Anita L. Tucker, MA, DBA

November 13, 2024

Dr. Anita L. Tucker is an Associate Professor of Business in the Brandeis International Business School. She uses operations management and organizational learning theory to understand how to increase integration among the different departments that comprise an organization’s internal supply chain. She has found that a lack of integration can create small-scale operational problems that individually […]




Wilson Pace, MD, FAAFP

November 13, 2024

Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver, the Green-Edelman Chair for Practice-based Research, and the Director of the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network Wilson D. Pace, MD, FAAFP is a Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver, the Green-Edelman Chair for Practice-based Research, and the Director […]




Sallie Weaver, PhD

November 13, 2024

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety & Quality, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Sallie J. Weaver, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. […]




Vivian Low, MPH, RN-BC, FPCNA

November 13, 2024

Chair, Nursing Research Council El Camino Hospital Manager, Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Wellness Center, Norma Melchor Heart & Vascular Institute, El Camino Hospital Vivian Low, MPH, RN-BC,FPCNA  is Chair of the Nursing Research Council at El Camino Hospital, a not-for-profit organization hospital in Silicon Valley with campuses in Mountain View and Los Gatos, CA. She concurrently […]




Rosemary Kennedy, RN, MBA, FAAN

November 13, 2024

Senior Director, Nursing and Healthcare, Informatics National Quality Forum Rosemary Kennedy, RN, MBA, FAAN, is the Senior Director of Nursing and Healthcare Informatics at the National Quality Forum (NQF) in Washington, DC. In addition to being an informatics domain expert, Ms. Kennedy holds many leadership roles through her work with the Healthcare Information and Management […]




Heidi King, MS, FACHE, BCC, CMC, CPPS

November 13, 2024

Director, Department of Defense (DoD) Patient Safety Program TRICARE Management Activity Lead Architect, TeamSTEPPS® (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) Ms. Heidi King, MS, FACHE, BCC, CMC, CPPS is the Acting Director for the Department of Defense (DoD) Patient Safety Program in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer at TRICARE […]




Catherine Rick, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

November 13, 2024

Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Cathy Rick, RN, PhD(h), NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN, is the Chief Nursing Officer, for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Ms. Rick provides leadership and guidance to VA’s 80,000 nursing personnel, who care for nearly six million veterans each year. As the Chief Nurse Executive for VA, she is […]




Mary L. Salisbury, RN, MSN

November 13, 2024

Mary Salisbury, MSN, RN, is a Northeastern University Masters-prepared nurse commanding forty two years of continuous service in operative, critical care and emergency medicine with a current focus on patient and family centered safety in healthcare research. As founder and president of The Cedar Institute, Inc, Ms. Salisbury provides services to both military and civilian […]




Luci K. Leykum, MBA, MSC, MD

November 13, 2024

Luci K. Leykum, MBA, MSC, MD is the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where she also serves as an Associate Professor and Division Chief of Hospital Medicine within the School of Medicine.  Dr. Leykum also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at The University […]




Linda Roussel, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNL

November 13, 2024

Linda Roussel, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNL is a Professor of Nursing, DNP Program Director, and faculty mentor for doctoral students at The University of Alabama at Birmingham where she received her Doctorate in Nursing in 1990.  Dr. Roussel’s recent research publications include clinical nurse leadership, academic-clinical partnership, and frontline engagement. Transforming Care at the Bedside, […]