Anne L. Burns, BSPharm, RPh, is the former Vice President of Professional Affairs, at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) where she was responsible for the Association’s strategic practice initiatives focused on advancing pharmacists’ patient care services in team-based care delivery models, as well as collaboration with other health care practitioners, health care quality, and payment for pharmacists' services. She led the Association’s practice activities on pain management and the opioid crisis, and also worked on APhA’s medication management, health IT, medication safety, and credentialing and privileging programs. She currently serves as the APhA representative on the National Advisory Board for the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, the National Academy of Medicine Opioid Action Collaborative Pain Management , and is Chair of the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Workgroup on Professional Service Claims and Codes.

Ms. Burns joined APhA in 1997. Prior to APhA, she served on the faculty at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Pharmacy. She received her BS in pharmacy from OSU and completed the Wharton Executive Management Program for Pharmacy Leaders.