Meet the IHI Board of Directors
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Board of Directors provides strategic guidance and governance in support of IHI’s mission to improve health and healthcare worldwide. Representing diverse expertise across health care, quality, safety, public health, technology, and patient advocacy, these respected leaders help shape IHI’s direction and long-term impact.
Ann Scott Blouin, RN, PhD, FACHE [Board Secretary]
President
PSQ Advisory
Chicago, IL
Tosan Boyo, MPH
Founder and CEO
Olusan
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Beth Daley Ullem, MBA
President, Quality and Safety First
Co-Founder, Patients for Patient Safety US
Orange County, CA
Susan Ehrlich, MD, MPP [Board Vice Chair]
Chief Executive Officer
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA
Gerald B. Hickson, MD
Joseph C. Ross Chair in Medical Education and Administration
Professor of Pediatrics
Founding Director, CPPA
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
William Hudson, MBA
Chief Information Officer
Hippocratic AI
Edmond, OK
Susan Kent, PhD, MSc, BSc, HDip PHN, RGN, RM, RNT, Fellow in Nursing Economics
CEO/Founder, ArrowHealth
Associate Professor, Dublin City University
Dundalk, Ireland
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 [IHI Board Chair]
CEO
National League for Nursing
Washington, DC
Linda McGoldrick, PhD, MBA, MSW, FRSA, FRSM
Financial Health Associates International
Boston, MA and London, England
Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, MBA, RN [Board Treasurer]
Vice President, Product Management and Market Development
UPMC Enterprises
Pittsburgh, PA
Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Anne & George Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics & Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, FAAN
President and CEO
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Boston, MA
Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Aetna
Washington, DC
Sam R. Watson, MSA, CPPS
Senior Vice President, Patient Safety and Quality
Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center
Okemos, MI
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