SAG on Business Development and System Integration
* This group will be renamed to "Business Development, Strategy and System Integration" starting the 2025-2026 appointment cycle. The NEW Charges starting 2025-2026 are below.
Charges
- Develop resources for creating, measuring, and marketing pharmacy services.
- Develop resources to effectively manage economic and financial performance including evolving reimbursement and payment systems.
- Develop resources for successful vertical and horizontal health system integration (e.g. system-ness).
- Identify needs and develop resources to protect the operational integrity of the workplace, including maintaining efficiency and functionality of our teams during crises and downtimes.
Leadership
Chair
Tamara Bezdicek, PharmD, BCPS
Manager, Medication Policy
M Health Fairview
Minneapolis, MN
Vice Chair
Taben Main, PharmD, MS
Director of Pharmacy, West Oregon Service Area
Providence Health & Services
Portland, OR
Current Business Development and System Integration SAG Roster
SAG on Frontline Leaders
* This group will be renamed to "Workforce Resiliency and Sustainability" starting the 2025-2026 appointment cycle. The NEW Charges starting 2025-2026 are below.
Charges
- Advise pharmacy leaders on how to lead resilient teams through effective change management and staff empowerment.
- Develop resources for retaining personnel through innovative pharmacy practice models and operational efficiency.
- Promote and develop resources for optimizing department culture and effectiveness in meeting enterprise needs.
- Develop resources for implementation of advancements in pharmacy operations to support the workforce, utilizing new technology, products, and applications.
- Prepare pharmacy leaders to support their teams through personal and operational crises.
Leadership
Chair
Katherine DeSanctis, PharmD, MS
Director of Pharmacy
Mass General Brigham, Healthcare at Home
Somerville, MA
Vice Chair
Ganesh Chandran, PharmD, MBA
Assistant Director, Acute Care Pharmacy Operations
University of North Carolina Medical Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Current Frontline Leaders SAG Roster
SAG on New and Emerging Leaders
* This group will be renamed to "Leadership Development and Succession Planning" starting the 2025-2026 appointment cycle. The NEW Charges starting 2025-2026 are below.
Charges
- Improve the effectiveness of pharmacy leaders through leadership development.
- Develop resources for leaders to train and develop pharmacists as the next generation of leaders for new and emerging roles.
- Develop resources to promote resilience of pharmacy leaders.
- Promote the development of resources and programming for pharmacy leaders.
- Generate ideas and advise on specific educational programming (e.g., Student Leadership Workshop, Student Pharmacy Forecast Workshop, Managers Bootcamp).
Leadership
Chair
Sherry Kwon, PharmD, MHA
Associate Dean
US Army
San Antonio, TX
Vice Chair
Carmen Gust, PharmD, BCPS, DPLA, 340B ACE
340B Manager
ThedaCare Inc.
Appleton, WI
Current New and Emerging Leaders SAG Roster
SAG on Strategy and Industry Disrupters
* This group will be renamed to "Innovation and Industry Disrupters" starting the 2025-2026 appointment cycle. The NEW Charges starting 2025-2026 are below.
Charges
- Advise on trends that will influence the future of pharmacy practice in hospitals and health systems.
- Proactively identify experts and resources for contemporary and innovative topics that reinvigorate day to day clinical, operational, and financial needs of a hospital or health system.
- Review the Pharmacy Forecast and other national environmental forecasting reports to describe approaches or factors in consideration for managing industry changes.
- Drive advocacy, education, and health system leadership needs to successfully navigate the macro health care market headwinds impacting patient care in the United States.
Leadership
Chair
Daniel O'Neil, PharmD, MS, FASHP
Assistant Vice President, Pharmacy Services
WVU Medicine - WVU Hospitals
Morgantown, WV
Vice Chair
Nicole Clark, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, FASHP, FMSHP
Director of Pharmacy
Tufts Medicine MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Current Strategy and Industry Disrupters SAG Roster
SAG on Value, Quality, and Compliance
* This group will be renamed to "Quality and Compliance" starting the 2025-2026 appointment cycle. The NEW Charges starting 2025-2026 are below.
Charges
- Develop resources to drive members to excellence in regulatory compliance and evolving best practices.
- Advise on and identify best practices for quality measures and other standards affecting the medication use process.
- Develop resources that assists members to excel in the demonstration of pharmacy value while influencing organization’s initiatives to define and achieve quality goals.
- Develop tools and programming to assist members to optimize and implement high reliability standards within hospitals and health systems.
Leadership
Chair
Davey Legendre, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP, BCPS, FASHP
Vice President, Pharmacy Management
PharmD on Demand
Woodstock, GA
Vice Chair
Katrina Derry, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Director of Acute Care Pharmacy Programs
UCOP
Oakland, CA
