Board of Directors

Dr. Jeani Smith is the clinical pharmacy specialist manager at Nevada Health Centers in Carson City, Nevada. Dr. Smith received her PharmD and MBA degrees from Roseman University. She is a Board-Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP), Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM), and a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES). Dr. Smith serves medically complex, underserved, and geographically isolated patients at a federally qualified health center where she provides chronic disease medication management. Dr. Smith’s interests include patient education, precepting students, and advocating for interdisciplinary team-based health care. As a member of the Alliance, she hopes to further promote pharmacist well-being and increase patient access to pharmacy services.

Zach Rosko graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Pittsburgh, College of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, PA in 2010. Following graduation, he relocated to Oregon where he practiced in a variety of patient care settings throughout the care continuum and in 2013 earned board certification as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Since 2016, Dr. Rosko has served as the Director of Pharmacy at Neighborhood Health Center, a multisite Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC) system serving the safety net population of the Portland, OR metro. In this role, he established a pharmacy department and successfully implemented integrated clinical pharmacist services in primary care, establishing sustainable care delivery systems and reimbursement pathways under commercial, Medicaid and Managed Medicare medical benefit plans. In 2018, he additionally assumed the role of Director of Care Teams and gained responsibility for the oversight of several specialty care teams and services including behavioral and mental health. In 2020, he co-founded A to Z Healthcare Solutions LLC and began providing training and practice management consulting services focusing on clinical pharmacy service implementation and medical coding and billing. In 2023, he founded and launched a pharmacist group practice, Rosko Precision Health LLC, that provides telehealth pharmacist services to patients in Idaho and will be providing tele-PrEP services to patients throughout Nevada. In September of 2023, Dr. Rosko accepted a position with the Idaho State University College of Pharmacy as the inaugural Director for the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice and Research Excellence. 

Dr. Amy Hale is the director of pharmacy at OptumCare Cancer Care in southern Nevada. Dr. Hale practiced as an RN in critical care and hospice before graduating from Roseman University in Henderson, Nevada, with her PharmD. She completed her PGY-1 residency at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals and began working at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas. Dr. Hale went on to become the first clinical pharmacist in Nevada’s OptumCare clinics, specializing in hematology and oncology. She chairs the OptumCare Cancer Care pharmacy and therapeutics committee; sits on the board of their clinical research team; assists Optum’s national value and therapeutics group as a member of the hematology/oncology subcommittee; and serves as a clinical resource for providers, nursing, and patients while overseeing three infusion clinics in the area. Dr. Hale holds a board certification in pharmacotherapy. Her passions in pharmacy, other than oncology, include precepting pharmacy and medical students and residents, promoting pharmacists as clinical providers, and advocating for affordable healthcare for all patients. Dr. Hale joined the Nevada Pharmacy Alliance to push with like-minded professionals to ensure pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can practice at the top of their licenses, while being recognized as essential members of a healthcare team.

Dr. Williams received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Arizona and completed residency training at the Phoenix VA Healthcare System. He is board certified in both pharmacotherapy and ambulatory care, and obtained an MBA from Husson University, where he was previously a pharmacy practice faculty member. He provides clinical pharmacy services at Valley Hospital Medical Center with a focus in transitions of care. He teaches various clinical topics and lab skills, and also serves as Director of Accreditation for the College of Pharmacy.

Amanda Villa practices as a community Pharmacy Manager in Henderson, Nevada.  Dr. Villa graduated from Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy in 2018 with her PharmD.  Dr. Villa became a pharmacy technician in 2005, working in various settings including community, hospital, independent, and PBM/mail-order pharmacies, before pursuing her Doctor of Pharmacy degree. She has always had a passion for patient care and the advancement of the pharmacy profession.  Her interests include serving in active leadership roles, especially building pharmacy teams that competently serve the greater Las Vegas and Henderson areas, as well as participating as a preceptor to help educate the next generation of pharmacists.      Dr. Villa looks forward to help bring involvement from groups and individuals in community pharmacy to advocate for our profession, and help both technicians, student interns, and pharmacists practice to the top of their licenses in Nevada.  Dr. Villa hopes to collaborate with other pharmacy professionals though the Nevada Pharmacy Alliance to bring continued change and successes within the profession.

