MVT - Katherine A. Linder, RPh, of Manson, was recently installed as a Trustee on the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) Board of Trustees at the 2009 Annual Meeting. The installation of new officers occurred during IPA's Annual Banquet on Saturday, June 20, at the Marriott Cedar Rapids.  Linder will serve on the Board for two years.

Linder graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy.  She began her career at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, working both in the inpatient and outpatient pharmacies.  She was also employed as a research scientist for Warner Lambert Pharmaceuticals.  Linder served on the Iowa Board of Pharmacy from 1997 through 2006, serving as Chairman of the Board from 2004-2006. Linder currently works both at Medicap Pharmacy in Manson and the Rockwell City Community Pharmacy in Rockwell City serving as a community pharmacist.

"We are pleased to have KAP on our Board," said Tom Temple, Executive Vice President of the Iowa Pharmacy Association. "Because of her strong leadership, we will be able to make a difference in the lives of the patients we serve and to the profession of pharmacy in Iowa."

The Iowa Pharmacy Association is the state society representing the profession of pharmacy, united for the purpose of advancing public health, particularly the pharmaceutical care of all Iowans.  The Iowa Pharmacy Association is organized to preserve and advance the interests of the profession and to serve the professional needs of all pharmacists, pharmacy students, and pharmacy technicians with more than 1200 members statewide.