John Miall
John Miall serves as
special consultant to the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation. He began his consulting business, Miall
Consulting, in 2005 after retiring as the Director of Risk Management for the
City of Asheville, NC where he served for 30 years. He served as the Director of Risk Management for the
City of
As Director of Risk Management, Miall held major operational and budget responsibility for city-wide self-funded liability programs including $16million program for general, auto, public officials, law enforcement, and dams liability; $10 million annual group benefits program; $2million worker's compensation program; and four separate retirement programs, two of them self-funded and self-administered.
Miall was made an Honorary Member of American Pharmacists Association
in 2000 and he was named a “Benny”
Award Winner recognizing his innovative work in Employee Benefits by Employee
Benefit News in 2003. He was named Risk Manager of the Year in 2004 by
the Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA). He has been recognized as the Hoyt Abney Community Service Award for the
Asheville Community for 2005. Miall is a graduate of
Miall is highly sought internationally as a speaker and presenter on risk management and health care innovations. In his capacity with the APhA Foundation, John Miall will assist the APhA Foundation in expanding the highly successfully work of the Asheville Project to more cities and employers around the country. The APhA Foundation has expertise in designing programs to manage the cost and improve the outcomes associated with chronic disease by aligning the incentives for all stakeholders. Miall will also assist with the implementation and management of these programs and serve as a resource to benefit managers and employers who choose to participate.