Claps to be honored
The Civic Federation and Motorola Solutions Foundation have announced the 2014 Excellence in Public Service honoree: Rocco Claps, director of the Illinois Department of Human Rights.
The award recognizes a non-elected government official who has had an extraordinary impact on the quality of state and local government services in Illinois.
Claps is the longest-serving director of the Illinois Department of Human Rights in the agency's history, and is the first openly gay cabinet official in Illinois history. He was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2013 for his work in the LGBT community and his career in public service.
The award will be presented Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe St., with a coffee reception beginning at 8 a.m., followed by breakfast and the award program at 8:30 a.m.
Tickets are $65 ( individual )-$600 ( table ); call 312-553-2000.
Burgess elected to pharma board
Philip P. Burgess, MBA, DPh, RPh, was elected to serve a three-year member term, representing District 4, on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® ( NABP® ) during the Association's 110th Annual Meeting in Phoenix.
Burgess, a gay philanthropist from Chicago, has been a member of the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy since 2002 and is currently serving in his fifth term as chair of the Board. As president of Philip Burgess Consulting, LLC, in Chicago, he assists health-care clients with regulatory issues and implementing technology to improve patient care.
Prior to his consulting role, Burgess spent more than 40 years in a variety of roles at Walgreen Company, including a decade as the chain's national director of pharmacy affairs.