Education Committee

The mission of the Education Committee is to continuously monitor and assess the relevance and value of NASP’s specialty pharmacy educational programs to specialty pharmacy industry professionals; ensure that a strong emphasis is placed on the patient’s experience across the entire specialty pharmacy care continuum including direct patient care and improving patient outcomes; and to identify and recommend new programs to be developed based on emerging therapies, medical innovation and changes in business practices that are consistent with the mission of the organization.

Meets: Quarterly via zoom with each workgroup providing updates on their activities. 

All Education Committee members are asked to join at least one workgroup: 

Education Committee Roster

Chair:

Board Liaisons:

Jordan Almazan, Magellan Rx Management/Prime Therapeutics
Angie Amado, Visante Inc.
Dianeysis Avendano, Memorial Healthcare
Andrew Babb, BioTek ReMEDys
Elizabeth Barnes, Atrium Health
Ashley Beatty, Visante
Elizabeth Bell, VtylOne
Meghann Bidarian, University of Kentucky Healthcare
Jeff Blake, Soleo Health
Lindsey Bolster, Shields Health Solutions
Healther Bonome, URAC
Lydia Borah, Walgreens
Richard Brook, Better Health Worldwide / NPRT
Lauren Bryant, CPS Solutions
Kanika Chandra, University of California
Elizabeth Cherry, Loopback Analytics
Sulisa Chow, Omnicell Specialty Pharmacy Services
Erin Cichonski, Atrium Specialty Pharmacy Services
Charles Collins, Healthcare Stakeholder Solutions
Ashley Diermeier, Inovalon
Gabrielle Do, Visante
James Dorociak, University of Illinois at Chicago
Lauren Downing, Atrium Health
Bonnie Dugie, VtylOne
Emily Eastman, UK Specialty Pharmacy
Amy Ehlers, Nufactor
Kirby Eng, OutcomeRx
Sally Fahoum, SandsRx LLC
Thomas Fenstermacher, CPS Solutions, LLC
Gale Fraser, Atrium Health
Melissa Gabriel, Saint Luke’s Advanced Care Pharmacy
Caroline Giradeau, ACHC
Sheila Haidar, Stanford Health Care
Allyson Hess, Geisinger
Amanda Hickman, CPS Solutions
Samantha Hogan, UNC Health
Jill Honhera, CPS Solutions
Leah Hopkins, CPS Solutions, LLC
Ethan Huynh, Sphinx Strategies, LLC
Laura Jester, Navitus Health Solutions, LLC
Praneetha Kadari, Orsini Specialty Pharmacy
Amanuel Kehasse, Clearway Health
Matthew Kendle, Specialty by Birdi
Heysel Lam, Wake Forest Baptist Health
Kelly Lee, RBS Solutions LLC
Tim L’Hommedieu, Plenful
Dylan Lindsay, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Deb Loughman, CPS Solutions – Therigy Division
Kathryn Markus, St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Corrie Masoni, Cencora
Grant McGuffey, UAB Health System
Regan McIntosh, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Darren McLane, Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy
Tim McLeroy, Noble International
Nicholas Meza, Quarles & Brady LLP
Christina Michalek, ISMP
Nicole Miracle, UK Specialty Pharmacy and Infusion Services
Katie Moore, Intermountain Health
Jennifer Morrison, Lumicera Health Services, LLC
Michael Nameth, Blink Health
Zainab Nazary, Cigna
Nick Negri
Melissa Nelson, Fairview Pharmacy Services
Anne Nelson, Omnicell Specialty Pharmacy Services
Stacey Ness, Managed Health Care Associates (MHA)
Jess Noble, The Ohio State University Outpatient Pharmacy
Kyle Osborne, Atrium Health
Jill Paslier, Specia
Jayna Patel, CPS Solutions, LLC
Elena Patestos, Geisinger
Tallie Pederson, Walgreen Co.
Angela Pepin, PromptCare
Laura Petry, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tiffany Phung, UC Davis
Courtney Queen, UK Specialty Pharmacy and Infusion Services
Anna Raheem, Hercules Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Danielle Remele, Steel City Pharmacy Solutions, LLC
Craig Riccardo, Senderra Specialty Pharmacy
Cynthia Robbins, MHA Inc.
Maria Roberts, VytlOne
John Robicsek, Atrium Health Specialty Pharmacy Service
Rachel Ross, UNC Health
Marci Saknini, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Specialty Pharmacy
Kali Sassack, CenterWell Specialty Pharmacy
Advit Shah, CPS Solutions, LLC
Rushabh Shah, UNC Health
Lisa Siefert, Soleo Health
Vic Simianu, Sphinx Strategies
Michelle Smith, Pfizer
Marcy Snell, Pharmacy Advantage
Karen Spano, ACHC
Jeron Speaks, Atrium Health
Mei Tang, Two Trees Consulting
Sarah Thornton, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Jerry Usher, Omnicell
Helen Okidegbe Uwajrh, AcariaHealth
Jessica Walker, Consultant
Jonathan Weil, CPS Solutions
Tian Wells, Carle Specialty Pharmacy
Katie Wenstrom, Meijer
Kristen Whelchel, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Specialty Pharmacy
Holly Wieneke, Inovalon
Shannon Wiley, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Kelli Wyant, Amber Specialty Pharmacy
Keri Wyatt, Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy Services
Angela Yorke, Value Specialty Pharmacy

Committee members as of March 6, 2026.