Insights & Connections: Shaping Pharmacy’s Future

May 5, 2026

An ASHP podcast series that brings people, perspectives, and ideas together to shape the future of pharmacy practice.

Through conversations with ASHP Executive Vice President and CEO Sam Calabrese and voices spanning the profession, each episode highlights the insights that emerge through connection and collaboration—and how shared perspectives are helping move pharmacy forward.

SPEAKERS

Samuel V. Calabrese, MBA, RPh, CPEL, FASHP is the executive vice president and chief executive officer (CEO) of ASHP, leading the nation’s largest membership organization for pharmacy professionals.

Melanie Dodd, PharmD, PhC, BCPS, FASHP, is ASHP president (2025-2026). She is the associate dean for clinical affairs and a professor in geriatrics at The University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, where she practices as a pharmacist–clinician with prescriptive authority, teaches, and oversees innovative clinical models. Dodd is a longtime member of the ASHP House of Delegates. She has served on the ASHP Board of Directors and chaired the ASHP House of Delegates (2021-2024), Council on Public Policy, and Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners.