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William Schimmel

William Schimmel

Secretary

William Schimmel is the Executive Director and CEO of PTCB. In this role, he builds upon PTCB's strong foundation and leads the organization to advance patient care through the credentialing of pharmacy technicians and by recognizing the essential work done by the more than 280,000 active PTCB-Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhTs) nationwide who support the mission every day.

Under Schimmel’s leadership, PTCB has launched more than 10 new credentials, including the Advanced Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT-Adv) which now includes more than 1,000 pharmacy technicians. He is particularly proud of the high retention rate (~80%) of PTCB CPhTs who maintain their certifications, further strengthening PTCB’s mission. Schimmel’s impact extends to the internal team as well; in 2020, PTCB received awards for employee engagement (most employee recognition and highest happiness scores) from the TINYpulse® platform. He has also led the staff in expanding our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts by activating three internal task forces to review our policies and procedures, ensure that they align with our mission and honor our core values, and implement them throughout the organization. In 2022, Schimmel was named a distinguished recipient of the Stephen Crawford Workforce Development and Innovation Medal as part of the American National Standards Institute's Leadership and Service Awards. 
 
Before assuming the role of Executive Director and CEO, Schimmel amassed more than 15 years of leadership experience building and maintaining certification programs. He was PTCB Associate Executive Director (AED) for 7 years and served as Interim Executive Director for a time. In these roles, he renewed PTCB’s National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) accreditation twice, insourced exam development functions, enhanced customer experience for PTCB CPhTs, and launched a multi-phased research effort to examine PTCB Certification outcomes. 

Prior to joining PTCB, he was Vice President of Development and Evaluation for the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence where he engineered the development of 12 computer-based assessments. He was a Manager in the Telecommunications, Media, and Entertainment sector at Accenture for 5 years. Schimmel earned a BS in computer science from Loyola University in Baltimore.