Jan 2026 – Present · 2 mos

• Enterprise executive leading national pharmacy network strategy, professional affairs, and external industry association/society engagement. Responsible for pharmacy relations, network operations, and advocacy focused on patient access, transparency, and pharmacy sustainability.
• Executive leadership of a national affiliate pharmacy network spanning independent pharmacies, regional and national chains, LTC, and ambulatory/outpatient providers
• Primary liaison to national and state pharmacy associations, academic institutions, and patient advocacy organizations
• Drug pricing strategy and market intelligence (AAC, NADAC, WAC, AWP, ASP, 340B, medical benefit drugs)
• Pharmacy network contracting and operational alignment supporting sustainable reimbursement and patient access
• AI-enabled network optimization, performance monitoring, and pharmacy engagement insights
• 2026 Talks:
• 2/18/26 - Webinar in conjunction with RxPreferred - More on Leasing the Cost Plus Drugs Affiliate Pharmacy Network for your Employment Healthcare Benefits Plan
• 3/11/26 - Vodcast with Drug Topics - series launch on community practice pharmacy in 2026: https://www.drugtopics.com/view/mark-cuban-cost-plus-drug-company-examines-new-approaches-to-access-amid-pharmacy-deserts-and-closure
• 3/16/26 - Career at the Intersection of Pharmacy & Law - Webinar - University of Illinois Retzky College of Pharmacy, DIA Student Chapter
• 3/18/26 - Career & Cost Plus Drugs - PCOM School of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Administration and Management Course, invited lecture by Dr. Rollins
• 4/9/26 - Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, and Blending Pharmacy & Law for Career - Creighton Health Law Society
• 4/16/26 - Career Development - UC Irvine Pharmacy
• 6/2/26 - The Fiduciary's New Frontier: Restoring Trust Through Transparent Pharmacy Pricing - 5th Transparency & HCP Spend Summit, Philadelphia, PA
• 2026 Publications:
• January/Feb - Dispense Times - The Last 5 Feet

Apr 2025 – Jan 2026 · 9 mos

• Spearhead AI-powered network development to enhance pharmacy engagement, streamline operations, and expand patient access to affordable medications nationwide.
• Lead strategic growth initiatives for the Cost Plus Drugs Affiliate Pharmacy Network and the Team Cuban Card, focusing on innovative solutions to improve operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Growth of the network more than doubled year over year, 3 years running, since inception.
• Foster cross-functional communication to integrate AI and digital tools, driving business development and new revenue streams in the evolving pharmacy landscape.
• Champion thought leadership on AI applications in healthcare, advocating for transparency, affordability, and industry disruption at key events and conferences.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations while utilizing AI to safeguard patient information and optimize network performance.
• Develop and execute strategic partnerships to drive innovation, scalability, and cost reduction within the pharmacy network.
• 2025 Talks:
• 3/5/25 - CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy Convocation - Disruption & the Future of Pharmacy - Aurora, CO
• 9/5/25 - Dean's Convocation - Cost Plus Drugs, Advocacy & Policy - Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
• 9/24/25 - Keynote Panel: The Future of PBMs - Salt Lake City, UT - SmithRx Broker Account Management Summit
• 11/8/25 - APhA Midyear Regional Meeting - Washington, DC - The Golden Ticket: Career Survival Skills for the 21st Century

