Erin Albert has leadership responsibility for the Pharmacy Benefits Practice and its solutions. She provides direction to our team to ensure the program is contributing to improved health and reduced costs for the employers we serve. As part of the population health & analytics team, Erin develops innovation and evolution of practice initiatives; she also works alongside Apex client services and sales teams to develop, implement and evaluate comprehensive pharmacy benefits programs for clients.
Erin is a clinical pharmacist and pharmacy educator. She also is an attorney, writer, preceptor, podcaster, and STEM advocate who helps break down the complexities of healthcare. Before joining Apex in 2020, her career spanned across healthcare, pharmacy and law – inside a wide variety of settings for over two decades, including teaching at Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for over a decade.
As a writer, Erin’s book subjects range from pharmacy law, pharmacy practice career development, entrepreneurship, and a children’s book trilogy for girls and STEM education along with a successful crowdfunding. Her podcast, The Edutainer, explores the intersection of education and entertainment. She’s also worked in community practice pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry in a variety of clinical, medical affairs, and operational roles, Medicaid, and association management in continuing education. She is a member of the American Society for Pharmacy Law, where she previously served on its board of directors and will serve as president elect beginning in November 2020.
Erin earned a BS in Pharmacy degree from Butler University, an MBA in Marketing from Concordia University Wisconsin, a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from Shenandoah University, and a JD from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, with an additional concentration in healthcare law. She also earned the professional designation of Professional, Academy for Healthcare Management (PAHM) from AHIP, and this fall, earned her Certified Pharmacy Benefit Specialist (CPBS) certification.