Chair (2024-2025)
Katherine (Kat) A. Miller, PharmD, MHA, DPLA, FASHP
Katherine (Kat) A. Miller is Senior Director for Acute Care Pharmacy and Clinical Nutrition and the Residency Programs Executive at The University of Kansas Health System, in Kansas City, Kansas. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Pharmacy and her Master of Health Administration from Simmons College. She completed PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY-2 Health System Pharmacy Administration Residencies at Oregon Health and Sciences University. Dr. Miller has served ASHP as the Chair of the Council of Pharmacy Management, the Chair of the Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders (SPPL) Advisory Group on Innovation Management, member on the SPPL Advisory Group on Manager Development, and Chair of the New Practitioners Forum Advisory Group on Leadership and Career Development. Dr. Miller is currently Faculty for the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Academy. She has served on the Board of Directors for three state ASHP-affiliates including as President of the Kansas Council of Health-System Pharmacy.
Katherine (Kat) Miller can be e-mailed at [email protected].
Immediate Past Chair (2024-2025)
Lindsey R. Kelley, PharmD, MS, FASHP
Lindsey R. Kelley is Associate Chief of Pharmacy at University of Michigan Health, where she is responsible for community & specialty services, outpatient infusion pharmacies, research pharmacy, an allergy extract lab, and oncology service line. She serves as Director of Pharmacy Programs in the Physician Organization of Michigan Accountable Care Organization, Program Director for the PGY1 community pharmacy residency, and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Kelley earned her PharmD from The University of Arizona in Tucson. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and received her MS from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy while completing a two-year health-system pharmacy administration residency at University of Minnesota Health. Kelley has been active with ASHP at state and national levels. She is most recently serving as Director-at-Large for the Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders. Previously, she served as faculty for the Manager’s Boot Camp; member of the ASHP Council on Pharmacy Practice; member of the Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers Advisory Groups on Innovation Management and Leadership Development; and Chair, New Practitioners Forum Executive Committee. She was honored with the ASHP New Practitioners Forum Distinguished Service Award in 2010 and recognized as a Fellow in 2019.
Lindsey Kelley can be e-mailed at [email protected].
Chair Elect (2024-2025)
Anthony C. Scott, PharmD, MBA, DPLA, FASHP
Anthony C. Scott is s the Director of Pharmacy Services at Emory University Hospital in which he oversees all acute care services for the inpatient department. He obtained his PharmD from The University of Georgia and his MBA in Healthcare Management from New England College. He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA and then completed his PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency at the North Florida - South Georgia VA Medical Center in Gainesville, FL. He is also a diplomat of the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Academy. Prior to Emory, he served as the Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations at The University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) and was also the PGY1/2 Health-System Pharmacy Administrative Residency program director at UCM. Anthony has been an active member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), currently serving as the Chair for the Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders (SPPL) Educational Steering Committee (ESC). He is also representing the state of Georgia this year with the ASHP House of Delegates. He has previously served as the Vice-Chair for the ESC and was a workgroup coordinator for section advisory group on Operations & Leading Change. He has been an ASHP Foundation Research Project Member on RFID technology and development. He also served on the Committee on Nominations for the SPPL. He has also been active with the Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists (GSHP) since returning to the state of Georgia, currently serving on the Professional Affairs and Communications Committees.
Anthony Scott can be e-mailed at [email protected].
Director-at-Large (2023-2025)
William Kernan, PharmD, MBA, FASHP
William Kernan is the Executive Director of Pharmacy for the Florida region of Cleveland Clinic overseeing pharmacy services for multiple acute care hospitals, outpatient pharmacies, and oncology infusion pharmacies. Kernan received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Purdue University and completed a PGY1 residency at UF Health in Jacksonville, Florida. He completed his Masters in Business Administration from Walden University and is a Fellow of ASHP. His service to ASHP includes being a member of ASHP Section Advisory Group on Innovation Management, Leadership Development, and Business Development / System Integration. He served as the vice chair of the Section Advisory Group on Leadership Development and chair of the Section Advisory Group on Frontline Leaders. He currently sits on the ASHP Council of Public Policy and has been a delegate for Florida to the ASHP House of Delegates. In Florida, he has served on the FSHP Board of Directors and was President of FSHP in 2019-2020. He is the founder of the FSHP Political Action Committee – Pharmacists for Improved Healthcare Outcomes. He served for several years on the Florida Residency Conference steering committee and chaired the committee in 2017.