Jun 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Cross-functional showrunner and synchronizer with deep expertise in the pharmaceutical industry, focused on change management–flexibility and efficiency, building and designing/implementation of organization’s channels, and proficiency in identifying and extracting efficiencies. Experienced pharmacist, attorney, and MBA focused on marketing through traditional and non-traditional channels and B2B/network development. Eye on pharmacy trends, innovation, and privacy. Lead on the Team Cuban Card and Cost Plus Drugs Affiliate Pharmacy Network, built by team from scratch.
• 2024 Talks & Panels:
• 2/28/24 - Harvard Law School Entrepreneurship Project - Cambridge, MA
• 7/13/24 - Total Pharmacy Summit - Virtual
• 8/27- Rally Healthcare Innovation Panel Moderator - Indianapolis, IN
• 10/24 - CPESN fireside chat - on Cost Plus Drugs - Virtual
• 10/24 - NCPA Vodcast with Mark Cuban - Cost Plus Drugs - Virtual
• 2023 Talks & Panels:
• 1/25/23 - Healthcare Benefit Trends to Watch in 2023 - https://tinyurl.com/TrueRx
• 2/2/23 - Drug Discount Programs - APhA Module
• 2/28/23 - Career Discussion - IU Kelley School of Business - IUPUI
• 3/5/23 - Disruption in Prescription Drug Pricing - U of FL Graduate Program
• 5/30/23 - LinkedIn Live Audio - Creator Mode with LinkedIn
• 6/12 & 6/13/23 - Patients Rising Advocacy Fireside Chat - Washington, DC
• 9/23 - Pharmacy Benefits & Disruption - Top Trends to Watch - Portland, ME
• 9/23 - ACHP Annual Meeting - Panel on Pharmacy Disruption - Washington, DC
• 11/23 - Moderator, Class II Launch - DASPL at American Society for Pharmacy Law - San Antonio, TX

Apr 2022 – Jun 2022 · 2 mos

• Corporate: https://www.markcubancostplusdrugcompany.com/
• Pharmacy/Drug Store: https://costplusdrugs.com/
• MCC Site: https://markcubancompanies.com/companies/mark-cuban-cost-plus-drug-company/
• Our Company Page at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/costplusdrugs/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/costplusdrugs
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/costplusdrugs
• After our CEO himself, Dr. Alex Oshmyansky, kept watching patients struggle to pay for their medications, our company was founded, with a social mission: to improve public health, which is just as important as the bottom line.
• Our social enterprise, a public benefit corporation, has 4 units:
• 1. 503B Outsourcing facility
• 2. Wholesaler
• 3. Pharmacy
• 4. UnPBM
• After working in a variety of pharmacy, managed care, and insurance settings for over two decades as a pharmacist, I wanted to join this team to positively disrupt the industry and drive down drug costs. It also matches my personal values of honesty and integrity and makes healthcare easier to use at a lower cost, period.

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States · Remote

• Member of the nominating committee for the ASPL board of directors for 2025-26.

Nov 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr

• As Immediate past president, served on the BOD and ad hoc Credentialing Committee for DASPL, and chair the nominating committee.
• ASPL Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-scrip-the-aspl-pharmacy-law-podcast/id1648140890 and at: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7070353266575900672/

Nov 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr

• Website: www.aspl.org
• Podcast: https://anchor.fm/aspl
• President - (2021-2022)
• Education Committee (2022)
• Nominating Committee (2022)
• DASPL Candidate, Inaugural Class (2022)
• President Elect - (2020-2021)
• Co-Chair, Communication, Member Relations and Marketing Committee - (2020-2021)
• The American Society for Pharmacy Law (ASPL) is an organization of attorneys, pharmacists, pharmacist-attorneys and students of pharmacy or law who are interested in the law as it applies to pharmacy, pharmacists, wholesalers, manufacturers, state and federal government and other interested parties. www.aspl.org
• ASPL is a nonprofit organization with the purposes of:
• 💊 Furthering knowledge in the law related to pharmacists, pharmacies, the provision of pharmaceutical care, the manufacturing and distribution of drugs, and other food, drug, and medical device policy issues;
• 💊 Communicating accurate legal educational information; and
• 💊 Providing educational opportunities for pharmacists, attorneys, and others who are interested in pharmacy law
• Past Roles:
• Director at Large, Board of Directors (2015-2017)
• Also served as a member of and co-chair of the pharmacy law educators' subcommittee.
• 💊 Our inaugural benchmarking survey of pharmacy law educators across US schools of pharmacy was published in AJPE as well: https://www.ajpe.org/content/early/2019/12/10/ajpe7172.abstract

Jun 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Website: https://www.indybar.org/?pg=IndyBarNews&blAction=showEntry&blogEntry=62706
• IndyBar Bar Leader Series is an intensive year-long leadership development program designed specifically for IndyBar member attorneys in their third to tenth year of practice. The goal of the series is to prepare talented and diverse early-career lawyers to take their places as both leaders in the legal profession and leaders in addressing needs of the community. Structured by Robert H. McKinney School of Law faculty member and former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan, the series features an impressive array of community leaders bringing their uniquely informed perspective to the class. Class members will also develop and execute a team service project with the support of former Bar Leader Series participants adding to their skills and network building.

