Joe Kiani is responsible for creating the Patient Safety Movement Foundation & Coalition and the Patient Safety Science & Technology Summit. Mr. Kiani founded the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) in 2013 with a mission to reduce the more than 200,000 preventable patient deaths that occur in U.S. hospitals every year. Under Mr. Kiani’s leadership, the Patient Safety Movement held the first Patient Safety Science & Technology Summit in January 2013 with President Clinton as the keynote speaker. Mr. Kiani has convened hundreds of leading clinicians, hospital CEOs, and medical technology CEOs from around the globe and at this Summit, launched an aggressive goal – ZERO patient deaths by 2020.

The Foundation is breaking down the silos between hospitals, medical technology companies, doctors, engineers and families of patients who have died needlessly. The mission of the PSMF is to: 1) Unify the healthcare ecosystem 2) Identify the challenges that are killing patients to create actionable solutions 3) Ask hospitals to implement Actionable Patient Safety Solutions 4) Promote transparency 5) Ask med tech companies to share the data their devices generate to create a Patient Data Super Highway and help identify at-risk patients 6) Correct misaligned incentives, and 7) Promote love and patient dignity.

As the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Masimo Corporation, a global medical technology innovator, Mr. Kiani has been a beacon for patient safety and innovation in healthcare for more than 20 years. Convinced that the use of adaptive signal processing could solve the problems of motion artifact and signal noise that plagued pulse oximetry–widely recognized as the 5th vital sign–he founded Masimo in 1989 to improve the accuracy of noninvasive patient monitoring.

Under his leadership, Masimo has grown from a “garage start up” into a successful publicly traded company (NASDAQ: MASI) employing more than 3,000 people worldwide and providing its market-leading Masimo SET® Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry technology to leading OEM patient monitoring manufacturers. Today, Masimo is an innovative powerhouse delivering key noninvasive medical breakthroughs, including: Masimo rainbow Pulse COOximetry™–the first noninvasive blood constituent monitoring platform to measure multiple blood constituents that previously required invasive procedures and help reduce risky blood transfusions.

Mr. Kiani’s dream of transforming patient care thrives today as he works with legislators in Washington, D.C., to affect public policy that supports innovation and promotes good healthcare decisions. In 2010, he created the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation and Competition in Healthcare to encourage and promote activities, programs, and research opportunities that improve patient safety and deliver advanced healthcare worldwide—fostering access to innovative medical solutions for those who may not otherwise benefit from their lifesaving capabilities. In 2011 he founded the Masimo Political Action Committee to spotlight the important issues that will shape healthcare policy.

Mr. Kiani has won many awards, including the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of The Year 2012 Life Sciences Award Winner.

Mr. Kiani believes in turning yesterday’s impossibilities into tomorrow’s possibilities and challenging the status quo. This is exactly what he and his company, Masimo, have done and are continuing to do, and his passion is to share this insight, knowledge, and the indomitable spirit of a true innovator to improve healthcare for Americans and patients around the world.

Dr. Barker received his B.S. in Physics from Harvey Mudd College in 1967, his PhD in Aeronautical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1972, and his MD from the University of Miami in 1981.  He has reached the rank of tenured professor in both engineering (UCLA) and anesthesiology (UC Irvine, University of Arizona).  He chaired the Department of Anesthesiology at UC Irvine from 1990 to 1995, and then at the University of Arizona from 1995 to 2013.  He has published over 200 scholarly works, including 15 textbook chapters.  Dr. Barker has served as president of the national organization of anesthesiology department chairs (AAPD) and of the Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA), senior oral examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology, and Section Editor for Technology for the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia.

During his 18-year tenure as anesthesiology chair at the University of Arizona, Dr. Barker was active in a number of governance roles outside of his department.  He served as the hospital Director of Perioperative Services from 1996 through 2000.  He was Chair of the Council of Clinical Department Heads from 2000 through 2003, and then chair of the clinical department heads working group.  He served seven years as the American Society of Anesthesiologists Director for Academic Anesthesiology, representing all university anesthesiology departments at the ASA.  Dr. Barker has been a productive academician, and has also participated actively in governance and administration at local, state, and national levels.  He is now Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology at the University of Arizona, and Chief Science Officer for Masimo Corporation.

In November 2015, Dr. Barker received the Lifetime Achievement Award from IAMPOV (Innovations and Applications of Monitoring Perfusion, Oxygenation, and Ventilation), “for championing the development of vitally important monitoring technologies and associated testing.”   In January 2016, he received the J.S. Gravenstein Award from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia, “for his visionary understanding of the role of technology in anesthesia care and lifetime commitment to patient safety.”  In April 2016, he received the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from Harvey Mudd College.

Robin Betts is a leader in clinical innovation and the implementation of safety improvement initiatives and has dedicated her professional life to patient safety, quality, and high reliability systems to make lives better. She has had a distinguished 35-year health care career, practicing as a nurse for 17 years.

