PQA Board of Directors

PQA’s Board represents a diverse group of thought leaders and experts in healthcare, who understand how medication optimization improves patient outcomes and supports a value-based care system. Covering the healthcare spectrum, their expertise helps PQA advance the safe and appropriate use of medicines. The Board is composed of up to 25 individuals representing all of PQA’s membership sectors:

• Community Pharmacy
• Health Plans, Health Systems, Alliances and Pharmacy Benefits Managers
• Pharmaceutical Industry Organizations
• Health Technology Solutions and Data Analytics
• Healthcare Quality and Standards Organizations
• Government Agencies
• Associations, Foundations and Research Institutions
• Universities and Academic Institutions

The Board meets four times a year during the following months: February, May (in conjunction with the PQA Annual Meeting), September and November (in conjunction with the PQA Leadership Summit).

Executive Committee

• Michael Duteau, RPh
  Chair
  Noble Health Services
• Michael Taday, PharmD, MBA
  Vice-Chair
  Humana, Inc. 
• Vikki Ahern, MAS, CHC
  Secretary
  Magellan Rx Management
• Susan Cantrell, RPh, CAE 
  Treasurer
  AMCP
• Rick Gates, RPh
  Member at Large
  Walgreens
• Jerry Penso, MD, MBA
  Immediate Past Chair
  AMGA
• Micah Cost, PharmD, MS
  Ex Officio Member
  Pharmacy Quality Alliance

Board Members

• Amina Abubakar, PharmD, AAHIVP
  Avant Pharmacy & Wellness Center
  (representing CPESN USA)
• Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil
  Anthem, Inc.
• Ilisa Bernstein, PharmD, JD, FAPhA
  American Pharmacists Association
• Christie R. Boutte, PharmD, RPh
  National Association of Chain Drug Stores
• Ceci Connolly
  Alliance of Community Health Plans
• Lou Dallago
  Pfizer, Inc.
• Laurin Dixon, PharmD
  Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
• J.W. Hill, MBAHCM, CNED
  NCPDP
• Sharon K. Jhawar, PharmD, MBA, BCGP
  SCAN Health Plan
• Jeffrey A. Kelman, MD, MMSc
  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Jim Kirby, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA
  Kroger
• Linda Garrelts MacLean, BPharm, RPh, FACA, FNAP 
  Community Pharmacy Foundation and Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals Sciences
• Bhavesh Modi, RPh
  Healthfirst
• Brian Nightengale, RPh, PhD
  Good Neighbor Pharmacy, AmerisourceBergen 
• Matt Osterhaus, BSPh, FASCP, FAPhA
  Osterhaus Pharmacy
  (representing National Community Pharmacists Association)
• Tricia Lee Rolle, PharmD, MS, PhD 
  Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
• Jason M. Spangler, MD, MPH, FACPM
  Amgen Inc.
• Harry Travis, B.S. Pharm, MBA
  CVS Caremark at CVS Health
  

Board Liaisons

Alan Balch, PhD 
Patient Advocate Foundation

Michelle Ketcham, PharmD, MBA 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services