Miekeleen Hart, ’79 BSPh, founder and CEO of MDK Consulting LLC, which provides strategy development and implementation consulting services to health care companies considering or executing new commercial models, is a recent recipient of the UI College of Pharmacy’s Distinguished Alumni Award.

Prior to founding MDK Consulting LLC, Hart worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 26 years, primarily in positions with Eli Lilly and Company and Merck and Company Inc. 

The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to annually to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the theory and practice of pharmacy or have demonstrated major accomplishments in a professional pharmacy practice, or in pharmaceutical research and development.

Awardees have managed or directed organizations that have made noteworthy national or international contributions to the pharmacy profession. They have contributed truly exceptional service to their community, the college, the profession, or the public.

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy educates the next generation of leaders in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences through discovery and growth, building excellence, and achieving outcomes that matter.