Pooja Babbrah is PBM Practice Lead with Point-of-Care Partners. She specializes in strategic planning and go-to-market strategies and execution. With more than 25 years’ experience in a variety of health care IT companies, she brings unique expertise as she understands perspectives of all stakeholders - PBMs, health plans, patients, physicians, pharmacies, EHR vendors and health systems. Pooja was previously Task Group leader of the Specialty ePrescribing and Biologic and Biosimilar Access/Traceability Task Group and a Co-Chair of Workgroup 18 Specialty Pharmacy.

Pooja started her career in a Strategic Planning role with a large Hospital System and spent nearly 5 years on the strategic planning side of a nationwide PBM, initially focused on the company’s pharmaceutical clients, then moving into eBusiness strategy focused on early-stage ePrescribing. Throughout her career, Pooja’s efforts have been instrumental in bringing relevant and critical information into a prescriber’s workflow, and earlier this year, her expertise was recognized when she was asked to testify before Congress about the need for accurate, real-time drug cost information at the point of care. Pooja has her BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University.

As Vice President of Pharmacy Services at Oscar Health, Mara Mitchel is responsible for all aspects of running and building the Oscar pharmacy services benefits. Prior to joining Oscar, Ms. Mitchel held leadership positions in operational roles at pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and pharmacies. She has also served as a consultant providing expert advisory services to healthcare clients including pharmaceutical manufacturers, industry trade organizations, PBMs, pharmacies and health plans. As a member of NCPDP since 2001, she is a past as well as a current Board member, has served as Chair of the Strategic Planning, Finance and Educational Committees, and Chair of the LTPAC and the ePrescribing work groups. She has also participated in numerous other committees and task groups.

She was recently appointed to the NCPDP Foundation board (term commencing January 2022) and currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Foundation’s Strategic Planning Committee. Ms. Mitchel has been a member of Women Business Leaders Foundation (WBL) since 2016. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Johnson & Wales and holds a B.S. in Management and also a graduate of the Boston University, Corporate Education Center certificate program in Project Management. She is a foster volunteer with the Desert Labrador Retriever Rescue organization.

Morgan Bojorquez, Director, Pharmacy Clinical Integration at Humana, Inc., is a dynamic team player who seizes opportunities and is sought by upper level management for special projects and initiatives. He is a proven leader who thrives on challenge while displaying energy and enthusiasm. He will always take the initiative to make things happen with a very thoughtful and strategic approach.

Morgan has been with Humana's Pharmacy Benefits Manager since 2006 and has filled various roles. Initially focused on Six Sigma initiatives and process improvements, he currently serves as the Director of Pharmacy Clinical Integration. In this role, Morgan is responsible for Humana’s PBM HIT capabilities, which includes ePA and Real-time Benefit Check. He has owned and implemented several innovative industry solutions to facilitate better transparency and efficiency between health care providers and Humana. He continues to spearhead major initiatives that enable innovation in healthcare.

Prior to Humana, Morgan worked at Cott Beverages in Elizabethtown, KY where he led numerous Continuous Improvements teams and earned his certification as a Six Sigma Black Belt. Morgan earned a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Louisville.

Mark Gingrich played a key role in creating the nation’s largest health information network. As the company’s first employee in 2001, he led engineering, operations, and standards development through every phase of the company’s growth. Prior to joining Surescripts, Gingrich held management roles at McKesson, Abaton.com, and UnitedHealthcare.

With 30 years of healthcare experience, Mark is currently serving on the NCPDP Strategic Planning Committee, the Argonaut Steering Committee, and the Da Vinci Operating Committee. His past industry standards involvement supported e-prescribing adoption and included Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), and Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP). For EHNAC, Gingrich served three terms as Commissioner, Standards Chair, and Executive Committee member. In addition, Mark has been involved in various regional eHealth exchange initiatives including Minnesota e-Health Initiative, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium/MA Share, Markle Foundation’s Connecting for Health, and KatrinaHealth.org.

Mark received his MS in AI from the University of Pennsylvania and his BS in CS from Virginia Tech. He also serves on the board of Anser Innovation, creator PetChatz and Ōmcare. Within the community, Mark has held roles as church financial officer and district board member, booster treasurer, youth coach, and President of the Minnesota Chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association for 20 years.

