Letters for Your Next Act

Navigating a Purposeful Retirement

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The latest in ASHP’s Letters series, Letters for Your Next Act shares advice and insight from 31 distinguished pharmacists who are retired or contemplating retirement. Each letter provides an account of professional and personal journeys, important career decisions, and the many paths one may take toward retirement.  

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The latest in ASHP’s Letters series, Letters for Your Next Act shares advice and insight from 31 distinguished pharmacists who are retired or contemplating retirement. Each letter provides an account of professional and personal journeys, important career decisions, and the many paths one may take toward retirement.  

A variety of retirement experiences covers topics such as  

  • Financial planning for retirement 
  • Deciding when is the “right time” to retire 
  • What a “meaningful” retirement may look like  
  • Pivoting when retirement plans change 
  • How to stay involved with the profession in retirement 
  • And much more 

Letters for Your Next Act joins the ASHP series of personal letters books created to inspire pharmacists through all stages of their professional journey.  

Additional Letters series titles: 

  • Letters to a Young Pharmacist  
  • Letters from Rising Pharmacy Stars  
  • Letters from Pharmacy Residents  
  • Letters from Women in Pharmacy  
  • Letters from Pharmacy Preceptors   
  • Letters from Leaders in Pharmacy 

Sara J. White, MS, FASHP

Sara J. White is a retired Director of Pharmacy from Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and a primary faculty member for the ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Academy. She is a past ASHP President and Harvey A.K. Whitney Award Winner.

 

Susan Teil Boyer, RPh, MS, FASHP

Susan Teil Boyer is currently a Senior Consultant with ASHP Consulting Services and serves as a primary faculty member for the ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Academy. She is a past member of the ASHP Board of Directors.

 

Bruce E. Scott, MS, FASHP

Bruce E. Scott is a retired Healthcare Executive from EnvisionRx and EnvisionPharmacies, and a former faculty member for the ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Academy. He is a past ASHP President and Harvey A.K. Whitney Award Winner.