William Kernan can be e-mailed at [email protected].
Director-at-Large (2024-2026)
Amanda C. Hansen, PharmD, MHA, FACHE, FASHP
Amanda C. Hansen is Senior Director of Pharmacy with Cleveland Clinic. She supports professional development for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy leaders, state-level practice advocacy, and fosters the infrastructure for pharmacist investigators in clinical research. She earned her PharmD from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed both her PGY1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY2 Infectious Diseases residencies at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Hansen earned her Master of Healthcare Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.Hansen’s ASHP involvement spans 20 years and includes Chair of the Section Advisory Group on Innovation Management, Chair of the SPPL Education Steering Committee, and Chair of the Council on Pharmacy Practice. She currently services as Faculty for ASHP Managers Boot Camp as well as a Member for both the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Forecast Panel and the Council on Pharmacy Management Advisory Panel. Hansen will soon complete her term as President of the Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacy. Lastly, she is recognized as a Fellow with ASHP as well as the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Amanda Hansen can be e-mailed at [email protected].
Director-at-Large Elect (2024-2025)
Della Bahmandar, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCSCP
Della Bahmandar is the director of pharmacy at Saint Luke’s North Hospital, which consists of a community hospital and a rehab/behavioral health campus. Her role includes oversight of all pharmacy operations for those campuses and leading initiatives around sterile compounding, hazardous compounding, and controlled substance diversion detection at the system level.Bahmandar earned her PharmD from Roseman University along with her master’s in business administration. She completed her PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at the Cleveland Clinic – Main Campus and her PGY2 residency in health system pharmacy administration at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City.Bahmandar has been an active member of ASHP at the state and national level. Her state involvement includes serving as director-at-large and then president of the Nevada Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Her national involvement includes many years serving on various ASHP section and forum advisory groups, serving on the ASHP Council on Pharmacy Practice, and serving as the Chair of the Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders Educational Steering Committee. She has also served as a delegate to the ASHP House of Delegates.
Della Bahmandar can be e-mailed at [email protected].
ASHP Staff
David Chen, RPh, MBA
David Chen is the Vice President for Pharmacy Leadership and Planning and the ASHP Staff Liaison for the Section’s Executive Committee and member groups. Chen joined ASHP in September 2004, and had previously served the role as Director of Pharmacy at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, MD, including the Kessler/Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital. Prior experience includes different Director of Pharmacy roles in Texas and Florida and central operations supervisor for the University of Maryland Medical Center Pharmacy. Additionally, he was a Regional Marketing Manager for the west coast and Regional Recruiter for the northeast with Owen Healthcare, Inc. (now part of Cardinal Health). Chen received his BSPharm from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and completed the Director-in-Training program for Owen Healthcare, Inc in Texas. He earned his MBA from the Loyola University Maryland. His responsibilities with ASHP include working with pharmacy leaders in multi-hospital health systems, coordinating pharmacy leadership and management resources with Section members, developing ASHP’s annual Conference for Pharmacy Leaders, assisting with the ASHP Foundation’s Pharmacy Forecast, and supporting achievement of the Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI).
David Chen can be e-mailed at [email protected].
Tyffani Wingfield, PhD, MA
Dr. Tyffani Wingfield is the Director for the ASHP Leadership Center and serves as the Staff Liaison for the Section’s Executive Committee and member groups. Her responsibilities include managing a comprehensive array of ASHP’s leadership resources, including professional development, tactical management resources, networking and mentorship, and credentialing of leadership skills for the Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders, Pharmacists in C-Suites (PICS), Pharmacy Executive Leadership Alliance (PELA)®, Pharmacy Administration Leadership Residents’ Collaborative (PALRC), Women in Pharmacy Leadership, and other ad hoc groups.Dr. Wingfield joined ASHP in August 2004 and has previously held various leadership roles at the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Army Office of Business Transformation, and the NASA Office of Education, as well as leading her own executive coaching firm. With over twenty-three years of experience, she is adept at collaborating with organizational leaders to foster dynamic teams and cultures, develop policies and effective communication strategies, and enhance membership engagement. Wingfield holds a BA in English and Biology from Virginia Commonwealth University, an MA in Higher Education Administration and Supervision from The George Washington University, and a PhD in Organizational Management with a focus in Executive Leadership from Capella University.
Tyfanni Wingfield can be e-mailed at [email protected].
