SPPCP Leadership



The governing body of the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists is the Executive Officers and the Board of Trustees. The 2025 SPPCP Executive Officers, Board of Trustee representatives, and Committee Chairs are below.

Executive Officers: 

  • President: Kashelle Lockman
  • President-Elect: Lee Kral
  • Treasurer: Kate Juba
  • Secretary: Harish Nair
  • Immediate Past President: Mandy Mullins

 

Board of Trustee Representatives:  

Pain Management 

  • Eva Coulson 
  • Tim Atkinson 
  • Emily Leppien 

Palliative Care 

  • Diana Violanti 
  • Heather Cook
  • Max Stevenson 

Hospice 

  • Pam Moore 
  • Nancy Messih

Trainees (9 month term, October-June) 

  • Resident: Hitomi Iwasaki 
  • Student: David Butt 

 

SPPCP Committee Chairs:

  • Advocacy Committee Co-Chairs: Emma Murter and Jennifer Ku 
  • Communications Committee Chair: Lauren Fortini
  • Development Committee Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Kakach
  • Education Committee Co-Chairs: Justin Kullgren and Maria Lowry
  • Finance Committee Chair: Kate Juba
  • Membership Committee Co-Chairs:  Abby Stevens and Kathryn Storm 
  • Nominations Committee Co-Chairs: Bridget Scullion and Rabia Atayee
  • Research Committee Co-Chairs: Julie Waldfogel and Aradhna Mayalall
  • Virtual Conference Planning Committee Chair: Cara Brock


Past Presidents:
 

  • Mandy Mullins (2025)
  • James Ray (2024)
  • Tanya Uritsky (2023)
  • Michele Matthews (2022) 
  • Cara Brock (2021) 
  • Justin Kullgren (2020) 
  • Chris Herndon (2019) 
  • Bridget Fowler-Scullion (2018) 
  • Rabia Atayee (2017) 
  • Julie Lehn (Founding President, 2016)