Lisa Hammel is a pharmacist with Smith's Food and Drug. Her responsibilities include contracting for and arranging vaccine clinics and clinical pharmacy services within the community. She also collaborates with Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy to advance health equity for priority populations with or at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease throughout the state of Nevada. Lisa earned her PharmD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a Board-Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, and Adjunct Clinical Faculty Member at Roseman University. She is passionate about the pharmacy profession and looks forward to working with other like-minded individuals to advance pharmacy practice.

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Leslie Baker is the Director of Geriatric Pharmacy services at the Sanford Center for Aging at the University of Nevada Reno, School of Medicine. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from California State University, Sacramento and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions in Omaha, Nebraska. She is a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist and has practiced pharmacy for over 25 years in a variety of pharmacy practice settings. Leslie sees clients as part of a comprehensive geriatric assessment team and through a community based Medication Therapy Management program. She also provides education to the community, students and medical professionals through programs at the Sanford Center for Aging. Leslie volunteers with the Nevada Pharmacy Alliance to promote the profession of pharmacy across all practice settings in Nevada.

Nancy Caddigan is a clinical pharmacist with the Washoe Tribal Health Center in Dresslerville, NV.  She has been employed for over 2 years specializing in vaccine administration, viral supression and management of patient profiles in both Nevada and California.  Her other responsibilities include inventory management, Employee Health vaccine porgram and a patient advocate for Specialty Pharmancy Assistance. Her background includes positions with Cardinal Health Innovative Delivery Services, Curahealth & Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital, LCMC Touro Infirmary and retail establishments serving as District Manager, Manager, and staff pharmacist. She has had a parallel specialization in the Information Technology field serving as Director of Information service and IT manager.  She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Roosevelt University in Schaumburg, Illinois, her Bachelor of Arts and Science, Liberal Arts from Northerstern Illinos University in Chicago and an Associate Electronic Engineering Techician Diploma from DeVry Institute of Technology in Chicago. Nancy has received awards from the Louisiana Pharmacy Association and Immunize Nevada. Her professional associations include the Louisiana Pharmacy Association, American society of Health-system Pharmacists and the American Pharmacist Association. Her ongoing professional educational listing are impressive with a wide array of pharmacuetical topics. Community Service is also one of Nancy’s avocations including the The Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice, volunteer therapy dog programs, patient counseling, Poison Control Awareness, Diabetes Awareness and Girl Scouts of America.

Mark brings a wealth of pharmacy technician experience to share with the Nevada Pharmacy Alliance, having served in the field for ten years as a Pharmacy Technician and for twelve years as a Technician Educator. A graduate of Kaplan University, with a BA in Organizational Communications and MS in Higher Education Administration and Leadership. Mark has worked as a surveyor for ASHP’s Technician Accreditation Program, as well as an item writer for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam. He is also a member of the Technician Advisory Committee to the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy. Passionate about producing competent and confident pharmacy technicians through proper training, Mark enjoys working for a college whose culture emphasizes a desire to provide the best pharmacy training in Las Vegas. Not content with training pharmacy students all week, Mark can often be found teaching swing dancing at the weekend.

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Coriana Matthews is one of the pharmacy students at Roseman University College of Health Sciences. She completed her B.S degree in Public Health at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has experience in pharmacy working as a technician at Walgreens and is excited to take the next step in pharmacy school. Although she is new to policy she is eager to get involved and help make a difference in the pharmacy field. She is eager to make a difference within the profession. 

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Dr. Ken Kunke graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 2003. Upon graduation he took a position as a Pharmacy Manager with Target Pharmacy. He enjoyed building high performing teams and precepting over ten students per year. In 2017 he took advantage of an opportunity and transitioned into compounding pharmacy. At the beginning of 2019 he became the Director of Experiential Education (IPPE) at Roseman University. He schedules the 1st and 2nd year students on their rotations. He loves giving back to the profession of pharmacy and is currently serving as the Executive Director for the Nevada Pharmacy Alliance. He hopes to help connect pharmacy professionals in Nevada, advance the profession, and raise patient care. He wants everyone to know that they can join the Alliance, even if they have never had association experience in the past.