Speakers

Stephen J. Carroll, PharmD, MBA

Stephen Carroll received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2005 from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy. He also completed his Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Arkansas State University. He began his career practicing in independent community and long-term care pharmacy. He currently practices in and is a co-owner of AllCare Specialty Pharmacy in Little Rock.

Carroll served on the Arkansas Pharmacists Association Board of Directors from 2010–2020 and served as president of the APA Board of Directors in 2018–2019. Carroll was appointed by the Arkansas Speaker of the House in 2016 to serve on the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission and served as a commissioner from 2016 until 2019. He is an active member of the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy. He was elected to serve on the Board of Trustees for the American Pharmacists Association in 2021. His term ended in March 2025. He is a candidate for APhA president-elect.

Ha Phan, PharmD, CDCES, BCACP

Ha Phan is a clinical associate professor at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY2 Ambulatory Care residency at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and a PGY1 Community Based Pharmacy Residency at Johns Hopkins Home Care Group. She practices in three different clinics which include med/peds, pediatric endocrinology, and pediatric weight management. She mainly manages chronic disease states and assists with pharmacotherapy selection and adjustments. She is a new PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy residency program director but has precepted APPEs, IPPEs, PGY1 pharmacy residents, PGY2 pharmacy residents and interacts with NP students, MD students, and resident physicians.

Kathryn M. Sawyer, PharmD, MEd, MBA, BCACP

Kathryn M. Sawyer, PharmD, MEd, MBA, BCACP, is a clinical assistant professor and patient care skills lab coordinator at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy.

Sawyer is recognized for her leadership in integrating AI into pharmacy education. She has delivered numerous invited presentations on the effective use of generative AI to support faculty workload, improve precepting, and enhance student engagement—including sessions at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy AI Institute, the ICHP Annual Meeting, and the Manchester University Annual Pharmacy Preceptor Conference. Her talks have helped dispel misconceptions and provide actionable guidance for pharmacy educators.

Deeply committed to equity, reflective learning, and technological fluency, Sawyer continues to advocate for responsible AI adoption in health care education. Outside of academia, she volunteers with Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue, offering medical care and support to injured birds—demonstrating the same compassion and care that guides her work with students.

Melissa Duke, Pharm.D., M.S., BCPS, FAPhA

Missy Skelton Duke is the executive director of Medicare Quality and Stars Strategy at Banner Health. In this role, she builds the strategic vision and strategies that optimize Banner Health Plans’ Medicare Advantage Star Rating. In this role, she drives alignment across complex provider networks, provider aggregators, population health services organizations, and health plan departments to provide the highest quality health care and service to their Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and Dual-Eligible members. Prior to this role, Missy served as the executive director of population health pharmacy solutions and ambulatory pharmacy services and senior director of specialty and home delivery pharmacy services at Banner Health. She has also served as the clinical pharmacy services manager for Intermountain Healthcare, where she was responsible for the growth and development of clinical services, collaborative pharmacy practice agreements, and professional development and competency assessment.

Missy has been active in pharmacy advocacy issues throughout her entire pharmacy career. She has served in numerous pharmacy leadership and advocacy roles at the state and national level, most recently serving as APhA speaker of the House of Delegates.

She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy in 2008, and a Master of Science degree in health policy and pharmacotherapy outcomes research from the University of Utah. She completed a 24-month residency program in Health-System Pharmacy Administration from Intermountain Healthcare in June 2010.