Meet the Speakers Headlining

Becker’s Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit

Our event roster includes 65+ elite hospital and health system speakers. Join the movers and shakers of the industry in these important discussions.


Michael Phelps
Gold Medalist and Mental Health Advocate

Venus Williams
4-Time Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur and Founder - V Starr and Happy Hiking, New York Times Bestselling Author, 'Come to Win' & 'Strive', Philanthropist
Legendary Tennis Champion: 7-Time Grand Slam Singles Champion, 5-Time Wimbledon Champion

Raymond Antypas
PharmD, MPH, BCSCP
Manager, Pharmacy Operations
Advocate Health

Hillary Blackburn
PharmD, MBA
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Dispensary of Hope, ministry of Ascension

Madeline Camejo
PharmD
Vice President, Pharmacy Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer
Baptist Health South Florida

Scott Cardona
BSPharm
Assistant Director, Inpatient Pharmacy
Denver Health

Will Carroll
PharmD, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health;
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Noelle Chapman
PharmD, MBA
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
UCSF Health

Kelley A. Curtis
BS, PharmD, MBA
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
St. Luke’s Health System

Janjri Desai
PharmD, MBA, DPLA
Executive Director, Pharmacy Services
Stanford Health Care

Nilesh Desai
RPh
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Baptist Health System

Ping Du
PharmD, JD, MBA CIBE
Vice President, Pharmacy
Baylor Scott & White Health

Darra Edwards
PharmD, MSOL/HCM, BCPS, BCCCP
Corporate Director, Pharmacy 340B Programs
Prime Healthcare

Jeremy Espeut
PharmD, MBA
Corporate Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Resident
Baptist Health Clinical Pharmacy Enterprise

Darren Evans
PharmD, MPH, MHA
System Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Phoebe Putney Health System

Scott Freeswick
MS, PharmD
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Viraj Gandhi
Chief Executive Officer
Medivant Healthcare

Seth Gazes
Associate Vice President, Pharmacy Strategy and Planning
Geisinger

Danielle Griggs
PharmD, MBA, MS
Chief Pharmacy Officer
UVA Health

Brian G. Swift
PharmD, MBA
Enterprise Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Carmen Gust
PharmD, BCPS, DPLA ,340B ACE
Pharmacy Manager
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Ascension

Amy Gutierrez
PharmD, CPEL
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Clinical Associate Professor
University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Kelly S. Guza
PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Associate Vice President, Acute Care Pharmacy Services, Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacy, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Enterprise Pharmacy
Geisinger

Seth Hartman
PharmD, MBA
Vice President, Clinical Applications and Chief Pharmacy Information Officer
UChicago Medicine

Andre D. Harvin
PharmD, MS, MBA
Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Cone Health

Christopher A. Hatwig
MS, RPh, FASHP
President
Apexus

Camille Hill
PharmD
Vice President, Oncology Pharmacy Services
West Cancer Center and Research Institute

Travis Hunerdosse
PharmD, MBA
Regional Director, Pharmacy Services
Loyola Medicine

Matthew Jenkins
PharmD, MS, CPEL, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
VCU Health System

Melanie Joe
PharmD, MPA, FCSHP
Chief Pharmacy Officer, UCI Health;
Associate Director and Founding Associate Dean, Pharmacy Professional Affairs, University of California, Irvine, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Alicia Juska
PharmD, BCPS
Director, Pharmacy
Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital

Girish Kaimal
PharmD, MBA, FACHE
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Marshfield Clinic Health System

Todd Karpinski
PharmD
Chief Pharmacy Officer and System Vice President, Hospital Administration
WVU Medicine

Nishaminy Kasbekar
BS, PharmD, FASHP
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Kristen M. Kruszewski
PharmD, MBA, BCSCP
Director, Pharmacy Channel Strategy
Geisinger

Jonathan Lakamp
PharmD, BCPS
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Mercy

