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