Darren Townzen is currently the Senior Director II of Health and Wellness Pharmacy Audit, Billing, Reconciliation, and ePrescribing for Walmart. In 1988, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University School of Pharmacy and in 2006, a Master of Business Administration from Webster University. In 1989, he began work for the Wal-Mart Pharmacy division as a pharmacist in east Texas before moving into the Walmart Bentonville, Arkansas home office in 1995 for various other responsibilities. His currently responsibilities are pharmacy audits, billing operations and reconciliation of pharmacy transactions and contractual payments, industry standards, and electronic messaging. He has been a member of NCPDP since 2001 and is active in Work Group 1 – Telecommunication and Work Group 2 - Product Identification. He has served in the past as Work Group 2 Co-chair, Standardization committee co-chair, NCPDP Board of Trustees, and as past Board of Trustees chair in 2014-2015.

Kim Boyd serves as the VP, Industry Relations and Government Affairs of CoverMyMeds where she successfully develops and executes on healthcare policy strategies, builds political relationships, and leads a team that focuses on legislative and regulatory advocacy, stakeholder and industry engagement and standards engagement on a range of healthcare priorities. Kim’s years of healthcare advocacy has resulted in passage of legislation and regulation in over 25 states, as well as, federal policy, much of which promotes NCPDP standards utilization. The most recent success was the inclusion of electronic prior authorization (ePA) in HR 6 – SUPPORT Act (2018).

In concert with her role at CoverMyMeds, she has successfully grown her leadership in NCPDP. Kim is a 19-year member that engages in standards advancement for real-time prescription, price transparency, prior authorization and specialty pharmacy services. Kim serves on NCPDP’s Finance, Strategic Planning and Annual Conference Committees and leads the Mentor/Mentee Program, and with the help of talented mentors successfully grows new leaders in healthcare and NCPDP.

She previously served as Senior Director, Government Affairs and Regulatory Compliance for PBM/Ancillary Services Providers, Helios and MSC (now OneCall) and as Senior Director, Business Development, NCPDP. She is a member of Health Innovation Alliance; Opioid Safety Alliance; HIMSS, Council for Affordable Healthcare; Public Affairs Council; P4HA; HL7, Women Business Leaders and Greenhouse Ministries.

Rear Admiral (RADM) Pamela Schweitzer retired in September 2018 from a four-year term as the Assistant Surgeon General and 10th Chief Pharmacist Officer of the United States Public Health Service (PHS).

RADM (ret) Schweitzer received her Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from California State University Fullerton (CSUF), earned her Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy, completed an Ambulatory Care/Administrative Residency at University of California Irvine Medical Center.

Currently, with Summit Healthcare, LLC, she is supporting the pharmacy profession and HHS efforts to increase access to pharmacy services, especially in ambulatory and community pharmacy settings. She provides support for a number of public health related projects, including improving health and access to healthcare services in rural communities. She also provides strategic support to the pharmacy profession regarding Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacist clinical services and the COVID-19 pandemic.

She is an advisory member of the Pharmacists Public Health Initiatives (PPHI) and a member of the Public Health-Pharmacy Partnership Navigator Team (COVID-19 pandemic response). She serves on multiple Boards including the NCPA Innovation Center, Board of Directors, Tabula Rasa Healthcare (TRHC), Board of Directors, NCPDP Foundation Board of Trustees, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (ACPHS) Board of Trustees, and the FDA and MediMergent Advisory Board on Medication Adherence/Persistence.

Christian Tadrus is a practicing pharmacist and owner of independent community and long-term care pharmacies in rural Missouri. His pharmacies strive to improve patient health outcomes through the use of clinical medication synchronization, adherence packaging, immunizations, point-of-care testing, comprehensive and targeted medication reviews, consulting and care coordination. He is credentialed to provide immunizations, medication therapy management and work under advanced practice protocols.

Christian currently serves as Vice-President of the Missouri State Board of Pharmacy and Board member of the National Community Pharmacists Association, CPESN- USA. He served a previous three-year term on the NCPDP Board before being elected to the current three-year term. He is currently chair of the NCPDP Strategic Planning Committee. He is also an active member of other state and national pharmacy and industry organizations or governance bodies.

Christian received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Management from Boston University and both a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Pharmacy from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.