Speakers
120+ Speakers — The Leaders Running Pharmacy Today
The lineup at Becker’s Spring Chief Pharmacy Officer Summit reflects the people making decisions inside pharmacy departments right now. It includes Chief Pharmacy Officers, VPs, and senior pharmacy leaders responsible for workforce, growth, and financial performance. This is one of the few events where more Chief Pharmacy Officers are in the room than at any other conference. The same leaders you benchmark against are the ones on stage.
About the Conference
Speakers come to be part of the conversations you need to be in
The roster is built around one question: who does this audience need in the conversation? Speakers are selected based on the decisions they own, the systems they run, and the peers they work alongside.
Over 90% of the speaker lineup is health system leaders and executives.
Featured Speakers
Will Carroll, PharmD, FACHE
Chief Pharmacy Officer, Sutter Health
Melanie D. Joe, PharmD, MPA, FCSHP
Chief Pharmacy Officer, UCI Health; Associate Director and Founding Associate Dean, Pharmacy Professional Affairs, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine
Matthew Rim, PharmD, MS, FASHP
Chief Pharmacy Officer, Northwestern Medicine
Nishaminy Kasbekar, BS, PharmD, CPEL, FASHP
Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA
Vice President, Pharmacy, Emory University
Karen McConnell, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, FCCP, CPEL, BCPS
Chief Pharmacy Officer, University of Michigan Health
Kate Schaafsma, PharmD, MS, MBA, FASHP
CPO, Rush System for Health
Girish Kaimal, PharmD, MBA, FACHE
Vice President, Pharmacy, Parkview Health
Speaker Lineup
Explore the full 2027 speaker lineup
Browse and explore all 120+ confirmed speakers across the program.
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Affeldt | Vice President, Specialty and Infusion Operations | Fairview Pharmacy Solutions |
| Victoria Agbetor-Fumey | Director, Outpatient Pharmacy Services | Redeemer Health System |
| Waseem Akhtar | Sr Financial Manager | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Ronnah Alexander | Chief Pharmacy Officer | Regional Health Care Affiliates, Health First Community Health Center |
| Luis Alfonso | Director, Pharmacy Services, Jackson North Medical Center | Jackson Health System |
| Brett Benfield | Vice President, Infusion Consulting Services | Fairview Pharmacy Solutions |
| Tanya Bolte | Market Director, Pharmacy | ScionHealth |
| Lisa Boothby | Director, Pharmacy | Ochsner Medical Center |
| DeJuan Branch | Director, Pharmacy Services | Bon Secours – Richmond Community Hospital |
| Kathryn Brown | Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | Kaiser Permanente Enterprise Pharmacy |
| Madeline Camejo | Vice President, Pharmacy Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer | Baptist Health South Florida |
| Thomas Carey | Incoming Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer | UCSF Health |
| Will Carroll | Chief Pharmacy Officer | Sutter Health |
| Melissa Chase | Director of Pharmacy | Valley Childrens Hospital |
| Regina Chipman-Ashley | Director, Pharmacy Procurement | Novant Health |
| Heather Conner | Pharmacy Manager | John Muir Health |
| David Coriale | Director, Pharmacy | Finger Lakes Health |
| Melanie Crass | System Director, Ambulatory Care & Retail Pharmacy Services | Ascension Illinois |
| Kelley Curtis | Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President, Pharmacy and Lab COE | St. Luke's Health System |
| Daniel Dangler | Associate Vice President, Strategic Sourcing, Pharmacy | Advocate Health |
| Nilesh Desai | Chief Pharmacy Officer | University of Miami Health System |
| Tom Dilworth | Assistant Vice President, Pharmacy Clinical Services | Advocate Health |
| Susan Downard | Senior Director, Clinical Drug Management and Pharmacy Benefits Programs | Ascension Rx |
| Ping Du | V.P. Pharmacy | BAYLOR SCOTT WHITE HEALTH |
| Janelle Duran | System Pharmacy Manager, Formulary and Drug Policy | CommonSpirit Health |
| John Feucht II | Vice President, Provider and Ambulatory Administration | Summa Health |
| Jessica Fischer | Director, Ambulatory Pharmacy Services | Nationwide Children’s Hospital |
| Wade Flowers | Director of Pharmacy | Bingham Healthcare |
| Kari Ford | Director, Pharmacy | Saint Anthony Hospital |
| Samantha Ford | Director, Pharmacy | Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Jacksonville |
| Jorge J. García | Strategy, Corporate Pharmacy Clinical Enterprise, Baptist Health South Florida; Founder and Principal | Patagonia Healthcare |
| Shabnam Gaskari | Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President, Clinical Services | Stanford Medicine Children's Health |
| Nick Gazda | Executive Director, Specialty Infusion and Oncology, Cone Health; Associate Professor, Clinical Education | UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy |
| Maja Gift | Vice President, Pharmacy | Tampa General Hospital |
| Daniel Good | VP Pharmacy | Mercy |
| Venessa Goodnow | AVP & CPO | Jackson Health System |
| Nicole Green | Director, Ambulatory Pharmacy | ThedaCare |
| Kristi Gullickson | VP Pharmacy Operations | Allina Health |
| Kelly Guza | Vice President, Enterprise Pharmacy | Geisinger Health System |
| Jose Guzman Garcia | Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, Acute Care | UC Davis Health |
| Eboney Hadnott | Network Director, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Services | Hackensack Meridian Health |
| Seth Hartman | Vice President, Clinical Applications & Chief Pharmacy Information Officer | UChicago Medicine |
| Andre D. Harvin | Chief Pharmacy Officer | University of Maryland Medical System |
| Ryan Haumschild | Vice President, Pharmacy | Emory University |
| Jennifer Henry | Director, Pharmacy Operational Services, Pharmacy Shared Services | Memorial Hospital West, Memorial Healthcare System |
| Travis Hunerdosse | Regional Chief Pharmacy Officer | Loyola Medicine |
| Andrea Jarzyniecki | Executive Director, Pharmacy | Archbold Medical Center |
| Melanie D. Joe | Chief Pharmacy Officer, UCI Health; Associate Director and Founding Associate Dean, Pharmacy Professional Affairs | School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine |
| Christopher Jones | Director, Pharmacy Operations | Advocate Health |
| Alicia Juska | Director, Pharmacy | Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital |
April 21–22, 2027 · Swissotel Chicago
See the Speakers Live And Continue the Conversation After
Every session is open to every attendee. After the session, speakers are in the hallway, at receptions, and at roundtables. That's where the real conversations happen.