PQA has appointed 16 individuals to serve on a new Patient Advisory Council. The council will advise PQA on what matters most to patients, their families and caregivers as it relates to safe, effective and appropriate medication use. The council also will provide input on strategies to meaningfully incorporate patient perspectives throughout PQA’s work to improve the quality of medication use and patient outcomes.
The council members were selected by PQA staff following a public nomination period from October 21-December 12, 2025. The council will meet quarterly, and its first meeting will be in March.
2026 PQA Patient Advisory Council Members
Pat Merryweather-Arges, MA
Naperville, IL
Patient Advocate
Becky Barnes, BSW
Patient Voices Matter Foundation
Richmond, KY
Patient Advocate
Reginald Barnes
Director of Patient Partnership
Autoimmune Registry, Inc.
Corona, CA
Patient, Patient AdvocateRosie Bartel, MA
Chilton, WI
Patient
Desiree Collins Bradley
Houston, TX
Patient, Caregiver
Charlene M Daumke, BSPharm, RPh
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Patient, Caregiver
Bahar Davidoff, PharmD, MBA
Long Beach, CA
Patient, Caregiver, Patient Advocate
Karen S. Edwards, PhD, MPhil, MPA
Detroit, MI
Patient, Caregiver
Megan Elliott, MHSA, BSN, RN-BC
Olathe, KS
National Kidney Foundation (volunteer)
Patient Advocate
Karen Fernandes, RN, CPHQ
DES Info Association
Dallas, TX
Patient, Patient Advocate
Ross Frei, MBA
St. Paul, MN
Patient, Caregiver
Nohora Gutierrez, MA
Hallandale Beach, FL
Patient, Caregiver
Debbie Holmes
Community Health Worker
New Orleans, LA
Patient, Caregiver
Brian J. Isetts, RPh, PhD, BCPS, FAPhA
Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Certified Medicare Part D CMR Provider, Consana Health Services, and President, Isetts Consulting, LLC
Aurora, CO
Caregiver, Patient Advocate
Wenora Johnson, BSBM
FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered)
Joliet, IL
Patient Advocate
Derek Mooney, PMP
Guilford, CT
Patient Advocate, Caregiver