Director At Large Candidates

Nitish Bangalore

Nitish Bangalore is a pharmacy operations manager at Children’s Wisconsin. His areas of oversight include the Central Pharmacy, OR Pharmacy satellite, pharmacokinetics, nonsterile compounding, and vaccine management. Nitish earned his Pharm.D. degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy. He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at United Hospital/Children’s Hospital of Minnesota at St. Paul, MN. Nitish also earned a Master’s of Healthcare Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has nearly 20 years of pharmacy leadership experience, including drug policy, medication safety, regulatory compliance, and staff development and engagement. Nitish has been active with the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Outside of work, Nitish has been an adult leader with Scouting America at the troop, local, and regional level, and has served on a county Board of Health and Human Services.

Statement of Purpose
I am honored to be nominated for the position of Director-At-Large with the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. I value the Society’s role as our One Voice for the pharmacy workforce in our state. PSW has afforded me the ability to learn, grow, share, and network. I have done this by attending Annual and Education Conferences, as a participant in the Decker-Temple Pharmacy Leadership Conference, and contributor to listservs. I have also sought to serve our profession by speaking at those conferences, being a member of the Health-Systems Pharmacy Advisory Committee, as an alternate delegate to the ASHP House of Delegates, participating in advocacy efforts including Legislative Days, as a regular contributor to society foundations and PACs. As I engage with ASHP and ACCP as national organizations, I have taken the opportunity to point out how exceptional PSW is as an example of a state society and how its members lead our profession on more than just a statewide scale. That unified voice of our profession is still uncommon across the nation, yet it is highly effective in bringing us altogether and making us stronger.

As a pharmacist, my primary passion is medication safety. I believe that we must first make drug therapy safe for our patients before we can even begin to help them achieve their therapeutic goals. As a pharmacy leader, my passions are team empowerment and engagement. As a PSW Director-At-Large, I hope to contribute my experience and skills to help the Society set ambitious yet achievable goals and to measure progress to attainment of those goals. Considering my passions, I hope to continue and build on our record of success in empowering the pharmacy workforce to provide exceptional service to our patients, help them achieve their therapeutic goals, and most of all, to make it safe.

Eric Huckins

Eric graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and earned an MBA in Healthcare Administration from Concordia University. He brings 14 years of health system and specialty pharmacy experience across operations, business development, industry relations, quality and accreditation, payer contracting, and patient access programs. Eric currently serves as Vice President, Chief Growth Officer at Lumicera Health Services, a national specialty pharmacy based in Madison, Wisconsin. A member of the senior leadership team for the past six years, he supports industry relations, health system and payer strategy, account management, strategic partnerships, and new growth initiatives. He also serves as Residency Program Director for Lumicera’s PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Leadership and Administration Program.

Eric holds Specialty Pharmacy Certification (CSP), is a guest lecturer at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, and participates on national advisory boards and committees, including the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy. Prior to Lumicera, he held leadership roles at SSM Health and Dean Clinic overseeing specialty, ambulatory, and outpatient pharmacy services.

Statement of Purpose
I am seeking election to help advance a stronger, more transparent, and more sustainable future for pharmacy in Wisconsin. Our profession is at an inflection point, and pharmacists must have a more influential voice in shaping how care is delivered, valued, and reimbursed.

Transparency across the pharmacy ecosystem is essential. Pharmacies and patients deserve clarity in pricing, contract terms, and reimbursement methodologies, particularly as national payors and PBMs continue to consolidate power. I am committed to advocating for reimbursement models that reflect the true value of pharmacy services—covering acquisition costs, operational realities, and the clinical expertise pharmacists provide rather than perpetuating unsustainable fee structures.

Equally important is elevating the role of pharmacists at the negotiating table. Pharmacists bring frontline clinical insight and operational expertise that must be represented when policies, networks, and reimbursement decisions are made. Ensuring that our profession is meaningfully engaged in these discussions is critical to long‑term viability.

Finally, I believe Wisconsin pharmacy must continue evolving beyond fee‑for‑service toward outcome‑driven care. By supporting pharmacies in growth, innovation, and expanded scope of practice, we can better align compensation with improved patient outcomes and population health impact.

I am committed to collaboration, advocacy, and practical solutions that strengthen pharmacy practice across Wisconsin.

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