Bonnie Levin
PharmD, MBA, FASHP
Vice President, Pharmacy Services
MedStar Health

Joy Liu
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Plenful

Mark Makhinson
PharmD
Senior Director, Outpatient Pharmacy
Mount Sinai Health System

Susan Mashni
PharmD
Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
Mount Sinai Health System

Karen McConnell
PharmD, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS
System Vice President, Pharmacy Enterprise and Chief Pharmacy Officer
CommonSpirit Health

Lacie McKamey
PharmD, BCIDP, DPLA
Clinical Pharmacy Outcomes Manager
Novant Health

Ryan Mezinger
RPh, CPEL
Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
MetroHealth

LeeAnn Miller
PharmD, MS
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
Yale New Haven Health

Keith Mueller
PhD
Director, Rural Policy Research Institute, Health Management and Policy Department
University of Iowa

Scott Naples
PharmD
Regional Pharmacy Director, South and West Markets, Retail Pharmacy
University Hospitals

Edith Okolo
PharmD, Rph
Director, Pharmacy
Cedar Crest Hospital

Adetoro Oriaifo
PharmD, MBA, CHCEF, 340B ACE
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Total Health Care, Inc.

Quan Pho
PharmD, CPh, MBA, FACHE
Senior Director, Pharmacy
Advent Health

Lisa Polinsky
RPh, MBA
Vice President, Pharmacy and Respiratory Services
LifeBridge Health

William Pong
PharmD, MBA
Regional Executive Director Pharmacy and Infusion Services
AdventHealth System

Joshua Prostek
PharmD, FACHE
Vice President, ThedaCare at Work
ThedaCare

Jerry Rebo
PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCCCP, DPLA
Director, Pharmacy Value and Outcomes
Novant Health

Kuldip R. Patel
PharmD, FASHP
Senior Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer
Duke University Health System

Jawad N. Saleh
PharmD, MCSO, B.S.PHM., BCPS, BCCCP
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Operations and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Director of Global Pharmacy, GMHED, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Clinical Professor, St. John's University College of Pharmacy

Wafa Samara
PharmD
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
City of Hope

Denise Scarpelli
PharmD, MBA
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
University of Chicago

Bhavesh Shah
RPh, BCOP
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
Boston Medical Center

Deborah Simonson
PharmD
Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Ochsner Health System

Joshua Smallwood
PharmD
Director, Pharmacy Informatics
Appalachian Regional Healthcare

Chad Smith
Associate Vice President, Pharmacy Operations
Aurora Health Care

Tracey Spangenberg
Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer
UCSD Health

Kim Spencer
PharmD, MHA, BCPS
Chief Pharmacy Officer
SSM Health

Onisis Stefas
PharmD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Vivo Health, Northwell Health

Derek Szesny
PharmD, MPH, BCGP
Division Vice President of Pharmacy Enterprise
ScionHealth

Trish Tanner
DPh, MBA, FABC
Vice President, Pharmacy Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer
Ballad Health

Martin J. Torres
PharmD, FCSHP
Director of Pharmacy, Quality, Safety, Education, and Research
UC Irvine Medical Center

Troy Trygstad
Vice President, Pharmacy Provider Partnerships
Community Care of North Carolina

Nick Van Gompel
PharmD
Vice President, Pharmacy Supply Chain
Advocate Health

Kelsey Waier
PharmD
Director, Pharmacy Enterprise Systems
UCSF Health

Mark Walsh
PharmD
Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic

Jahred Washington
PharmD
Director, Pharmacy Finance
University of California San Francisco Medical Center

Charlie Waters
PharmD, MBA
System Vice President, Pharmacy Services
ECU Health

Ameet S. Wattamwar
Director, Health System Strategy
Shields Health Solutions

Matthew Webber
PharmD, 340B ACE
Director, Pharmacy Business
Novant Health

Kersten Weber Tatarelis
PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FASHP, FACHE
Vice President, Pharmacy Enterprise Clinical Operations
Advocate Health