As Vice President for Quality, Clinical Effectiveness & Regulatory Services for Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Robin helps further advance Kaiser Permanente’s nation-leading excellence in quality and patient safety, and oversees health plan and hospital regulatory functions, including compliance, licensing, and member grievances.

Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Robin served as Assistant Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety for Intermountain Healthcare – a non-profit health system of 22 hospitals, 185 outpatient clinics, a medical group, and an affiliated health insurance company – in Utah and Idaho.  There, she set the vision for patient safety and quality in pursuit of clinical and quality excellence. In 2013, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation awarded Robin with its Humanitarian Award that recognizes leaders from around the world who have made significant progress in saving lives from preventable medical harm.

Robin also has a strong background in health care information technology. She spent almost two decades in clinical informatics and patient safety leadership positions – most notably at Universal Health Services, as the Corporate Director of Information Technology, and at Valley Health System as an Associate Administrator leading implementation of evidence-based clinical care programs.

Robin is a board member of the international Patient Safety Movement Foundation, and an advisory board member of the Weber State University Masters in Healthcare Administration program. She is also an adjunct professor at Weber State University in Utah, where she teaches quality and risk management in health care in its MHA program.

Robin holds is a registered nurse with a BS in Information Technology and an MBA in Health Care Management from Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia.

Alicia Cole is an internationally recognized Speaker and Patient Safety Consultant. A two-time survivor of hospital-acquired MRSA, Sepsis, and Necrotizing Fasciitis, Alicia has endured nine surgeries, eleven blood transfusions, and nearly had her left leg amputated. She’s navigated her way through over a decade of weekly medical treatments and aftercare.  While still recovering, Alicia co-sponsored and successfully lobbied for passage of two California laws, one for Patient Safety education for healthcare workers, and the other, Public Reporting of hospital infection rates. (“Nile’s Law”) In between doctor appointments, Alicia earned a Post-Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management and Leadership, from UCLA School of Public Health. Her passion is protecting patients by improving health literacy and self-efficacy, while promoting safer care as a Health Policy Change Agent. In 2015, Alicia was honored by President Barack Obama for her advocacy work and appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB).  She continued in that position under the Trump administration until February of 2020. Alicia’s journey from survivor to champion has been featured on ABC’s 20/20, The Doctors, The Dr. Nandi Show, CBS and Fox News, she has also been profiled in USA Today, HEALTH Magazine, Consumer Reports, HealthLeaders Media and the LA Times.

Dr Davila became to be Regional Network Chair PSMF in Mexico since 2016. Promoting culture of safety and affiliation of many prestigious hospitals private and public, and establishing a close relationship with Institutions of Federal Government and Healthcare and Academic Organizations like Academy of Surgery, Mr. Carlos Slim Foundation, Faculty of Medicine of National University of Mexico etc.. In 2017 he asked with sponsors for financial support inviting Mexican Delegation coming to PSMF Summit with 20 colleagues, physicians and CEO´s of different Hospitals as well in London Summit with 14 colleagues and also in 2019 with 7 colleagues, one of them of the new Mexican Federal Government. He has visiting around the Mexican Republic Managers, CEO´s, Physicians, Nurses and multidisciplinary team in Healthcare Services, Secretaries of Health and also Governors of some States promoting PSMF and making Commitments and Affiliations. Also he has participations in different International Conferences like Chile, Colombia, Brasil, Dubai etc…promoting PSMF and joining efforts in Mexico with Federal Government Authorities including the current administration started last December.

Nomination as Member of the new Scientific and Diplomatic Council for Research, Innovation and Technology of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Federal Government.

Between December 2012 to October 2015 became to be Medical Director of Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) ; That is a huge Institution in Healthcare Services in Mexico with approximately   2000 Medical Units since first level to High Speciality, 73,000 Physicians, 119,000 Nurses. Their projects and programmes were in that time linked to improve a better quality of medical services supporting healthy financial status of the Institution, continuing medical education and academic interchanging with prestigious national and international Institutions, special emphasis in certification of medical units. Before in IMSS between 2007/2010 became to be Head of Medical Education, Research and Health Public Policy’s.

He joined at the Mexican Academy of Surgery in 2015, coming as Member of Executive Committee (2017/2018-2018/2020).

Advisor of Ex Secretary of Health Dr. Julio Frenk. (2005/2006).( Dr. Frenk has been changed the Law in order to create Social and Health Protection Commission; Former Dean of Public Health School in Harvard, and Current President of the University of Miami). Also Dr. Davila has been Private Chair Staff Office Ex Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Angel Cordova (2011).( Dr. Cordova was Secretary when Flu Pandemia started in México in 2009.).

