Back Row: Randy Kajioka, Ken Schell (Former Board Member), Gregory Lippe, Deborah Veale, Ryan Brooks

Front Row: Rosalyn Hackworth, Shirley Lee Wheat, Stanley Weisser, Ramón Castellblanch

Missing from picture: Tappan Zee, Anil “Neil” Hiro Badlani

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Stanley C. Weisser, R.Ph., to the Board of Pharmacy on November 1, 2007 and was reappointed by Governor Brown. Mr. Weisser graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy in 1963 and became a licensed pharmacist in California that same year. 

After opening his first pharmacy in 1969, his business, Network Pharmaceuticals, Inc., eventually grew into a chain of 30 pharmacies located in Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Stan retired in 2000 as CEO and president of NPI.

One of his pharmacies dispensed prescriptions to over 1,000 patients in convalescent homes and over 8,000 inmates in correctional facilities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. The other pharmacies were located in medical buildings.

Mr. Weisser is presently an associate professor of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at the Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, and a member of the California Pharmacists Association.

Stan is very active in many San Bernardino County philanthropic activities as well as civic, cultural, and educational programs. Among them are Redlands Community Foundation, FEMA sponsored Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Redlands Unified School District Oversight Committee, San Bernardino County Schools Reorganization Committee, Redlands Theatre Festival, and Grove Charter School for which he was the founding member and five-year chairman of the board.

He has been on the executive committee of the board of the Redlands Community Hospital for over 25 years and was elected chairman for five of those years. Additionally, he is a trustee on the University of Redlands Board of Trustees, serving as chairman of the finance committee and a member of its executive committee. His term will expire June 1, 2015.

Randy Kajioka, of Elk Grove, was appointed to the Board by Governor Schwarzeneggar on December 7, 2008 and was reappointed by Governor Brown. Dr. Kajioka’s employment at Kaiser Permanente began in 1984, where he served as a staff pharmacist, Assistant Chief Pharmacist and Outpatient Pharmacy Manager. Since 2003, he has held the position of Pharmacy Project Manager at Kaiser Permanente and Nuclear Pharmacist for Medi-Physics. He also functions as Director of Pharmacy Operations for RNRx Medical Staffing and works as a relief pharmacist for Bel Air and Walgreens. Dr. Kajioka also serves as Vice President of the Sacramento Asian Peace Officer’s Association and on the Community Advisory Council for the Asian Pacific Community Counseling Center.

Dr. Kajioka’s term will expire June 1, 2015.

On February 26, 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger appointed Gregory N. Lippe, CPA, to the Board of Pharmacy. Mr. Lippe, a resident of Woodland Hills, holds a B.S. in Business Administration (Accounting major) from Woodbury University in Los Angeles and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1970. Since that time, his accounting experience has included that of managing partner of his own CPA firm and chief financial officer and manager of other companies. Mr. Lippe employment also included auditing and reviewing the financial statements of corporations with revenues ranging from $5-200 million dollars. An ever active participant in civic and business affairs, Mr. Lippe has served on the boards of multiple community organizations and has authored many newspaper articles.

Mr. Lippe’s term will expire June 1, 2012.

Anil “Neil” Hiro Badlani of Los Angeles is a professional member of the board. He was appointed to the California State Board of Pharmacy by Governor Schwarzenegger in December 2010.

Since 2006, Mr. Badlani has worked as a research and development pharmacist for Healthspecialty Skin Care, and has been a community pharmacist specializing in compounding for the last 15 years. Mr. Badlani previously was a pharmacy manager at Savon Drugs from 1991 to 1995, owner of a General Nutrition Center from 1991 to 1994 and staff pharmacist for Savon Drugs from 1990 to 1991. He is a member of Prescription Compounding Centers of America, International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists and California Pharmacists Association. Mr. Badlani also possesses an MBA.

Mr. Badlani’s term will expire June 1, 2012.

