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

• Jamie Chan, PharmD
  Chair
  Blue Shield of California
• Jerry Penso, MD, MBA
  Vice Chair
  American Medical Group Association
• Vikki Ahern, MAS, CHC
  Secretary
  Magellan Rx Management
• Anne Burns, BSPharm, RPh
  Treasurer
  American Pharmacists Association
• Michael Duteau, RPh
  Member at Large
  Noble Health Services
• David Medvedeff, PharmD, MBA
  Immediate Past Chair
  Aspen RxHealth
• Laura Cranston, RPh
  Ex Officio Member
  Pharmacy Quality Alliance

Board Members

• Michael Anderson, PharmD
  UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement
• Alan Balch, PhD
  Patient Advocate Foundation
• Christie R. Boutte, PharmD, RPh
  National Association of Chain Drug Stores
• Susan Cantrell, RPh, CAE
  The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
• Lou Dallago
  Pfizer, Inc.
• Rick Gates, RPh
  Walgreens Boots Alliance
• Ronna B. Hauser, PharmD
  National Community Pharmacists Association
• Sharon K. Jhawar, PharmD, MBA, BCGP
  SCAN Health Plan
• Jeffrey A. Kelman, MD, MMSc
  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Linda Garrelts MacLean, BPharm, RPh, FACA
  Community Pharmacy Foundation
• Bhavesh Modi, RPh
  Healthfirst
• Cynthia J. Pigg, BS Pharm, MHA, FAMCP
  Cardinal Health
• Jason M. Spangler, MD, MPH, FACPM
  Amgen, Inc.
• Michael Taday, PharmD, MBA
  Humana
• Troy Trygstad, PharmD, MBA, PhD
  Community Care of North Carolina

Board Liaisons

Alan Balch, PhD
Patient Advocate Foundation

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