Frank North, Pharm.D., M.P.A., R.Ph. is an Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, and is National President of the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA). He earned the Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Texas Southern University (TSU) in Houston, Texas.

He is a licensed pharmacist, registered in Texas and the District of Columbia and is certified in pharmacist immunization-delivery, Point-Of-Care-Testing, and Medication Therapy Management. Frank obtained a B.S. in Biology and M.P.A. from TSU, and a Certificate of Business Entrepreneurship – Technology Transfer. Dr. North worked as a community pharmacy technician then pharmacist, hospital pharmacist and founded Frank North and Associates, LLC.

Dr. North served the Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA) Board of Directors and serves the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists JEDI Task Force, American Pharmacists Association (APhA) House of Delegates – NPhA Delegate. He has completed the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacist Diplomate Pharmacy Leadership Academy, the American Society for Pharmacy and Law Diplomate program, the Houston Black Leadership Institute, Higher Education Leadership Foundation Institute, and ASHP/University of Kentucky Teaching Certificate for Pharmacists. Dr. North is a life member of NPhA, Phi Delta Chi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Dr. North is currently completing the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Urban Higher Education at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. His mission and purpose are to achieve and maintain just and equitable representation among underrepresented minoritized groups with emphasis on African Americans/Blacks and Black men. He is a 4th generation Houston, graduate of Houston’s first high school to education Black students, Booker T. Washington, a recipient of the TAMU IPER Teaching Excellence Award, TPA Distinguished Service Award, and Houston Business Journal’s 2022 40 under 40 Award.