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Board approves request to raise executive officer salary band, delegates final negotiation to president
Summary
The California State Board of Pharmacy voted to ask DCA and CalHR to move the executive officer exempt level to 'none' and to set a salary band with a top of up to 10% above the current monthly salary; the board delegated negotiation authority to its president.
The California State Board of Pharmacy on June 20 voted to request a change in the executive officer classification and salary band and delegated final negotiation authority to the board president.
Ricardo Sanchez, public member, moved that the board “delegate to the board president to submit request to the Department of California Consumer Affairs and CalHR to change exempt level of the board's executive officer position to none, specify a salary range for the EO position with a monthly minimum equal to the EO's current monthly salary and a monthly maximum equal to the current monthly salary plus up to 10% and increase the monthly salary of the current executive officer to an amount equal to the current monthly salary plus up to 10%.” Maria Serpa, Enforcement and Compounding Committee chair, seconded the motion.
Board members spoke in support of the request and described the justification as parity with comparable positions and recognition of sustained performance. Maria Serpa said the board has “not been able to adequately support salary increase” in prior years and expressed “strong support” for the motion. Olivia (last name not specified), Chief of DCA’s Office of Human Resources, explained that changing the classification to a “none” level gives the board more flexibility in setting a salary band and noted most recent increases approved by CalHR have been in the 5–10% range.
The board then voted; members recorded in the transcript voted “yes” (Trevor Chandler, Renee Barker, Jeff Hughes, KK Jha, Claudia Mercado, Jay Newell, Ricardo Sanchez, Satinder Sandhu, Maria Serpa, Nicole Tibo, President Seung Oh). The motion passed and the president was authorized to work with DCA and CalHR consistent with the motion’s parameters.
Public comment in support preceded the vote. Steven Gray, who identified himself as a pharmacy professional, urged approval and urged the board to emphasize the breadth of responsibilities the Board of Pharmacy executive oversees relative to other health licensing boards.
The action sends a formal request to the Department of Consumer Affairs and the California Department of Human Resources; any final salary change remains subject to DCA and CalHR review and approval. The board indicated staff would prepare a more detailed justification for submission, including examples of the executive officer’s statewide and national responsibilities.
