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 and Carolyn Hall
  • Education Committee Co-Chairs: Maria Lowry and Isabelle Zerfas 
  • 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: 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) 

Staff: 

  • Executive Director: Alyssa Muckelroy

 

SPPCP was founded in 2016 by the following founding members: 

Rabia Atayee San Diego, California Palliative Care
Cara Brock Elk Grove Village, Illinois Hospice
Joseph Cammilleri Orange Park, Florida Pain Management
Sandra DiScala West Palm Beach, Florida Hospice
Victoria Ferraresi Sunnyvale, California Hospice
Maria Foy Jamison, Pennsylvania Palliative Care
Jeffrey Fudin Delmar, New York Pain Management
Ellen Fulp Sophia, North Carolina Hospice
Jessica Geiger Powell, Ohio Palliative Care
Phyllis Grauer Plain City, Ohio Hospice
Leah Gregory Ozark, Missouri Hospice, Pain Management
K. Scott Guess Santa Maria, California Pain Management
Levi Hall Royal Oak, Michigan Hospital Pharmacy
Starlin Haydon-Greatting Springfield, Illinois Other
Christopher Herndon New Baden, Illinois Pain Management
Renee Holder Washington, D.C. Palliative Care
Kenneth Jackson Blythewood, South Carolina Pain Management
Cynthia Johnston Chapel Hill, North Carolina Pain Management, Hospice, Palliative Care
Donna Jolly Sarasota, Florida Hospice
Katherine Juba Pittsford, New York Palliative Care
Lee Kral Swisher, Iowa Pain Management
Julie Lehn Phoenix, Arizona Palliative Care
Kasey Malotte Baltimore, Maryland Palliative Care
Michele Matthews Norwood, Massachusetts Pain Management
Mary Lynn McPherson Baltimore, Maryland Hospice
Pamela Moore Fairlawn, Ohio Palliative Care
Bryce Morton Overland Park, Kansas Pain Management, Hospice
Dharma Naidu Salinas, California Palliative Care
Douglass Nee Salt Lake City, Utah Hospice, Palliative Care
Suzanne Nesbit Bel Air, Maryland Pain Management
Kristy Nguyen Houston, Texas Pain Management, Palliative Care
John O'Connell Santa Rosa, California Other
Victor Phantumvanit Boston, Massachusetts Palliative Care
James Ray Iowa City, Iowa Palliative Care
Jeannette Reina San Luis Obispo, California Hospice
Michael Schmidt Saint Louis, Missouri Palliative Care
Bridget Scullion Boston, Massachusetts Palliative Care
Michael Smith Plymouth, Michigan Palliative Care
Justin Troutman Lavelle, Pennsylvania Pain Management
Robert Wahler Buffalo, New York Hospice
Julie Waldfogel Baltimore, Maryland Pain Management, Palliative Care
Kathryn Walker Baltimore, Maryland Palliative Care
Aimee Young Anchorage, Alaska Pain Management