Board of Directors

Board of Directors

The IHI Board of Directors is a dedicated group of highly respected professionals who provide our strategic rudder.
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Ann Scott Blouin

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

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Tosan Boyo

Tosan Boyo, MPH 
Founder and CEO
Olusan
San Francisco Bay Area, CA

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Beth Daley Ullem

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

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Susan Ehrlich

Susan Ehrlich, MD, MPP [Board Vice Chair] 
Chief Executive Officer 
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center 
San Francisco, CA

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Gerald Hickson

Gerald B. Hickson, MD
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

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William Hudson, MBA
Chief Information Officer
Hippocratic AI
Edmond, OK

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Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN
Anne & George Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics & Nursing
John Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

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Susan Kent, PhD, MSc, BSc, HDip PHN, RGN, RM, RNT, Fellow in Nursing Economics (CNR)
CEO/Founder, ArrowHealth
Associate Professor, Dublin City University
Dundalk, Ireland

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Sidney Klajner

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

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Fola Laoye

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

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Beverly Malone

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

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Linda McGoldrick, PhD, MBA, MSW, FRSA, FRSM
Board Chair
Financial Health Associates International
Boston, MA and London, England

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Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio

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

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Sylvia Trent-Adams

Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, FAAN 
President and CEO
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Boston, MA

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Kara Odom Walker

Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS 
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer 
Aetna 
Washington, DC

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Sam Watson

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