You can contact us using our online contact form or with the following information:
Iowa Board of Pharmacy
400 S.W. Eighth Street, Suite E
Des Moines, IA 50309-4688
515-281-5944
Our phone and fax numbers:
PHONE: (515) 281-5944
FAX: (515) 281-4609
Office Hours:
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed Saturday, Sunday, and official State Holidays
Board of Pharmacy Staff Contact Information
Andrew Funk, Executive Director
andrew.funk@iowa.gov
(515) 281-5944
Terry Witkowski, Executive Officer
terry.witkowski@iowa.gov
(515) 281-6676
Mitch Barnett, Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) - Associate Director
mitchell.barnett@iowa.gov
515-729-2465
Melissa Carstens, Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Administrator
melissa.carstens@iowa.gov
(515) 725-3492
Rebecca Carlson, Iowa Monitoring Program for Pharmacy Professionals (IMP3) Case Manager
rebecca.carlson@iowa.gov
(515) 725-2253
Amanda Woltz, Administrative Assistant
amanda.woltz@iowa.gov
(515) 281-6674
Licensing Specialists:
Sharon Smith
sharon.smith@iowa.gov
(515) 725-3487
CSA registrations and Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) support.
Deb McClure
deborah.mcclure@iowa.gov
(515) 242-5140
Resident and Nonresident Pharmacy Licensing and Nonresident PIC Registration
Susan Wennekamp
susan.wennekamp@iowa.gov
(515) 242-3272
Wholesale Distributor, 3PL, Outsourcing Facility, and Limited Distributor Licensing
Dakota Waltz
dakota.waltz@iowa.gov
515-725-3493
Technician and Technician Trainee Registration
Melanie Givens
melanie.givens@iowa.gov
(515) 281-5088
Intern Registration, Initial Pharmacist Licensure, Pharmacist Renewal, and Pharmacy Support Person Registration
Office Main Phone Line: 515-281-5944
Office Fax Machine: 515-281-4609
Lindsey Browning, Assistant Attorney General
Southeast Iowa
Curt Gerhold, R.Ph.
curtis.gerhold@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 310-8870
Territory: Appanoose, Benton, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Henry, Iowa, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Poweshiek, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington, and Wayne
North Central
Mark Mather, R.Ph.
mark.mather@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 929-8735
Territory: Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Howard, Linn, Mitchell, Worth, and Wright
Eastern Iowa
Jim Wolfe, R.Ph.
james.wolfe@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 929-6067
Territory: Allamakee, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fayette, Jackson, Jones, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott and Winneshiek
Southwest Iowa
Maggie Phelps, Pharm.D.
maggie.phelps@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: 712-320-2156
Territory: Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Fremont, Guthrie,Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby, Story, Taylor, Union, and Warren
Northwest Iowa
Cell Phone: 515-729-2462
Territory: Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Greene, Hancock, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, and Woodbury
Polk County
Curt Gerhold, R.Ph.
curtis.gerhold@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 310-8870
Zip Codes: 50310, 50312, and 50320
Mark Mather, R.Ph.
mark.mather@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 929-8735
Zip Codes: 50309, 50315, and 50316
Sue Mears, R.Ph.
sue.mears@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (515) 408-7824
Zip Codes: 50009, 50021, 50023, 50327, 50131, 50169, 50266, 50265, 50322 (Altoona, Ankeny, Pleasant Hill, Mitchellville, Johnston, Polk City, WDM 50265, Urbandale 50322)
Vacant
Cell Phone: 515-729-2462
Zip Codes: 50314, 50321, and 50111
Maggie Phelps, Pharm.D.
maggie.phelps@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: 712-320-2156
Zip Codes: 50266, 50325, 50323 (the zip codes that have overlap with Dallas Co. (West Des Moines, Clive, Urbandale 50323)
Jim Wolfe, R.Ph.
james.wolfe@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (319) 929-6067
Zip Codes: 50311, 50324, 50313, and 50317
Territory Assignment for Hospital Pharmacies, Compounding Pharmacies, and Nuclear Pharmacies
Divided by Interstate 35
Eastern Iowa
Britney Origer, Pharm.D.
britney.origer@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (515) 313-5195
Counties along Interstate 35 Division: Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hardin, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Marshall, Wayne, and Worth
Western Iowa
Jean M. Rhodes, R.Ph.
jean.rhodes@iowa.gov
Cell Phone: (515) 729-2461
Counties along Interstate 35 Division: Clarke, Decator, Hamilton, Hancock, Polk, Story, Warren, Winnebago, and Wright