At Social Security and Social Services for Federal Employees in Mexico (ISSSTE), got his training in Craniomaxillofaciall Surgery with specific procedures in Congenital Deformities and Facial Trauma; publishing as coauthor the Chapter “Oblique Modified Lefort III Osteotomy” at Modern Practice in Orthognatic and Reconstructive Surgery with Dr. Willian H. Bell prestigious Surgeon.; in his training he got rotation in Boston University, visit as speaker and surgical procedures in Parkland with Profr. William H. Bell and Robert V. Walker, in Gottingen, Germany with Profr. Hans Luhr; Cambridge, France, Spain, Southampton, Israel, Japan, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Panamá, Uruguay. In the 90´s President of Mexican Association and College of Maxillofacial Surgery, and fellow of The International Association of this specialty and former member of two committees at the Executive Committees.

In 80´s and 90´s in ISSSTE his background also was as Head Department in his specialty, Head of Medical Education and Research in one of the most important Hospitals, Medical Director of two Hospital. In 2000/2005 Regulation Healthcare Services Chair, Prevention and Healthcare Promoting Services Chair and other professional and academic activities.

Dr Mike Durkin, MBBS, FRCA, DSc (Hon) was the NHS National Director of Patient Safety from 2012-2017. He holds Visiting Professor appointments in Patient Safety at Imperial College London and the University of the West of England and is currently the Senior Advisor on Patient Safety Policy and Leadership at the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College. He is an Associate Non-Executive Director at NHS Resolution. He qualified in Medicine at The Middlesex Hospital Medical School and has held clinical, research and teaching appointments in cardiovascular anaesthesia and critical care in London, Bristol and Yale Universities. He started his 25 year medical management and leadership career as Executive Medical Director at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in 1993 and held successive Executive Medical Director positions for Strategic Authorities between 2002-2012 culminating as the Medical Director of the NHS across the South of England supporting a population of 16M. He has led performance and clinical governance reviews in the UK and overseas.  He was the UK Department of Health National Clinical Director for Venous Thrombo-Embolism, an appointed Expert by the International Society for Quality in Healthcare and on the core team for the Patient Safety Campaign for England.  He led the National Patient Safety Programme for England developing the 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives across England and the Q Fellowship to build a community of 5000 quality improvers in partnership with The Health Foundation. He continues to support international development of patient safety systems with the World Health Organisation.  He convened the Berwick Advisory Board in 2013 to advise on creating conditions to improve the safety of patients in England and in 2015 he was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health to Chair the Expert Advisory Group to advise on the establishment of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch.  He led the establishment of Ministerial Inter-Governmental Summits on Patient Safety which have now been held in the UK (2016) and Germany (2017), and to be held in Japan in 2018. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the West of England and in 2017 he was awarded the highest accolade of the Royal College of Physicians of London for services to Patient Safety, their Honorary Fellowship. He is Chair of the Management Board of NICE National Clinical Guideline Centre and sits on national and international research, policy and patient safety Advisory Boards.

Marty Hatlie is CEO of Project Patient Care (PPC, a non-profit organization that uses the voice of the patient to improve care. PPC’s mission is to mobilize the diverse healthcare stakeholders in metropolitan Chicago to provide the best possible care to every patient every time, by eliminating preventable harm and implementing systemic change to ensure consistent excellence. He also is Co-Director of the MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety.

Drawing on experience as a civil rights attorney, malpractice defense litigator, lobbyist and coalition-builder, Hatlie is active in both public and organizational policy development on patient safety, litigation reform and patient safety issues. He works extensively with consumers and organizations to foster the cultural paradigm shift necessary to support a patient-centered, systems-based approach to the delivery of healthcare services. Hatlie is active in U. S. federal health system transformation work as a consultant on several projects funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

He was a lobbyist for the American Medical Association for many years. In 1996, he was instrumental in developing the first Annenberg Conference on Patient Safety. In 1997, he coordinated the establishment of the National Patient Safety Foundation and served as its founding Executive Director (1997-99). From 2000 through 2002, Hatlie served as the National Chair of VHA Inc.’s Accelerated Learning Initiative on Patient Safety, working with VHA member hospitals across the country.

Mr. Hatlie is the co-editor of the Patient Safety Handbook (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2003), one of the first textbooks in the field of patient safety. He has authored numerous articles addressing patient safety, patient engagement and medical liability issues. Among other activities, p4ps develops case-based training tools exploring systems problems that produce adverse patient events. Its interactive educational programs, the First Do No Harm® video series, developed in partnership with the Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, are used widely in more than 40 countries.

Mr. Hatlie currently serves in Board of Directors positions for Consumers Advancing Patient Safety, the Leapfrog Group Board of Directors, the Alliance for Integrated Medication Management and MacNeal Hospital. He currently serves on advisory bodies for AHRQ, the Joint Commission and National Quality Forum. He also serves on the Steering Committees of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, the National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Action Plan and Patients for Patient Safety (PFPS), a part of the World Health Organization’s Patient Safety Programme. Hatlie has helped organize and facilitate numerous workshops in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe that prepare participants to be PFPS Patient Safety Champions.