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Texas, United States

• Website: https://www.us.mensa.org/read/mrj/
• Pitching in and providing editorial guidance and article reviews for the Mensa Research Journal. Looking forward to learning as I go about the amazing world of intelligence and learning itself!

Apr 2020 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Apple: https://tinyurl.com/ThePointApexBenefits
• Everywhere: https://tinyurl.com/ThePointApexBenefitsWeb

Apr 2020 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• https://apexbg.com/
• PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT (PBM) CONSULTING - Services include:
• ● Assessed PBM Contract Health - for clients and prospects to achieve better contract language/transparency
• ● Through data analytics, identified opportunities to save on drugs with prospect & client claims data
• ● Directed PBM RFPs which Apex tripled in 2021 - managed trade relations w/ over 65+ PBMs to save millions, including specialty drugs
• ● Negotiated & optimized PBM contract terms for clients along with benefits consultants
• ● Implemented from set-up to go-live with new PBMs - while managing & reducing member disruption
• ● Monitored price benchmarks on medical or A/C/J/Q code drugs - and potentially moved them into the pharmacy benefit if clinically appropriate
• ● Monitored high-dollar Rx claims through multiple data analytics platforms - for better drug cost containment & budgeting; well versed in ICD-10, HCPCS codes
• ● Held PBMs accountable - to adhere to contract terms and rebates through market checks
• ● Co-created next-level PBM and medical service lines and + disruptions in healthcare and pharmacy - like pharmacogenomics, digital health real-time remote monitoring, patient drug advocacy programs, value-based drug contracts, and more for next-generation drug optimization--which saved time for patients, members, and plans and maximized drug therapy and outcomes.
• ● Educated plans and members - about specialty drugs, biosimilars, orphan drugs, gene and cellular therapies in the pipeline, and how they may impact costs in order to mitigate plan risk.

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 11 mos · Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Guest lectures in 2021 for BUCOPHS:
• ● Kappa Psi - Career Night
• ● Phi Delta Chi - Using LinkedIn - the Basics
• I returned part-time to BU and served under a unique part-time contract at Butler as a clinical instructor in COPHS during calendar year 2019:
• ● Taught Inaugural Fall 2019 elective - The Nontraditional Healthcare Professional
• ● Started a mentoring pilot program for pharmacy majors.
• ● Precepted - APPE experience in education/association management.
• ● Part of site visit team - for APPE rotations.
• ● Co-created a speed mentoring night, Mentorpalooza

Oct 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• The Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) is a global nonprofit organization comprised of individuals and organizations from across the healthcare industry committed to: achieving gender parity in leadership positions. facilitating career and business connections.
• As president of the HBA Indiana Chapter, we, through our board, leadership, and corporate partners:
• 🟣 Gained over a dozen corporate sponsors during CY 2017--including, but not limited to Eli Lilly and Roche Diagnostics.
• 🟣 Created self-sustaining, and positive revenue-generating unique sold-out educational events including #HealthCarDev and #Manbassadors.
• 🟣 Met and exceeded all 4 major milestone goals for the chapter - corporate partners, volunteerism, membership and positive revenue generation on events.
• 🟣 Membership growth for the entire year was achieved by May, 2017.
• 🟣 Developed training on strong board stewardship, fiduciary duties, and social media.
• 🟣 Shared mentoring program and activities through several media partners--including Inside Indiana Business, Indy Star, and Biocrossroads.
• 🟣 Partnered with other women's healthcare and leadership organizations - including Women & Hi Tech and Executive Women in Healthcare.

Aug 2013 – Jan 2024 · 10 yrs 5 mos · Indiana, United States

• SM Dames Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SocialMediaDames/
• The Social Media Dames (#SMDames) Unconference series is a collaborative, totally volunteer effort launched in 2013 by Amy Stark and Erin Albert to encourage women at any age to use social media strategically and become leaders in digital storytelling. The unconference has provided annual or semi-annual live and online events to empower Hoosier women. Since its inception, #SMDames has taught hundreds of women in the Midwest how to maximize social media. The 11th unconference will be held in 4Q22.

