Meet the 2025 ASHP Board of Directors

The ASHP Board of Directors is our organization's governing authority. Board members safeguard ASHP's success by cooperatively developing goals and policies. See who's on the current roster and learn how they've contributed to ASHP and the profession.

Melanie Dodd, PharmD, PhC, BCPS, FASHP, is associate dean for clinical affairs and professor at The University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque. She earned a BS in pharmacy from Purdue University and a PharmD from UNM, and she completed a pharmacy practice residency at Presbyterian Healthcare Services. She oversees innovative clinical models and faculty clinical services, including credentialing, contracting, billing, and reimbursement. She provides key pharmacy professional advocacy and serves on academic and health-system leadership committees. Dodd is a pharmacist clinician in geriatric primary care with broad prescriptive authority at the UNM Hospitals Senior Health Clinic and a consultant pharmacist for 340B-eligible and other ambulatory clinics. She is responsible for extensive didactic and clinical teaching activities in the UNM PharmD program and Health Sciences Center, including geriatric syndromes, pharmacy law, interprofessional education, and precepting residents. Her research includes geriatric syndromes, advanced practice pharmacist models, and scholarship of teaching.

Dodd’s ASHP service includes member of the Board of Directors and chair of the ASHP House of Delegates (2021–2024), chair of the Council on Public Policy, chair of the Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners (SACP), member of the Pharmacy Forecast Advisory Committee, and New Mexico delegate to the House of Delegates for 14 years. She is a past president of the New Mexico Sociery of Health-System Pharmacists (NMSHP) and a faculty advisor for the UNM Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists. She is an ASHP fellow and has received numerous awards for her service to the profession, including the ASHP Pharmacy Champion Award, the SACP Distinguished Service Award, and the NMSHP Dorothy Dillon Memorial Lecture Award. Dodd serves as president of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Kim Benner, PharmD, BCPS, FALSHP, FASHP, FPPA, is a professor of pharmacy practice at the Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy and pediatric clinical specialist at Children’s of Alabama. Upon graduating from Samford, she completed a residency and then pursued a joint pediatric and academic role. Benner has didactic (i.e., pediatrics, health-system pharmacy, medical missions) and experiential teaching experience with many medical learners. Her practice experience includes 25+ years of providing direct patient care in pediatric intensive care and pulmonary units, working with multidisciplinary teams. She precepts postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) and postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) residents, participates in the resident mentoring program, and has served on numerous practice site interdisciplinary committees. At Samford, she is faculty advisor for the student society of health-system pharmacists. She serves on mentoring and recruiting cores, coordinates a teaching and learning program for local residents, and directs pharmacy camp. Her advocacy efforts include 340B Drug Pricing Program transparency, pharmacy benefit management reform, step therapy, and provider status. Her research centers around pediatrics and pharmacy education.

Benner’s ASHP service includes: Board of Directors (2021–2024), chair of the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientistsr, chair of the Committee on Nominations and Council of Therapeutics, section advisory group member, ASHP Foundation committees, Clinical Skills Competition judge, student leadership award selection committee, CV reviewer, and guided mentorship program. Her ASHP Alabama state affiliate (ALSHP) activities include student affairs committee, delegate, president, and council director. Benner has authored an ASHP guideline and therapeutic position statement and has earned service awards. She is a fellow of ALSHP and ASHP. Benner serves as president-elect of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Leigh Briscoe-Dwyer, PharmD, BSPharm, BCPS, FASHP, is the senior vice president of pharmacy services for CPS Solutions LLC in Dublin, Ohio. She received a BS in Pharmacy from Albany College of Pharmacy and a PharmD from St. John’s University. She began her career as a clinical specialist in HIV and infectious disease at SUNY Stony Brook and has worked in various areas of pharmacy practice, including the pharmaceutical industry, with the majority of the last 20 years in pharmacy leadership roles.

Her ASHP service includes Board of Directors (2020–2023), chair of the Committee on Nominations, Council on Public Policy, the FASHP Recognition Committee, and New York State delegate to the ASHP House of Delegates for over 10 years. Briscoe-Dwyer is a past president of the Long Island Society of Health-system Pharmacists and the New York State Council of Health-system Pharmacists (NYSCHP). She served as a trustee for Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and chaired the Academic Affairs Committee. In addition, she served on the New York State Board of Pharmacy for 10 years in several capacities, including as its chair.