Previously, Mr. Hatlie was a member of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Executive Session on Medical Error and served on the boards of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, the Physician Insurers Association of America, the American Tort Reform Association and Parents of Infants and Children with Kernicterus. He was the Founding Chair of both the Health Care Liability Alliance and the National Medical Liability Reform Coalition – both are Washington, D.C.-based coalitions that advocate civil justice and patient safety reform. Mr. Hatlie is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts and Illinois.

Omar Ishrak has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic since June 2011. Medtronic is the world’s leading medical technology company, with $30 billion in annual revenue, and operations reaching more than 150 countries worldwide. Medtronic offers technologies and solutions to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including cardiac and vascular diseases, respiratory, neurological and spinal conditions, diabetes, and more. The Medtronic Mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people around the world.

Since joining Medtronic, Omar has focused the company on three core strategies of Therapy Innovation, Economic Value and Globalization. These three strategies form the basis for Medtronic’s efforts to partner with its customers to drive high quality patient outcomes, expand patient access to healthcare, and lower costs in healthcare systems around the world. In 2014, Omar engineered the acquisition of Covidien, a $10 billion global manufacturer of surgical products and supplies. The acquisition of Covidien was the largest medical technology acquisition in the history of the industry.

Omar joined Medtronic from General Electric Company, where he spent 16 years, most recently as President and CEO of GE Healthcare Systems, a $12 billion division of GE Healthcare, with a broad portfolio of diagnostic, imaging, patient monitoring and life support systems. Omar also served as an Officer and a Senior Vice President of GE.  Earlier in his career, Omar amassed 13 years of technology development and business management experience, holding leadership positions at Diasonics/Vingmed, and various product development and engineering positions at Philips Ultrasound.

He grew up in Bangladesh, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of London, King’s College. He is also a Fellow of King’s College.

Omar is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Health and Healthcare Community, which includes global leaders focused on shaping the future of health and healthcare. Key areas of focus for this community include promoting healthy behaviors, better management of future pandemics/epidemics, increasing global access to care, and increasing value in healthcare systems to advance healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes.

Omar sits on the Board of Directors of Intel, a global technology company with more than $59 billion in annual revenue. Omar is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society, the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. He is also a member of the Minnesota Public Radio Board of Trustees.

David Mayer, MD is executive director of the MedStar Institute for Quality & Safety (MIQS).  In this role, Dr. Mayer leads specific quality and safety programs in support of discovery, learning, and the application of innovative methods to operational clinical challenges.

Prior to his appointment as executive director, MIQS Dr. Mayer served for over six years as vice president, quality and safety for MedStar Health, overseeing the infrastructure for clinical quality and its operational efficiency for MedStar and each of its entities. Dr. Mayer also designs and directs systemwide activity for patient safety and risk reduction programs.

Dr. Mayer joined MedStar from the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago, Ill. Over the course of 10 years, he held numerous roles including co-executive director of the UIC Institute for Patient Safety Excellence, director of UIC Masters of Science Patient Safety Leadership Program, associate dean for Education, and associate chief medical officer for Quality and Safety Graduate Medical Education. Concurrent with his other roles, he served as vice chair for Quality and Safety for the Department of Anesthesiology, where he was an associate professor of Anesthesiology and director of Cardiac Anesthesiology. Dr. Mayer also founded and has led the Annual Telluride International Patient Safety Roundtable and Patient Safety Medical Student Summer Camp for the last thirteen years.

In addition, he has significant experience in the private sector as director of Medical Affairs of the Hospital Products Division of Abbott Laboratories and was president and founder of Esurg Corporation.

Dr. Mayer attended the University of Illinois at Chicago for both his undergraduate and medical degrees. He completed his internship and residency at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in cardiac anesthesia. Additionally, he co-produced the patient safety educational film series titled “The Faces of Medical Error…From Tears to Transparency,” which won numerous awards including the prestigious Aegis Film Society Top Short Documentary Award.

Most recently, Dr. Mayer was listed on the Becker’s Hospital Review 2017 and 2018 lists of Top 50 people leading patient safety. He was one of four medical professionals presented with the 2017 Humanitarian Award from the Patient Safety Movement Foundation for his lifesaving achievements in patient safety. He was selected by the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) as an International Quality and Safety Expert, has been presented with the 2013 Founders’ Award from the American College of Medical Quality, the University of Illinois/American Association of Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award for his commitment to teaching, service and patient advocacy, and was recognized by the Institute of Medicine in Chicago in 2010 with the Sprague Patient Safety Award.

He regularly presents and writes on topics related to quality and patient safety, and has received grant funding from the United States Department of Education, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.