Jan 2006 – Jul 2022 · 16 yrs 6 mos · Indiana, United States

• In 2023, live casting on LinkedIn most Saturday mornings at 9 am ET. Watch my page for links.
• I've podcasted on and off for several years. Currently on hiatus from my own podcast channel after 6.5 seasons, The Edutainer.
• Season 6.5 focused on Ways to Save on Prescription Drugs in July 2022
• The Edutainer on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-edutainer-with-dr-erin-l-albert/id1355247028
• On Anchor: https://anchor.fm/theedutainer
• Also podcasted/hosted at:
• The Point Podcast - with Apex Benefits - https://apexbg.com/insights/podcasts/the-point-podcast/
• ASPL Inaugural Podcast - Season 1 - https://anchor.fm/aspl
• Pharmacy Podcast Network - Pharming Your Career

Jan 2006 – Jan 2016 · 10 yrs · Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• As full-time faculty, I taught a variety of courses for a decade at Butler COPHS, and served the college as an APPE preceptor for over 10 years. Promoted from Assistant to Associate professor during tenure. Developed unique clinical practice site within the Medicaid and formulary management space, working at an accounting firm, predominantly in the specialty drug A/C/J/Q code medical drug pricing space.
• Titles during full time tenure at Butler include:
• ● Preceptor – APPE Pharmacy Majors (in drug pricing, Medicaid, and continuing education)
• ● Clinical Instructor – Experiential Education - Site Visit Team
• ● Founding Executive Editor – BU Well
• ● Associate Professor
• ● Director – Continuing Education
• ● Asst. Prof., Director – Continuing Education (CE) & Preceptor Development
• ● Asst. Prof., Interim Co-Director – Experiential Education, Pharmacy
• ● Asst. Prof., Director – Ribordy Center for Community Practice
• ● Assistant Professor – Clinical Community Liaison
• Courses in the pharmacy program included:
• ● The Nontraditional Healthcare Professional (Adjunct faculty co-funded position in 2019)
• ● Pharmacy, Policy and the Law
• ● Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and Life Sciences
• ● Global Health (BSHS Program)
• ● Community Practice Pharmacy Seminar Series
• ● Leadership in Healthcare
• ● BU Well: Development of an open access, online healthcare journal driven by students
• ● Several senior research projects - many interprofessional
• ● Self Care (OTC) lab
• Also served the college as director of continuing education, which was ACPE accredited at the time I served. Created award winning, budget-conscious learning activities, and partnered with external grantors and organizations to create educational joint ventures for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. Also served at SXSW as a health mentor for 2 years during time teaching.

Jan 2005 – Present · 21 yrs 2 mos · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Author site: https://about.me/erinalbert
• Books: Featured in the NY Times, BBC, NPR, HuffPo, Forbes, Entrepreneur:
• 🟣 Punk Rock Pharmacy: DIY Your Healthcare Career (2020-2021)
• 🔵 Blue Skies with a Side of Prickly: Essays on Pharmacy, Business and Life (2019)
• 🔴 Single Women Entrepreneurs: 5 Years Later (2018)
• ⚫️ The S(He) Says Guide to Mentoring (2017)
• 🟢 Indiana State Pharmacy Law Guide (2016)
• 🟡 The Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet STEM - trilogy (2014, 2015, 2016)
• 🟠 Multipationals: The Changing World of Work (2015)
• 🟤 The New Pharmacist: 46 Doses of Advice (2014)
• ⚫️ Law School: A Few Short and Plain Statements (2013)
• 🔴 Plan C: The Full-Time Employee and Part-Time Entrepreneur (2011)
• 🟡 Single. Women. Entrepreneurs. (2011 -1st and 2nd editions)
• 🟢 The Medical Science Liaison: An A to Z Guide (2007, 2011)
• 🟤 Indianapolis: A Young Professional's Guide (2008, 2010)
• ⚪️ The Life Science Lawyer (2009)
• 🔵 Prescription To My Younger Self: Lessons I Learned After Pharmacy School (2008)