She has received numerous recognitions for her contributions to pharmacy, including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from St. John’s University, the NYSCHP Board of Directors Award, and the NYSCHP Research and Education Foundation Bernard Mehl Leadership Award. Briscoe-Dwyer serves as immediate past president of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Lisa Gersema, BSPharm, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, CPEL, FASHP, is the system director of clinical pharmacy services for Allina Health in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She completed her BSPharm, PharmD, and a one-year fellowship in clinical pharmacology at the University of Iowa. She received her MHA from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She has maintained her BCPS since 1993 and became a Certified Pharmacy Executive Leader℠ (CPEL) in 2022.

In her current role, she provides leadership of clinical pharmacy services to develop, advance, and optimize system practice standards. This includes formulary management, cost-savings initiatives, policy harmonization, electronic medical record clinical decision support, development of practice standards and outcomes, and clinical workload metrics for use at 10 hospitals in the health system. Before this position, Gersema was director of pharmacy and clinical manager at United Hospital, part of Allina Health, for more than 25 years. As director, she advanced a decentralized and integrated pharmacy practice model emphasizing accountability, collaboration, and team-based care.

Gersema’s service to ASHP includes serving as president and on the Board of Directors, chair of the International Accreditation Commission, chair of the Council on Pharmacy Practice, member of the Commission on Therapeutics, chair of the ASHP Task Force on Opioids, serving in the House of Delegates representing Minnesota and as a member of several other ASHP committees and advisory groups. She also served as president and treasurer of the Minnesota ASHP affiliate (MSHP). She received MSHP’s Hallie Bruce Award — the highest honor bestowed by MSHP — and the Hugh F. Kabot Award for leadership and innovation. Gersema serves as ASHP treasurer.

Marie A. Chisholm-Burns PharmD, PhD, MPH, MBA, FACHE, FASHP, FAST, FNAP, is the executive vice president and provost of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the J.S. Reinschmidt Endowed Professor in the OHSU School of Medicine. She is also founder and director of the Medication Access Program, which has helped thousands of solid-organ transplant recipients receive more than $129 million in prescription medications.

She received her BS in pharmacy and PharmD degrees from the University of Georgia, Master of Public Health degree from Emory University, Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Memphis, and PhD degree from the University of South Dakota. She completed her residency at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. She has also achieved FACHE certification and practiced in several regions of the United States. A dedicated scholar, she has more than 400 publications and over $19 million in external funding as principal investigator and co-investigator from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health and several foundations.

Chisholm-Burns has been an active member of ASHP for over 30 years. She previously served in several ASHP leadership positions. She was the inaugural chair of the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Educators Executive Committee, director-at-large of the ASHP Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists Executive Committee, a member of the Center for Health-System Pharmacy Leadership Advisory Panel, and a member of the AJHP editorial board. She is a member of the Pharmacy Forecast Advisory Committee and contributed to several forecasts over the years, including 2024 (public health priorities), 2023 (health disparities), and 2021 (healthcare access). Additionally, she has received several awards from ASHP, including the 2022 Board of Directors Distinguished Leadership Award. Chisholm-Burns serves as a member of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Jesse H. Hogue, PharmD, is the pharmacy education coordinator, PGY1 residency director, and an emergency department pharmacist at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He also serves as an affiliate preceptor for the Ferris State University (FSU) College of Pharmacy. He received his PharmD degree from FSU and completed residency training at Bronson Methodist Hospital. After the residency, he worked in trauma and orthopedics and then had the opportunity to establish pharmacy services in the emergency department, where he worked for several years before assuming his current role.

Hogue recently completed his term of service on the ASHP Commission on Credentialing and has been a Michigan delegate to the ASHP House of Delegates for 15 years. He has previously served on the ASHP Council on Education and Workforce Development. Hogue has also been very engaged on the state level, having served as president, treasurer, and executive board member for the Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP), executive board member for the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA), delegate in the MPA House of Delegates for many years, and member on numerous MSHP and MPA committees and task forces. He has been recognized in Michigan for his contributions to the profession as a fellow of MPA and a member of the MPA Hall of Honor. Additionally, he has received the MSHP Pharmacist of the Year Award, the MSHP Joseph A. Oddis Leadership Award, and the MPA Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year Award. Hogue serves as chair of the ASHP House of Delegates and member of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Dawn Moore, PharmD, MS, CPEL, FACHE, is the vice president and chief pharmacy officer at Community Health Network in Indianapolis, Indiana, and an affiliate assistant professor at Purdue University and Butler University. She earned a PharmD degree from Florida A&M University and an MS from the University of Wisconsin.

