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2021 Baldrige Board of Examiners
Below is the list of the current members of the Baldrige Board of Examiners. The Baldrige Program wishes to thank the hundreds of volunteers who have previously served as Baldrige Examiners. These industry experts make an invaluable contribution to organizational improvement, the Baldrige Program, and the nation.
Baldrige Examiners
| State | Board Position | Name Sort descending | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Senior | Adelman, Kimberly | ECG Management Consultants |
| IA | Examiner | Adelmund, Eric | Mary Greeley Medical Center |
| AZ | Examiner | Aders, Deborah | Yuma Regional Medical Center |
| CA | Master Examiner | Akers, Diane | Diane Akers Consulting |
| AR | Examiner | Allen, Jeffrey | Summit Community Care / Anthem |
| NM | Master Examiner | Baca, Maureen | Computing Center Inc. of Albuquerque |
| NJ | Senior | Baehser, Mark | Judson Health- Gouverneur health |
| NC | Master Examiner | Ballard, Marcie | US Army Special Operations Command |
| NC | Master Examiner | Beach, Trent | UNC Health |
| OH | Master Examiner | Belter, Michael | Appalachian Power company |
| MD | Examiner | Blakely, Cherron | Food and Drug Administration/Center for Devices and Radiological Health/Office of Product Evaluation & Quality |
| FL | Examiner | Bobst Miklosikova, Zuzana | Pasco County, Board of County Commissioners |
| TX | Master Examiner | Bodinson, Glenn | BaldrigeCoach, Inc. |
| MD | Master Examiner | Bonk, Stephen | SFB PM Consulting |
| KS | Senior | Boylan, Michelle | VA VISN 15 |
| CO | Examiner | Bradley, Margaret | UCHealth (formerly PVHS) |
| MO | Examiner | Brenner, Lauren | Mid-America Transplant |
| FL | Examiner | Brown, Cheryl | Publix Employees Federal Credit Union |
| MD | Master Examiner | Burwell, LaWanda | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Center for Clinical Standards & Quality |
| PH | Examiner | Calingo, Luis María | Holy Angel University |
| FL | Master Examiner | Campbell, Robert | HealthTrust |
| CA | Master Examiner | Carrothers, Kathleen | Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare |
| NM | Examiner | Cartwright, Joshua | Presbyterian Healthcare Services |
| AZ | Senior | Casano, Jayleen | Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy |
| OH | Master Examiner | Ceselski, Sarah | Ohio State University Medical Center |
| CA | Master Examiner | Chan, Marsha | MCC Health Care Consulting |
| IL | Examiner | Chen, Yuesha | AMITA Health |
| NC | Master Examiner | Christiansen, Richard | Independent Consultant |
| NJ | Examiner | Cirne-Neves, Ceu | Saint Barnabas Medical Center |
| PA | Examiner | Conklin, Sheila | Retired |
| MN | Examiner | Connor, Carla | The Chicago School of Professional Psychology |
| FL | Master Examiner | Corace, Mary | University of South Florida |
| CA | Examiner | Corson, Karen | Adventist Health Rideout |
| AR | Master Examiner | Craddock, William | Craddock & Associates, Inc. |
| NC | Master Examiner | Craver, Catherine | Catherine Craver Consulting |
| VA | Senior | Cummins, Michael | Impact Engineering, Inc. |
| OK | Examiner | Cunningham, Erin | Paycom |
| CA | Examiner | Cunningham, Lindsey | California Council for Excellence (CCE) |
| MI | Master Examiner | Curtis, Patricia | Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, M.D. School of Medicine |
| IA | Examiner | Dane, Michele | Genesis Health System |
| MD | Examiner | Davis, David | National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection |
| NC | Senior | Deaton, Darrell | Patient Centered Innovation, Inc. |
| id | Master Examiner | Deats, Kevin | SPIRE Quality Consulting |
| CA | Examiner | Do, Tram | San Diego County |
| SC | Examiner | Donohue, Doreen | The Joint Commission |
