The Ray Symposium honors
Max D. Ray, MS, PharmD, and former Dean of WesternU College of Pharmacy. As Professor and Dean, from 1996-2006, he created a stimulating educational environment that fostered excellence and professionalism.

Brian D. Smedley, PhD, is research director and co-founder of The Opportunity Agenda (www.opportunityagenda.org), a communications, research and policy organization that works across social justice issues to build public support for greater opportunity in America. He is also co-editor of “All Things Being Equal: Instigating Opportunity in an Inequitable Time,” published by the New Press. He previously served in the Division of Health Sciences Policy as Study Director for the Institute of Medicine reports “In the Nation’s Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce” and “Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.”