In her current role, she oversees the strategic, administrative, and operational initiatives of the pharmacy enterprise, encompassing inpatient, retail, specialty, ambulatory care pharmacy, home care, and infusion pharmacy services. With over 22 years of experience leading hospital and health-system pharmacies, she is skilled at driving quality and safety in patient care, optimizing medication revenue integrity, decreasing drug costs and inappropriate utilization, and expanding and implementing new practices.

Moore is a member of the ASHP Pharmacy Executive Leadership Alliance and has served as a member of the ASHP Task Force on Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; ASHP Multi-Hospital Health-System Pharmacy Executive Committee; ASHP Women in Pharmacy Leadership Steering Committee; ASHP Council on Pharmacy Management; and as adjunct faculty to the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Academy. She was in the inaugural ASHP CPEL cohort, earning the CPEL credential. In addition to her leadership within ASHP, she leads in her community as a board member of the Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety and a member of the Indiana Healthcare Executives Network and served as president of the Indiana Pharmacy Association. Her passion to address health disparities cultivated her interest as a board member and chair of The Martin Center Sickle Cell Initiative. Moore serves as a member of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Todd W. Nesbit, PharmD, MBA, CPEL, FASHP, serves as chief pharmacy officer for The Johns Hopkins Hospital and vice president for pharmacy services for Johns Hopkins Health System in Baltimore, Maryland. As executive pharmacy leader, he is responsible for directing hospital and health-system practice, research, and education and for implementing system-wide pharmacy services across the continuum. He is the residency program director for the health-system pharmacy administration and leadership (HSPAL) residency program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and has served as preceptor and mentor to pharmacy students and residents for more than 30 years.

He received his BS in pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University, his PharmD degree from The Ohio State University, and his MBA degree in medical services management from Johns Hopkins University. Through positions of increasing responsibility held in diverse hospitals and academic medical centers, he has worked to promote and advance the role of the pharmacist and clinical pharmacy in health systems.

Nesbit has extensive experience serving ASHP and state affiliates, including ASHP Forecast Advisory Committee member and chapter author; Pharmacy Competency Assessment Center Advisory Board member and section editor; co-chair of the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacy (MSHP) Practice Model Task Force; voting member of the inaugural Pharmacy Practice Model Summit; and delegate to the Pharmacy Stakeholders Conference on MTM Services. He has been recognized as a fellow of ASHP and has achieved the organization’s CPEL credential. Nesbit received the MSHP W. Arthur Purdum Award for significant contributions to health-system pharmacy. Nesbit serves as a member of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Vickie Powell, PharmD, MS, BSPharm, CPEL, FASHP, is the enterprise director of pharmacy, medication safety and security, employee engagement, human resources, and training and education at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The hospital is affiliated with two of the nation’s leading medical colleges: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College. The hospital and its academic affiliates share a commitment to pursuing clinical excellence, engaging in groundbreaking biomedical research and outstanding medical education, and providing prevention and wellness services to the community. Powell is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy at Long Island University and a guest lecturer at the Touro College of Pharmacy. She is passionate about training the next generation of pharmacists, and she mentors many pharmacy students across the country.

Powell received a BS degree in pharmacy from Xavier University of Louisiana, an MS degree in pharmacy administration from Long Island University in New York, and a PharmD degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. She is a fellow of ASHP and was in ASHP's inaugural CPEL cohort, earning the CPEL credential.

Powell is the past president of the New York City Society and New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists (NYSCHP). She remains active in both organizations and recently chaired NYSCHP’s inaugural DEI committee. Powell’s sustained ASHP service includes: delegate to the House of Delegates, member of the Council on Education and Workforce Development, ASHP Policy-Process CQI Special Committee, Board of Canvassers, ASHP Committee on Nominations, Council on Pharmacy Practice, ASHP Task Force on Racial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the CPEL Advisory Committee, and past chair of the ASHP Advocacy and PAC Advisory Committee. Powell serves as a member of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Douglas Slain, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, a professor and anti-infective consultant at The University of Pittsburgh and the UPMC Presbyterian University Hospital. He also serves as the chairman of the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Department. Slain received his pharmacy bachelor’s degree and his PharmD degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He then completed a residency and fellowship in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy at the Virginia Commonwealth University–Medical College of Virginia Hospitals in Richmond.