| IN | Senior | Drake, Michael | Good Samaritan Hospital |
| GA | Senior | Dune-Chari, Victoria | Wellstar Kennestone Hospital |
| CA | Examiner | Duyst, Jennifer | Adventist Health Medical Center-Hanford |
| IN | Master Examiner | Dye, Tammy | Jordan Johnson, Inc |
| IN | Examiner | Edwards, Emily | Hendricks Regional Health |
| VA | Master Examiner | Erath, Mark | Murphy Deming College of Health Science Mary Baldwin University |
| PA | Master Examiner | Ettinger, Joel | Category One, Inc. |
| MD | Examiner | Fiddler, Kathryn | TidalHealth |
| KS | Master Examiner | Field, Thomas | University of Kansas Medical Center |
| TN | Master Examiner | Fields Parsons, Tamera | Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence |
| GA | Examiner | Findeiss, Laura | Emory University School of Medicine |
| TX | Senior | Fischer, Megan | CHI St Luke's Texas Division |
| VA | Master Examiner | Fletcher, Eric | Mary Washington Healthcare |
| CO | Examiner | Fletcher, Louis | School District 49 |
| MN | Master Examiner | Floss, Gary | Veritas Institute, University of St. Thomas |
| WI | Master Examiner | Garcia, Dawn | BNI US CORE |
| VA | Master Examiner | Garfield, Janice | Walden University |
| NJ | Examiner | Ghali, Anwar | Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center |
| AL | Senior | Gholston, Sampson | The University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| PA | Examiner | Gigliotti, Raffaele | Rutgers University |
| NM | Master Examiner | Gilbert, Kathie | Western New Mexico University |
| AR | Examiner | Givens, Joe | Ouachita County Medical Center |
| OK | Senior | Godfrey, Jason | Tri County Tech Center |
| IL | Senior | Goldman, Lynn | Independent Consultant |
| Examiner | Gonzalez, Lourdes | Lulu Process Design Group | |
| NY | Examiner | Gordon, Adam | NYC Health + Hospitals / Elmhurst |
| MD | Examiner | Grange, George | Adventist Healthcare |
| NC | Master Examiner | Grayson, Kevin | NC State University - IES |
| TX | Master Examiner | Griffith, Patrice | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| MN | Master Examiner | Grizzell, Paul | Core Values Partners, Inc. |
| NJ | Senior | Hall, Brenda | C-Suite Healthcare Advisors |
| HI | Master Examiner | Hamamura, Glenn | Systems Excellence, LLC |
| MD | Examiner | Hammond, Trudy | TidalHealth |
| CO | Senior | Harcek, Grace | Donor Alliance |
| GA | Master Examiner | Hatch, Melanie | Albany State University |
| CA | Master Examiner | Hawley, Tamela | WASC Senior College and University Commission |
| OH | Master Examiner | Haynes, Denise | Quiet Excellence |
| CO | Senior | Hilts, Peter | El Paso County Colorado School District 49 |
| OH | Senior | Hoffman, Margot | The Partnership for Excellence |
| MD | Examiner | Holman, Maelondy | Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| TX | Master Examiner | Holroyd, Ashley | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| TN | Senior | Holt, Lila | University of Tennessee |
| TX | Examiner | Hsia, Hsiao | LSS Consultant |
| VA | Examiner | Humphrey, Kimberlee | Association for Manufacturing Excellence |
| IL | Senior | Humrickhouse, Robert | Healthcare Consulting Services |
| SC | Examiner | Hunter, Christine | Lowcountry Women's Specialists |
| TX | Master Examiner | Huynh, Bao | Dallas College - Richland Campus |
| SC | Examiner | Ibe, James | Morris College |
| CA | Senior | Iwane, David | The Chicago School of Professional Psychology |
| FL | Examiner | Jadhav, Yashodeep | Envision Healthcare |
| NC | Master Examiner | Janoski, Cheryl | Cheryl J. Janoski |
| MN | Master Examiner | Jenson, Kathleen | RK Jenson Assoc |
| TX | Master Examiner | Johnson, Janet | Jordan Johnson, Inc. |
| PA | Examiner | Johnston, Celia | University of Pennsylvania Health System |
| NC | Master Examiner | Jokovich, Nancy | Jokovich Consulting |