Dr. Mellin-Olsen is cand. med. from the University of Trondheim, Norway, from 1982. In 1987, she was the first Norwegian female physician to complete her (voluntary) military services, which she did by serving for the UNIFIL Forces in South Lebanon. She got involved in patient safety initiatives during her residency training in Trondheim University Hospital where she got her specialty in 1992. She has worked for the Red Cross in Pakistan and Serbia. She was the medical director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa for MedAire, Inc, based in Tampe, AZ, for ten years, dealing with remote medical advice, including for aviation and maritime. Since 2002, she has held a full-time clinical post in Baerum Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

Both in her home country and internationally, Jannicke is known for her dedication to organizational work. She has been active in the Veterans’ organization and in national and international medical organizations. During her term in the European Board of Anaesthesiology, she chaired the Patient Safety and Quality Committee before becoming president. During her presidency, she was the driving force for the Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology, which was launched in 2010. Since then, this Declaration has been signed and supported in all regions of the world and has become the industry standard. She is currently the secretary of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and the president-elect of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists. In her home country, she is known as a promoter of a non-punitive approach to medical errors, according to the model of the NTSB’s. She is particularly committed to human factors, communication, and involvement of patients, relatives, and clinical staff as experts to improve patient safety.

Jannicke’s publication list mainly contains articles and book chapters related to patient safety, education, and manpower. She is a well-known speaker at anaesthesiology meetings globally and holds several honorary positions.

Miceli has set the vision and mission for the University of Vermont Medical Center Supply Chain operation, ranked #1 and #2 by the University Health System Consortium/Vizient in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The effectiveness of the supply chain has supported the clinical mission and operations of the University of Vermont Medical Center, OneCare Vermont, and the University of Vermont Health Network

Miceli has also served as the Vice President of Information Systems for the University of Vermont Medical Center as well as the CIO for the OneCare Vermont Accountable Care Organization

Key accomplishments include sponsoring the successful integration of biomedical devices with the EPIC EHR, as well as championing interoperability of key clinical applications with EPIC (McKesson PACS).

Prior to joining Fletcher Allen/University of Vermont Medical Center in 2008, Miceli held leadership positions in supply chain, biomedical engineering, and support services at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center, The University of Chicago Hospital and Health Systems, and Partners Healthcare System in Boston. He has also served as an expert consultant in change management/turn around, cost management, and information systems.

An avid guitarist, Miceli and colleague McKenna Lee founded the musical group McKenna Lee and the Microfixers in 2010. Over the past 7 years the group has helped raise over $20k for charitable causes. He has two adult children with wife Mari, an RN and fellow patient safety advocate who designed and developed the PatientAider app that the Miceli’s donated to the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.

Tami Minnier is the Chief Quality Officer for UPMC, an integrated delivery and financing system in Pittsburgh, PA. Quality, Safety and the Patient Experience is driven by the Wolff Center at UPMC.  She is the Executive Director for the Beckwith Institute, a $15 million dollar foundation supporting innovation in care delivery and shared decision making.

Ms. Minnier has a passion for clinical care improvement.  She has her BSN and MSN from the University of Pittsburgh; she is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ms. Minnier has studied the Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing.  She is a graduate of the Advanced Training Program at Intermountain Health Care and has been on faculty at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.  She is the Vice-Chair of the Board of Joint Commission International/ Joint Commission Resources.  She also serves as a board member of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.  A nationally known speaker, Ms. Minnier has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Newsweek, The Journal of Nursing Administration, Modern Health Care, Healthcare Leaders, Reflections by Sigma Theta Tau, and many other journals.  She has been noted by Becker’s as one of the 50 top experts leading the field of patient safety and top 130 women health system leaders to know in the USA in 2015.  However, her proudest accomplishment is her son, Seth.

Jim Messina is arguably one of the world’s most successful political advisors. The mastermind behind President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, Jim Messina seized the reins on what Bloomberg Businessweek dubbed “the highest-wattage crash course in executive management ever undertaken”—and succeeded, earning the President another term in the White House. With the guidance of technology’s foremost leaders, Jim abandoned every step of a traditional presidential campaign and merged technology and politics in a way that was both unpredictable and unprecedented.

Jim’s strategies established the modern presidential campaign—Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt called it “the best-run campaign ever.”  The American Association of Political Consultants later crowned him the Campaign Strategist of the Year (2013).

Since then he has gone on to advise Presidents and Prime Ministers on five continents including: UK’s Theresa May and David Cameron, Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto, Argentina’s Mauricio Macri, Italy’s Matteo Renzi and in 2016 helped Spain’s President Mariano Rajoy win a surprising re-election margin.

In 2013, Messina launched The Messina Group. In this role, Messina provides strategic consulting to businesses around the world.  The firm has been involved in winning public policy campaigns on five continents.  Clients include Uber, Airbnb, Google, Delta Air Lines, Hutchison Whampoa, and over 70 others.

