Voices That Have Shaped Abarca Forward
Each year, Abarca Forward brings together innovators redefining the future of healthcare, technology, and policy. Their ideas challenge convention, spark collaboration, and move our industry toward meaningful change.
Stay tuned for our 2026 speakers, and explore the leaders who’ve already helped shape the conversation in past editions.
Alex Cires
Director
Actuarial at UPMC Health Plan
Anand Iyer
Chief AI Officer
Anne Winter
Senior Managing Director
Alison Lum
VP of Healthcare Quality & Affordability Performance Enablement
April Todd
Former, Chief Policy & Research Officer
Arundhati Parmar
VP & Editor-in-Chief
Ashely Hajnos
Leadership Advisory Consultant
Beth Hebert-Silvia
SVP & Practice Lead, Health Plans
Pharmaceutical Strategies Group (PSG)
Bertil Chappuis
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Xtillion
Brent Stutz
Chief Strategy Officer
Bruce Japsen
Senior Contributing Writer
Chuck Gamsu
Principal
Christina Barrington
SVP & Chief Pharmacy Officer
Crystal Lennartz
President
Dan DaCosta
David McLean, Ph.D.
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Edward Fotsch
Chief Executive Officer
Ghada Elnashar, Pharm. D.
Senior Director of Medical Affairs
Girisha Fernando
Chief Executive Officer
Glen Chambers
SVP - External Relations
Hari Sabnani
President & Chief Exective Officer
Helen I. Sherman
Chief Transformation Officer
Jason Borschow
Chief Executive Officer
Javier Gonzalez, Pharm.D.
President, PBM & Commercial Strategy
Jay Weaver
VP Payor Relations
PANTHERx Rare Disease Pharmacy
Jeff Park
President
Jim Gartner
President
PerformRx
Joe Cardosi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
John Barto
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
US Health & Life Sciences, Microsoft
John Colaizzi, Jr, Pharm.D., FNJPhA
GVP, Head of Enterprise Pharmacy Practice
Jose Castellote
General Manager Puerto Rico
Jill Helm
VP Pharmacy Services
JC (Juan Carlos) Scott
President & Chief Executive Officer
Julia Hu
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Julie Ceno-England, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Kali Panagos, Pharm.D., RPh.
EVP
ARMSRx Pharmacy Benefit Consulting
Krishna Patel, Pharm.D.
Medical Science Liaison
Matt Gibbs
President
Tanvi Patel
Director & General Manager
Otto Sipe
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Rafa Chaves
Robert Graham, MD, MPH
Co–Founder
FRESH Med NYC;
Chief Health Officer, Performance Kitchen; & Medical Director
Integrative Medicine at Catholic Health
Sarah Kempton
Clinical Programs Manager
Blue Cross of Idaho
Sarah Marche
SVP, Pharmacy Services
Highmark
Scott Paul
SVP of Healthcare & Consumer Innovation
Scott Rochowiak PharmD.
Director, Clinical Informatics
Stacie Hueller,
Sr. HR Director, Americas Benefits Medtronic
Stephen George
Senior Executive
Thatcher Sloan
Partner at S&S Advisors
Tony Navarro
EVP