| CA | Examiner | Kattan, Azar | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| CO | Master Examiner | Katzenberg, Beth | Consultant: Health Care Quality & Compliance Integrity |
| TX | Master Examiner | Kendall, Kay | BaldrigeCoach, Inc. |
| MD | Master Examiner | Kenney, Marcia | Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center |
| MA | Master Examiner | Kessler, Marsha | M Kessler Group |
| IA | Senior | Kiel Rosser, Karen | Mary Greeley Medical Center |
| MD | Examiner | Killian, Dennis | University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy |
| IN | Master Examiner | Kimbrough, Larry | Navistar Inc. |
| NV | Examiner | King, James | Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) |
| MA | Master Examiner | Kinney, Laura | Performance Excellence Mentor |
| WI | Master Examiner | Kirkland, Lori | Kirkland-Jones |
| GA | Examiner | Kueven, John | Wellstar Health System |
| TX | Examiner | Kydd, Shernette | Cook Children's Healthcare System |
| WI | Master Examiner | LaBonte, Peter | Milwaukee County |
| MT | Master Examiner | Lapekas, Patti | Lapekas & Associates |
| VA | Examiner | Law, Bryan | Department of State |
| MI | Senior | Lawver, Adam | Michigan State University |
| OH | Master Examiner | Lewis, Alice | Self-Employed |
| SC | Examiner | Louder, David | MUSC Health |
| IN | Senior | Lozier, Travis | Jordan Johnson, Inc. |
| OH | Master Examiner | Mackert, Elayne Casey | Six Disciplines Consulting Services |
| VA | Master Examiner | Malloy, Eric | National Cemetery Administration |
| MI | Master Examiner | Markley, Geri | Michigan Performance Excellence |
| IL | Senior | Marston, Andrew | Caterpillar - Innovation & Technology Development Division |
| MO | Senior | Martin, Linda | Mid-America Transplant |
| FL | Examiner | Martinez, Lisa | Lee Health |
| KY | Examiner | Maxik, Kenneth | CompleteRx, Ltd. |
| OH | Master Examiner | McBride, Debra | Ohio University Global Health Initiative |
| FL | Examiner | McClung, Sandra | The School District of Lee County |
| CO | Master Examiner | McCorvey, James | VA National Office of Community Care |
| TX | Master Examiner | McGuire, Cortis | Quality Texas Foundation |
| TN | Examiner | McVey, Lola | Bristol Tennessee Essential Services |
| WI | Master Examiner | Menzer, Elizabeth | Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence |
| TX | Examiner | Miff, Jennifer | Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation |
| PA | Senior | Miller, Brian | Pine-Richland School District |
| MD | Senior | Miller, Emily | Adventist HealthCare |
| IN | Examiner | Miller, Eric | Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) |
| CA | Master Examiner | Mohagen, Bruce | Retired |
| HI | Master Examiner | Molenda, John | HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union |
| IL | Master Examiner | Mony, Premalatha | Northshore University Healthsystem |
| MD | Examiner | Moore, Brett | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
| OH | Examiner | Mummadi, Srinivas | Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| WA | Examiner | Nidd, Christine | Hospice of the Northwest |
| OH | Master Examiner | Nirody, Suresh | Naught Foundation Inc. |
| CA | Master Examiner | Niswonger, Jennifer | Adventist Health and Rideout |
| FL | Examiner | Okano, Ikuko | Florida Health Care Assocaiton |
| TX | Senior | Onken, Lynn | LifeGift |
| NV | Master Examiner | Oot-Giromini, Barbara | HCA Far West Division |
| CA | Examiner | Osten, Jyoti | Sharp HealthCare |
| MD | Senior | Oxenford, Michael | Shady Grove Medical Center |
| IL | Examiner | Ozan Rafferty, Margaret | Loyola University Chicago |
| TX | Examiner | Padula, Emily | Austin Healthcare Innovation |
| AR | Examiner | Parks, Kelvin | Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks |
| VA | Senior | Pasakarnis, Thomas | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| MD | Senior | Pionati, Pellegrino | 4P's Advisor's LLC |
| PA | Examiner | Plowfield, Lisa | Towson University |
| MI | Examiner | Pomaville, Rena | Tsunagari Services, Inc. |
| OR | Master Examiner | Post, Theron | Performance Excellence Northwest (PENW) |
| MI | Senior | Powell, Lisa | Sparrow Hospital |
| MS | Examiner | Prasad, Amit | United HealthCare |
| NJ | Senior | Quintavalla, Steven | United States Golf Association |
| SC | Master Examiner | Rainer, Robert | Greenville Pathology Associates |
| TX | Examiner | Ransom, Eric | CHI St. Luke's Health |
| MA | Examiner | Rawson, James | Harvard Medical Faculty Practice/Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Center |
| MS | Examiner | Rayford, Edith | Central Mississippi Health Services, Inc. |
| NE | Examiner | Reiners, Jonathan | Community Hospital |
| OH | Examiner | Renz, Julianne | Pain Management Group |
| FL | Senior | Rieder, Renee | HCA North Florida Division |
| SC | Examiner | Robinson, Cory | MUSC Health |
| MO | Master Examiner | Rogers, Scott | CoxHealth |
| GA | Master Examiner | Ruhl, Rebecca | WellStar Health System |
| CO | Senior | Runyan, Therese | City of Fort Collins |
| MT | Senior | Salazar, Lara | One Health |
| VA | Examiner | Satterlee, Anita | Liberty University |
| TX | Examiner | Schnitzer, Mark | Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance |
| IN | Master Examiner | Schoch, Kurt | Performance Improvement Consulting, LLC |
| IL | Senior | Sellett, Julianna | Carle Health |
| FL | Master Examiner | Serrano, Doug | Quiet Excellence |
| DE | Examiner | Sheets, Debra | TidalHealth |
| CA | Master Examiner | Shields, Denise | Shields Resource Group |
| IA | Examiner | Smith, Ronald | Mary Greeley Medical Center |
| WI | Master Examiner | Snyder, Edward | Snyder Consulting & Associates |
| MI | Master Examiner | Snyder, Robert | Bo Snyder Consulting, Inc. |
| MD | Examiner | Somerville, Nancy | N C Somerville Consulting |
| VA | Examiner | Spengler, James | City of Alexandria Virginia |
| MI | Master Examiner | Stehouwer, Kristin | Northwood University |
| WI | Master Examiner | Sternke, JoAnn | Studer Group / Studer Education |
| GA | Examiner | Stewart, Glenda | Next Step Care |
| OK | Senior | Strobel, Tammie | Tri County Tech |
| CO | Examiner | Sullivan, Daniel | Colorado Department of Public Health |
| FL | Examiner | Swanson, Catherine | Best Practice Cities, LLC |
| MD | Examiner | Taylor, April | Johns Hopkins Hospital |
| GA | Senior | Taylor, Phyllis | US Army Garrison Fort Stewart |
| MD | Examiner | Valentine, Amanda | Howard University Hospital |
| MO | Examiner | Van Dusen, Lee | Logan University |
| TX | Master Examiner | Vera, Fonda | Richland College |
| CA | Examiner | Vetteth, Yohan | Stanford Health Care |
| GA | Master Examiner | Vinyard, John | Genitect |
| FL | Examiner | Wade, Herbert | Webber International University |
| GA | Senior | Waldorf, Douglas | Guidehouse |
| CO | Examiner | Walker, Jim | Baldrige Assistance Services |
| SC | Examiner | Wall, Jason | Medical University of South Carolina |
| CA | Examiner | Watkins, Daryl | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - College of Business |
| MO | Senior | Webb, Steffani | University of Kansas Medical Center |
| OH | Senior | Weber, Suzanne | Eaton Corporation |
| IN | Examiner | West, Thomas | The Green Dot Consulting Group |
| TX | Examiner | Whitehead, Kristin | HealthLinx |
| FL | Senior | Wilhoit-Groves, Kristine | VHA Office of Quality |
| IA | Senior | Wood, Denise | Urbandale Community School District |
| CO | Master Examiner | Wulff, Sonja | Sonja Wulff Consulting |
| NY | Master Examiner | Yanovsky, Marlene | Customer Focused Solutions, Inc. |
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