Previously, Jim served as Deputy Chief of Staff in President Barack Obama’s White House, where he was integral to the passage of the historic health care bill, the economic stimulus act credited with saving the US economy, and the landmark repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”

Messina continues to advise and guide Democratic candidates and organizations at all levels, as well as providing insight on news outlets such as MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, BBC, and others.

Jim serves on the boards of Organizing for Action (OFA), Virgin HyperloopOne, Google’s Advanced Technology Panel, Vectra.ai, Pillpack, Patient Safety Movement Foundation, LanzaTech, Hyp3r, the United States Soccer Foundation, and the Montana Land Reliance.

In March 2020, Dr. Ramsay was appointed Chairman of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation taking Joe Kiani’s place.

Dr. Ramsay is Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, a position that he has held since 1989.  He is also Co-Medical Director of Operating Room Services.  He serves as a member of the Baylor University Medical Center Board of Trustees and is also a member of the Medical Board.  He is Director of Anesthesia for the liver transplant program and has personally provided anesthesia for over 1,000 liver transplant recipients.  Dr. Ramsay is Past President of the International Liver Transplantation Society.  Dr. Ramsay was recently appointed as an at-large delegate to the United Network for Organ Sharing and is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Transplant Anesthesia.  He is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Patient Safety Movement Foundation and serves as the Chair of the “Failure to Rescue: Post-operative Respiratory Depression” workgroup.

Dr. Ramsay is a Professor at Texas A & M Health Science Center and holds a clinical professorship in anesthesiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School as well as in the Department of Periodontics at Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A & M University.

In addition, Dr. Ramsay is the developer of the Ramsay Sedation Scale, a measurement designed for interpreting the depth of sedation for patients in the critical care unit.  This scale has been adopted around the world.  He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and numerous chapters in text books.  He was a member of the Sedation Analgesia Guidelines Task Force of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.  This group came out with new guidelines for the management of Pain, Agitation and Delirium in Adult ICU patients in January 2013.

As President of Baylor Scott & White Research Institute (BSWRI), Dr. Ramsay leads clinically relevant research efforts for Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).  Since joining the organization, he has developed a successful infrastructure that has increased the number of clinical trials from 250 to more than 2,000 active trials today.  The mission of BRI is expressed in the following statement: “To improve the medical care and well-being of our community – nationally and internationally – through innovative, clinical research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health.”  He executed a multimillion dollar collaboration agreement with La Roche pharmaceuticals that supports very early research projects and accelerates their completion.  This was a pilot project and has now been replicated at many academic centers around the world.

Dr. Ramsay is currently involved in a number of clinical research projects for which he is the principal investigator.  His current research includes the role of nitric oxide in ameliorating the reperfusion injury in liver transplantation.  He also is a Principal Investigator of several NIH-funded clinical trials to improve the outcomes of trauma victims.

Vonda Vaden Bates is an alliance builder and leadership coach. For over 30 years Vonda has guided professionals to succeed on behalf of their organizations and careers. She helps people move from potential to action, set and reach goals, manage engaged teams, and communicate with influence. Her creative approach has influenced major market shifts in television, retail, banking, technology and education.

In 2013 Vonda decided to contribute her skills on behalf of safety in health care after researching how her husband, Yogiraj Charles Bates, died from one of the most common preventable causes of death, hospital-associated venous thromboembolism. Advocating for every person in the care system, Vonda brings a compassionate voice, strategic skills, and collaboration expertise to improve communication and safety in health care.

She is the CEO of 10th Dot®, a company founded by her late husband, which coaches and trains individuals, teams and organizations to perform at their best.

Ariana has been with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation since 2015 and is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer.

In her short career prior to joining the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Ariana graduated cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Studio Arts. She worked at the University of California, Irvine’s Institute for Immunology for one year and left her post at UCI to pursue a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 2012, with a focus on oral immunotherapy for children with egg allergy. Ariana came back to California and spent time at the Orange County Healthcare Agency in the Health Promotion Division. She then seized the opportunity to work at Masimo Corporation, in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services sector, where she worked closely with marketing and sales to develop a Grant Assistance Program, helping Fire and EMS Departments procure devices to help them screen for carbon monoxide poisoning, among department staff and the public. Ariana volunteered at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s 2015 Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit and knew that she wanted to step into a leadership role to support the Foundation’s audacious mission.

Since joining the Patient Safety Movement,  Ariana developed the Committed Partners opportunity for professional societies, associations, and other aligned healthcare-related organizations to work with the Movement and has helped grow the number of committed organizations to over 4,710 worldwide, spanning 51 countries.

