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