Ralph Ekstrand

Ralph Ekstrand is celebrating his 27th year as Supervising Pharmacist and Principal of Moby Drugs in Farmingdale. The company, established in 1935, is comprised of a full service retail pharmacy as well as a long-term care pharmacy providing pharmaceutical services to agencies and nursing facilities.

Ralph is a member of the American Pharmaceutical Association, the Long Island Pharmaceutical Society, the National Association of Community Pharmacies and the Pharmaceutical Society of the State of New York.  He is a graduate of St. John’s University with a B.S. degree in Pharmacy.

Ralph Ekstrand is an active member of Farmingdale and the surrounding community.  For 10 years Ralph served as Assistant Cub Master and Cub Master of St. Killian’s Women’s Guild sponsored Cub Pack 57. He is an Eagle Scout and currently sits on the Eagle Scout Review Board for the Rough Rider District. He has been a member of the Bethpage Masonic Lodge for more than 25 years. Ralph is past President and Board member of the Farmingdale Breakfast Rotary Club and the Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce. He is Past Chairman of the Board and current Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Farmingdale United Methodist Church. He has served as a member of the Farmingdale Business District Improvement Committee and was a member of the Committee for the USGA/Chamber of Commerce for the U.S. Open 2002 at Bethpage State Park. Ralph was recognized by the Center for Developmental Disabilities, Inc. in 1995 (American Dreamer Award) and he received the Farmingdale Businessman of the Year Award in 1998. In 2002 Ralph received the Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow Award. In 2006 Ralph was given the Corporate Leadership Award by the Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island and the Farmingdale Republican Club Man of the Year award in 2007. Ralph has also served as a member of the Winning Beyond Winning Golf and Dinner Committees.