Meet the HERO Leadership Team

  • Lydia Benitez, PharmD, BCOP

    Immediate- Past Chair

    Director, Pharmacists Optimizing Oncology Care Excellence in Michigan (POEM) and Oncology Stewardship

    Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium (MOQC)

    Clinical Associate Professor

    University of Michigan College of Pharmacy

  • Sarah Profitt, PharmD, MMHC, BCOP

    Chair

    Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Adult Malignant Hematology

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Caitlin Rausch, PharmD, BCOP

    Secretary

    Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Leukemia

    UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Ila Maewal Saunders, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA

    Chair- elect

    Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

    Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cellular Therapy & Hematology, Moores Cancer Center

    UC San Diego

Committee Chairs

  • Benyam Muluneh, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA

    Chair, Funding

    Assistant Professor

    UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

  • Mimi Lo, PharmD, BCOP

    Chair, Regulatory Affairs

    Hematology/Oncology Clinical Pharmacist

    UC San Francisco, Medical Center

  • Ryan Beechinor, PharmD, BCOP

    Chair, Publicity & Branding

    Clinical Specialist, Hematology/Oncology

    UC Davis Medical Center

Leadership Team Alumni

  • Benyam Muluneh, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA

    Chair, 2022- 2023

    Assistant Professor

    UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

  • Kayleigh Marx, PharmD, BCOP

    Chair, 2023- 2024

    Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Services

    Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Leukemia

    UT MD Anderson Cancer Center