Ryan Brooks of San Francisco was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar to the Board on November 4, 2008, to fill the position formerly held by Public Member Henry Hough. Since 2002, Mr. Brooks has served as vice president of government affairs for CBS Outdoor’ Western Region, a leading global media company in broadcast and cable television, radio and outdoor advertising. During the previous years, he functioned as director of administrative services for the city and county of San Francisco, director of business development for EA Engineering, director of community and public relations for the U.S. Navy/Western Division, director of community relations for the engineering firm, Planning Research Corporation (an environmental engineering firm now known as Tetra Tech), and Pentagon advisor to the deputy undersecretary of defense for environmental securities. Mr. Brooks presently serves as a member of the New Motor Vehicle Board, the Little Hoover Commission, and the California International Relations Foundation. He also served on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission from 2003 to 2008, where he assumed the position of president in 2007.

Mr. Brooks’ term will expire June 1, 2012.

Ramón Castellblanch, Ph.D., was appointed to the Board by the Senate Committee on Rules on April 22, 2009. Dr. Castellblanch, an associate professor at San Francisco State University, worked as a sponsor of SB 472 (Corbett) Chapter 470, Statutes of 2008, which addresses the development of patient-centered prescription labels and was a member of the precursor SCR 49 Panel on Medication Errors. Among Dr. Castellblanch’s academic achievements are a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, and a Master of Public Policy, Harvard University. His writings have been widely published and included in, but not limited to, the Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law and the Journal of Healthcare Administration Education.

Dr. Castellblanch’s term will expire on June 1, 2012.

Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass appointed Rosalyn Hackworth, of San Marcos, to the Board on July 15, 2009. Ms. Hackworth has spent the majority of her life in the San Diego area, where she is the secretary-treasurer of United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 135. She represents pharmacists who are employed in major grocery stores and chains in San Diego county and other individuals—15,000 members—employed in various industries in the area. She also serves as a trustee for multiple benefit and pension trust funds in Southern California and is currently the Labor & Industry Chair for the North San Diego County NAACP; a proud wish granter for the Make A Wish Foundation for the last few years; a member of the UFCW Minority Coalition; a member of the UFCW Women’s Network and a member of the North County African American Women’s Association. In her “spare time”, Ms. Hackworth loves to travel, garden and engage in various forms of art.

Her term will expire June 1, 2012.

Deborah Veale, of Palos Verdes Estates, has been appointed to the State Board of Pharmacy. Since 2006, she has been director of managed care for CVS/Pharmacy. Previously, Veale worked for Albertsons/Sav-On as regional manager of managed care from 1996 to 2006, division pharmacy manager from 1994 to 1996, regional pharmacy trainer from 1993 to 1994, regional pharmacy recruiter from 1989 to 1991 and pharmacy manager from 1983 to 1989. She is a member of the California Pharmacist Association, National Council of Prescription Drug Programs and California Retailers Association.

Ms. Veale's term will expire June 1, 2013.

Shirley Lee Wheat, a graduate of University of California, Irvine, spent most of her early career in Washington D.C.. Ms. Wheat served as a congressional staff member for the Committee on the Budget in the U.S. House of Representative and held the positions of budget analyst from 1994 to 1999 and director of coalitions in 1999. As a budget analyst, Ms. Wheat worked on federal budget policies and legislations to reduce the size of federal budget and was a member of the congressional staff that balanced the U.S. Federal budget in 1995. As a director of coalitions, Ms. Wheat coordinated and implemented grassroots plans for the committee.

In late 1999, Ms. Wheat joined the Republican National Committee as a senior policy analyst on economy, budget, and social security during the 2000 presidential election. 

As an appointee of President George W. Bush to the Department of the Treasury, Ms. Wheat worked closely with various corporate executives and political leaders.  As a Special Assistant to the U.S. Treasurer, Ms. Wheat played a vital role in efforts to launch and implement the National Financial Education Initiative in 2002 and 2003.

In 2003, Ms. Wheat returned to California to serve as Deputy Campaign Manager for Rosario Marin for U.S. Senate. Soon after, Ms. Wheat joined Capital Campaigns, a political and non-profit fundraising company as the operations and finance executive. She currently serves as a consultant in private practice.

Tappan Zee, of South Pasadena, has been appointed to the State Board of Pharmacy. Since 2001, he has served as managing attorney for Zee Law Group and, since 2003, has served as reserve deputy sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Zee previously served as an elected representative of the American Bar Association from 1999 to 2000 and a municipal commissioner for South Pasadena from 1989 to 1994. He is a member of the board of directors for the Los Angeles Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Sheriff’s Support Council.

Mr. Zee's term will expire June 1, 2013.