Rachael graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications in 1997 and California Western School of Law in 2002.  She worked as an associate attorney at a small law firm in San Diego, CA led by a board member of a local hospital; she then began to split her time between the firm and hospital, where her desire to use her skills for the benefit of the patient was strengthened.  After relocating to Burlington, VT, she was admitted to the Vermont Bar, and began working for the University of Vermont Medical Center (formerly Fletcher Allen Health Care) in the Supply Chain Services Department in January 2006.  Despite moving back to California in 2012 she has proudly served Burlington, VT and surrounding communities in this capacity ever since.

Rachael has been volunteering with the Patient Safety Movement since 2014, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors as Secretary.

Micah Young has served as our Executive Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) since October 2017. From July 2012 to September 2017, Mr. Young served as Vice President, Finance, at NuVasive, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA), a medical device company focused on the design, development and marketing of products for the surgical treatment of spine disorders. Prior to that time, he served as NuVasive, Inc.’s Senior Director, Finance, Global Operations, from December 2009 to July 2012. From 2002 to 2009, Mr. Young held various accounting and finance positions with Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a company focused on the design, development, manufacture and marketing of orthopedic reconstructive, spinal and trauma devices, dental implants and related surgical products. Prior to his time at Zimmer Holdings, Inc., Mr. Young was an accountant at Deloitte & Touche LLP from 2000 to 2002. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Accounting and Criminal Justice from Indiana Wesleyan University and is a certified public accountant (inactive).

David Mayer, MD is executive director of the MedStar Institute for Quality & Safety (MIQS).  In this role, Dr. Mayer leads specific quality and safety programs in support of discovery, learning, and the application of innovative methods to operational clinical challenges.

Prior to his appointment as executive director, MIQS Dr. Mayer served for over six years as vice president, quality and safety for MedStar Health, overseeing the infrastructure for clinical quality and its operational efficiency for MedStar and each of its entities. Dr. Mayer also designs and directs systemwide activity for patient safety and risk reduction programs.

Dr. Mayer joined MedStar from the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago, Ill. Over the course of 10 years, he held numerous roles including co-executive director of the UIC Institute for Patient Safety Excellence, director of UIC Masters of Science Patient Safety Leadership Program, associate dean for Education, and associate chief medical officer for Quality and Safety Graduate Medical Education. Concurrent with his other roles, he served as vice chair for Quality and Safety for the Department of Anesthesiology, where he was an associate professor of Anesthesiology and director of Cardiac Anesthesiology. Dr. Mayer also founded and has led the Annual Telluride International Patient Safety Roundtable and Patient Safety Medical Student Summer Camp for the last thirteen years.

In addition, he has significant experience in the private sector as director of Medical Affairs of the Hospital Products Division of Abbott Laboratories and was president and founder of Esurg Corporation.

Dr. Mayer attended the University of Illinois at Chicago for both his undergraduate and medical degrees. He completed his internship and residency at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in cardiac anesthesia. Additionally, he co-produced the patient safety educational film series titled “The Faces of Medical Error…From Tears to Transparency,” which won numerous awards including the prestigious Aegis Film Society Top Short Documentary Award.

Most recently, Dr. Mayer was listed on the Becker’s Hospital Review 2017 and 2018 lists of Top 50 people leading patient safety. He was one of four medical professionals presented with the 2017 Humanitarian Award from the Patient Safety Movement Foundation for his lifesaving achievements in patient safety. He was selected by the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) as an International Quality and Safety Expert, has been presented with the 2013 Founders’ Award from the American College of Medical Quality, the University of Illinois/American Association of Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award for his commitment to teaching, service and patient advocacy, and was recognized by the Institute of Medicine in Chicago in 2010 with the Sprague Patient Safety Award.

He regularly presents and writes on topics related to quality and patient safety, and has received grant funding from the United States Department of Education, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.

Ariana has been with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation since 2015 and is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer.

In her short career prior to joining the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Ariana graduated cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Studio Arts. She worked at the University of California, Irvine’s Institute for Immunology for one year and left her post at UCI to pursue a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 2012, with a focus on oral immunotherapy for children with egg allergy. Ariana came back to California and spent time at the Orange County Healthcare Agency in the Health Promotion Division. She then seized the opportunity to work at Masimo Corporation, in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services sector, where she worked closely with marketing and sales to develop a Grant Assistance Program, helping Fire and EMS Departments procure devices to help them screen for carbon monoxide poisoning, among department staff and the public. Ariana volunteered at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s 2015 Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit and knew that she wanted to step into a leadership role to support the Foundation’s audacious mission.

Since joining the Patient Safety Movement,  Ariana developed the Committed Partners opportunity for professional societies, associations, and other aligned healthcare-related organizations to work with the Movement and has helped grow the number of committed organizations to over 4,710 worldwide, spanning 51 countries.

Dr. Donna Prosser has been in the healthcare industry for more than 30 years and is currently the Chief Clinical Officer at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. She spent the first fifteen years of her career at the bedside and transitioned into administration after a personal experience helped her to understand just how fragmented and unsafe patient care can be. This experience ignited a passion to improve healthcare quality and safety in her that continues to burn to this day.

