School of Pharmacy Advisory Board

Chair 

Christopher Fortier, Pharm.D. FASHP

Chief Pharmacy Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital

Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

UConn '03

 

Vice Chair

Sarah Thompson, Pharm.D.

Vice President of Pharmacy Innovations, Onduo

UConn '06; Cornell University

 

Active Advisory Board Members

Amy Antipas, MS, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Worldwide R & D and Medicine, Pfizer, Inc.

UConn. '89; University of Kansas

 

Bakul Bhatnagar, Ph.D.

Senior Principal Scientist, Worldwide R&D, Pfizer, Inc.

UConn '06

 

Kerry Blanchard, Ph.D.

Vice President, Safety Assessment and Laboratory Animal Resources, Merck

UConn '94

 

Matt Bogdanffy, Ph.D.

Vice President, Nonclinical Drug Safety US, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Postdoctoral fellowship at the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology

Northeastern University

 

Kevin W. Chamberlin, Pharm.D., FASCP

Associate Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer

UConn Health

 

Margaret N. Essex, Pharm.D.

Sr. Medical Director Global Medical Affairs, Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group, Pfizer, Inc.

Postdoctoral fellowship in Family Medicine and Geriatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, University of Houston

UConn '81; Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Barbara L. Giacomelli, MBA/Pharm.D.

Vice President, Advisory, McKesson RxOBS 

Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

UConn '83; Widener University; University of Colorado

 

Mary Inguanti, MPH

Vice President, Becton Dickenson

Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives

UConn '84, '97

 

Gene Jay

Director, Evernorth Business Development

UConn '87

 

James LaFlamme, MS

CEO, BioPharma Global BS Pharmacy 

Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives

UConn '79; Indiana Wesleyan University

 

Darren Luon

Medical Oncology Pharmacist

PGY-2-Oncoclogy Residency Program Director

UConn '13

 

Marielle Nyser, MA

Senior Manager, Cigna

UConn ’92: Seton Hall University

 

Steve Pashko, BS

Regional Healthcare Director, Walgreens Co.

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

 

Jason Poquette

Director of Specialty and Outpatient Pharmacy

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

UConn '93

 

Karen M. Scinto, Pharm.D.

Vice President of Pharmacy Services, Nuvance Health

University of the Pacific

 

Greg Susla, Pharm.D.

Retired

UConn '80; University of Florida

 

Eric Tichy, Pharm.D.

Vice Chair, Supply Chain Management – Formulary/Pharmacy, Mayo Clinic

UConn '01

 

Nathan Tinker, Ph.D.

CEO, Connecticut Pharmacists Association

Fordham University

 

Faculty Representatives

Lisa Holle, Pharm.D.

Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice UConn School of Pharmacy

University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

Dennis Wright, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry UConn School of Pharmacy

Ohio University

 

Pharm.D. Representative

Ashley Roding, B.S. (Pharm.D. ’25)

Professional Student Representative UConn School of Pharmacy

 

Graduate Student Representative

Tibo Duran, M.S. (Ph.D. ’26)

Graduate Representative UConn School of Pharmacy

University of Dayton; UConn '26