Board of Directors

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Boston, MA

Ann Scott Blouin, RN, PhD, FACHE [Board Secretary]
President
PSQ Advisory
Chicago, IL

Tosan Boyo, MPH
President
Sutter East Bay Market
San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Beth Daley Ullem, MBA
President, Quality and Safety First
Co-Founder, Patients for Patient Safety US
Orange County, California

Susan Ehrlich, MD, MPP
Chief Executive Officer
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA

Rebekah Gee, MD
CEO of Health Care Services
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA

Gerald B. Hickson, MD [Board Chair]
Joseph C. Ross Chair in Medical Education and Administration
Professor of Pediatrics
Founding Director, Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy (CPPA)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Sidney Klajner, MD
President
Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein
São Paulo, Brazil

Fola Laoye, MBA
Co-Founder and CEO
Iwosan Investments Limited
Lagos, Nigeria

Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN [Board Vice Chair]
CEO
National League for Nursing
Washington, DC

Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, MBA, RN [Board Treasurer]
Vice President, Product Management and Market Development
UPMC Enterprises
Pittsburgh, PA

Melissa Panagides-Busch, MPH
Interim CEO and Chief Operating Officer
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Boston, MA

Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, FAAN
President
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, Texas

Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS
Executive Vice President, Chief Population Health Officer
Nemours Children’s Health System, National Office of Policy and Prevention
Washington, DC

Sam R. Watson, MSA, CPPS
Senior Vice President, Patient Safety and Quality
Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center
Okemos, MI