Slain has been extensively involved with ASHP. He has served as chair and director-at-large of the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists, chair of the Council on Therapeutics, voting member of the historic Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative Summit, member of the 2012–2013 Task Force on Organizational Structure, delegate to the House of Delegates, and vice president of the West Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He has also served as a PGY2 infectious diseases residency program director for over 20 years. Slain serves as a member of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Jennifer Tryon, PharmD, MS, FASHP, is the chief pharmacy officer at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan, leading inpatient, outpatient, and health plan pharmacy teams for the integrated delivery network. Having practiced pharmacy in community hospitals, academic health systems, and integrated delivery networks, she has broad perspectives on unique challenges across health-system pharmacy. Committed to teaching, she has lectured in multiple schools of pharmacy and is an associate faculty member for the ASHP Foundation's Pharmacy Leadership Academy. She has been the residency program director for multiple HSPAL and PGY1 residency programs and has enjoyed training over 100 pharmacy residents. Tryon received her MS from the University of Wisconsin and her PharmD from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. She completed a two-year health-system pharmacy administration residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.

She has served ASHP as the chair of the Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders, the Council on Pharmacy Management, and section advisory groups and served in the House of Delegates. She is past president of the Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists and has held other elected positions in multiple pharmacy associations.

Tryon has a passion for innovative models to advance healthcare. She is frequently invited to present on leadership and business of pharmacy topics within the United States and internationally. She was honored with the 2021 Distinguished Service Award for the ASHP Section for Pharmacy Practice Leaders and was a named a 2020 Emerging Industry Leader by Managed Healthcare Executive. Tryon serves as a member of the ASHP Board of Directors.

Christy Norman, PharmD, MS, BCPS, CPEL, FASHP, serves as senior vice president of pharmacy at Emory Healthcare. As the senior executive, she leads the strategic direction for practice across the continuum of care, promoting best practices and innovative solutions. Norman is also committed to pharmaceutical education, acting as a preceptor and mentor to pharmacy students and residents, and contributing as a guest lecturer on medication effectiveness and safety.

Norman earned her PharmD from the University of Georgia and obtained an MS degree in health-system pharmacy administration during her PGY1/PGY2 health-system pharmacy administration residency at The Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. She furthered her professional development in leadership through participation in the Emory University Woodruff Leadership Academy.

An active member of ASHP's Alabama state affiliate, Norman holds the position of past president and co-chairs the legislative committee. Her engagement with ASHP includes various leadership roles, including chair of the Pharmacy Executive Leadership Alliance advisory committee, member of the Pharmacy Practice Accreditation Commission, past chair of the Council on Pharmacy Practice Management, past chair of the Multi-Hospital Pharmacy Executives Committee, and Georgia representative to the House of Delegates. She has been recognized as an ASHP fellow and earned the CPEL designation.

Norman has received numerous accolades for her contributions to the pharmacy profession, including being named a UGA College of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni and recipient of the William T. Robie Inclusive Excellence Award. Norman will begin her three-year term on the ASHP Board of Directors in June 2026.

Christopher Scott, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, FCCM, is the chief clinical operating officer at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, Indiana. He earned his BS and PharmD degrees from Purdue University and completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency and a PGY2 critical care residency at Indiana University Health. Scott is board-certified in pharmacotherapy and recognized as a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and ASHP.

Scott holds an adjunct clinical faculty appointment at the Purdue University College of Pharmacy and the Indiana University School of Medicine. Before his executive roles, he practiced as a clinical pharmacy specialist in trauma and surgical critical care and directed PGY1 and PGY2 residency programs at Eskenazi Health. His professional interests include postgraduate pharmacy training, patient safety, clinical service advancement, promoting healthcare equity, and growing future leaders.

He has a longstanding record of service to ASHP, including roles on the Council on Pharmacy Management, the ASHP Pharmacy Forecast Advisory Committee (member and chapter author), the Commission on Credentialing, the House of Delegates, the International Accreditation Commission, and the Pharmacists in the C-Suite Advisory Panel. He has also served as a practitioner surveyor for over 50 residency programs nationwide. Scott will begin his three-year term on the ASHP Board of Directors in June 2026.