Board Members

Craig is the owner of Sartin’s Discount Drugs in Gulfport, Mississippi, which he founded in 1983. In 1988, Craig opened one of the first Mississippi home infusion centers, Sartin’s Vital Care, and opened Burnham’s Vital Care in Moss Point, MS, with a partner in 2001. Craig has been a partner owner in Diamondhead Discount Drugs and the Sartin-Duran Drug Company both in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Craig has practiced pharmacy in a variety of other settings including serving as Director of Pharmacy for Pearl River Hospital, Director of Pharmacy of Sand Hill CPC Hospital, founding a nursing home consultant group, and serving as Pharmacist-in-Charge for Canon Hospice and others.  Craig is the founding member of “The Ole Miss Group.” This group of 19 retail locations actively utilizes purchasing power to insure the viability of independent pharmacy in South Mississippi.  Craig has been active with many pharmacy and community associations. He currently serves on the Cardinal National Retail Advisory Board and the Ole Miss Pharmacy Dean’s Advisory Board. He has been an Ole Miss Pharmacy Preceptor for over 20 years and precepts for William Carey, Creighton University and others. Craig graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1979 with a B.S. in Pharmacy. He has been married to Linda Sartin for 38 years and has 2 children, Evan Sartin, PharmD, and Whitney Sartin.  Craig has resided in Long Beach, Mississippi, for 40 years.

Sunflower County, Mississippi, has been my home for most of life.  I graduated from North Sunflower Academy in 1974, attended the University of Mississippi, and completed my B. S. degree in Pharmacy at Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy in 1980. I have owned two independent retail pharmacies - Gilbow’s Drug Store in Drew and GNP Pharmacy in Belzoni – and briefly practiced in several chain pharmacies. After selling both retail pharmacies, I am currently the Director of Pharmacy at North Sunflower Medical Center, where I have overseen both the retail and hospital pharmacies for 11 years.  More recently, I serve as a preceptor for pharmacy students at the University of Mississippi, William Carey, and McWhorter Schools of Pharmacy. My wife, Erin Gilbow, and I live in Indianola. We are active members of Indianola First United Methodist Church. Our three children, Reed Gilbow, M.D., Liz Thomas, Pharm. D., and Lesley Moore, BSN, are all health care professionals and have given us seven grandchildren.

Tony Waits is a 1989 graduate of The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. He is the owner of Hudson Drugs in Prentiss, Mississippi, which he purchased with his brother and where he has worked since 1990. At the age of 14, Tony worked for his uncle’s pharmacy in Sumrall. There, he learned the value and importance of the practice of pharmacy as it related to a community. Tony believes a community pharmacist is the most accessible healthcare provider for citizens. Tony currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Pearl River Community College and the Board of Directors of the Baptist Medical Dental Mission International and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association Tony and his wife, Tracy, live in Prentiss. Together, they enjoy leading short-term medical and construction teams to Honduras and Guatemala. Tony is looking forward to being of service to the citizens and pharmacists of Mississippi as a Board member.

I have been a retail pharmacist for 29 years. Currently, I own three independent pharmacies and one clinic which include Howell & Heggie Drug Co. in Durant (where I grew up), Quick Care Pharmacy and Clinic in Grenada and Sullivan’s Drugs and Gifts in Kosciusko, which my father-in-law, Ronnie Sullivan, opened in 1968. I received my B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Mississippi in 1993. I served a previous term on the Board of Pharmacy from 2008-2013. I am also a charter board member of the Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association. I would say that my priorities are faith, family, and pharmacy. It has been my honor to serve on the board of Complete in Christ ministries since its conception in 2003. A great joy of mine has been serving with my sons on mission trips to the Dominican Republic where we conduct baseball camps as a means of sharing the Gospel. My wife, Christy, and I have been married for thirty-one years and have lived in Kosciusko for the last twenty-seven of those years. We have four children, Ben and his wife Riley, Sam, Wes, and Kate.

Patti Hawkins, PharmD,  340B ACE, is currently the System Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services and 340B at North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS) in Tupelo, MS.  She leads the strategic pharmacy initiatives in infusion, oncology, home infusion, specialty and retail pharmacy, and 340B programs for the system hospitals.  Patti graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and has spent her career in health system pharmacy in various capacities. During her tenure at NMHS, she has managed areas of institutional pharmacy services including acute care, surgery, ambulatory care, oncology, sterile prep services, USP 800 and 797 compliance, and drug distribution.  She also has experience with the payer environment, contracting, drug shortage management, 503B compounding, drug diversion risk reduction and patient assistance programs.  Patti is involved in state and national pharmacy organizations and has served on numerous committees and advisory groups.  Over her career, she has presented and published on various aspects of institutional pharmacy and enterprise pharmacy business models.  Patti also holds national certification credentials for 340B.