Alchemy - Issue 28 | Page 26

In brief New beginnings for Steve Marty Adjunct Associate Professor Steve Marty recently stepped down as chair of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Foundation (formerly the Victorian College of Pharmacy Foundation). Steve joined the board in 2011, taking the reins from the founding chair of the foundation, Alistair Lloyd, in 2013. Under his leadership, the foundation raised more than $3.5 million in philanthropic funds, primarily in support of the Alistair Lloyd Scholarship for Excellence and Leadership, and the Inhaled Oxytocin Project. Professor Bill Charman acknowledged Steve’s leadership and long association with the faculty, and thanked him for his contribution. “Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Steve has made an outstanding contribution to our profession, our faculty and the foundation. His talent, commitment and expertise have helped shape the professional landscape of pharmacy through governance, education and his philanthropic involvement. I thank him for his leadership and his work as chair of the foundation, and congratulate him on some outstanding results,” he said. 24 Professor Charman also thanked a number of departing board members for their service and contribution to the foundation’s success. “Since its inception in 2001, the foundation has raised over $13 million to support the education and research initiatives of the faculty. We owe much of this success to the commitment of our board Y[X