)
John Downs (District 2: Greenwood)
Val Soldevila (District 3: Clarksdale)
Bob Lomenick (District 4: Potts Camp)
Eddie Rutherford (District 5: Kosciusko)
Jeff Jones (District 6: Carthage)
Johnathan Wells (District 7: Laurel)
Tom Bullock (District 8: Bay St. Louis)
Kimberly Stutzman (District 9: Liberty)