Prior to joining the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Dr. Prosser worked as a healthcare consultant, helping organizations across the United States to improve quality and safety, increase patient engagement, and reduce clinician burnout. Before beginning her consulting career, she was responsible for clinical practice improvement across Martin Health System, while also functioning as Site Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer for the system’s largest hospital. She previously held administrative, education, and clinical roles at both Carteret Health Care and the Washington Hospital Center.

Dr. Prosser received a Doctorate in Nursing Practice at the University of Central Florida, a Master of Science in Nursing at Duke University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at George Mason University. She is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is board certified as a Nurse Executive by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and as a Patient Advocate by the Patient Advocate Certification Board.

Sarah has been with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation since 2017 and is currently serving as Director of Partnerships.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Sarah graduated from Chapman University in Orange, CA, with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. Following graduation, she decided to further her education and received a Master of Science in Health and Strategic Communication from Chapman University with a focus on helping family caregivers reduce their psychological distress levels. After realizing her passion for the health care industry, Sarah took an opportunity to work as a Physician Recruiter so that she could help physicians of all specialties and subspecialties find their niche in the health care realm.

Sarah was told about the Foundation’s mission through a former intern and was eager to get involved in helping the Patient Safety Movement achieve ZERO preventable patient deaths.

Sarah is excited to be a part of such a collaborative and hard-working team.

Alyssa is new to Patient Safety Movement and is currently serving as Program and Event Manager. Prior to joining the Foundation, Alyssa graduated from Cal State Fullerton University, CA, with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. During this time, she interned with a wedding planning company that turned into a permanent position shortly after. After realizing her passion for the business field, Alyssa took an opportunity to work as a trade show coordinator to further expand her knowledge in planning highly extensive, detailed events. Alyssa was told about the Foundation’s mission through a family friend and was eager to get involved in helping the Patient Safety Movement achieve ZERO preventable patient deaths. Alyssa is excited to be a part of such a patient and hard-working team.

Monica has devoted more than twenty-five years of her career to nonprofit management for causes she is deeply concerned with. She has specialized in event production, fund development, brand awareness and elevating cause marketing missions. She joined the PSMF in January 2020 to help produce the inaugural March for Patient Safety and #uniteforsafecare campaign, serving as Campaign Director. In December 2020 she was promoted to the Foundation’s Director of Development.

Her support and passion for nonprofits has included working with AIDS Services Foundation, American Cancer Society, Special Olympics Southern California and Girl Scouts Orange County, to name a few. She has also consulted with organizations such as the Friends of the Santa Ana Zoo, Alzheimer’s Association San Diego, the Wall Las Memorias Project Los Angeles, and Family Assistance Ministries. She volunteers her expertise as a board member for the Newport Harbor High School Alumni Association and has served as Secretary since 2016.

Monica’s family has been touched by medical harm, so she feels very strongly about the mission of the PSMF. She is thrilled to become part of such a dedicated team!

Nabil has joined the Patient Safety Movement Foundation as the Accounting and Office Manager. He comes to us as a Certified Management Accountant from the American Institute of Management Accountants and Ain Shams University, graduating with a Bachelors’s in Accounting.

His career has been hallmarked by working with multiple countries worldwide to increase his knowledge in diverse, rich cultures and backgrounds. This has given him substantial experience in all financial and accounting aspects.

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s mission and vision has resonated deeply with his own beliefs and morals. He was drawn to us because he was looking to not only increase his abundant experience but also work for a company that prides itself on kindness and making a difference.

Olivia is currently a graduate student at Chapman University in California.

She has been with the Foundation for over two years, focused on expanding the Actionable Patient Safety Solutions to align with the pragmatic clinical setting in the US and beyond.

In addition to her role at PSMF and as a student, Olivia is involved in several European-based research projects and in the past, has worked with Imperial College, London and the University of East Anglia on research related to patient safety and communication, respectively.

Kaelie has been working as a Content Creator Intern since earlier this year, and is now serving as the Digital Coordinator Intern. Kaelie is a recent graduate of Chapman University, CA with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Strategic and Corporate Communication. During this time, she has also chosen to continue her education at Chapman University for a Master’s of Science in Health and Strategic Communication. After developing more of an understanding towards patient advocacy and research during her studies, Kaelie took the opportunity to work in public relations and marketing for several local organizations. Once Kaelie discovered the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, she was immediately drawn towards their mission statement and believed in their motivations towards advocating for better treatment plans for all patients. It became apparent through her studies and previous internship with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, that there is hope in eliminating preventable deaths amongst hospitals nationwide.

Netania recently joined the Patient Safety Movement Foundation and is currently serving as Administrative Coordinator. Prior to joining the Foundation, Netania graduated from Chapman University with a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and a minor in Psychology.

The majority of her career has been centered around administrative support and marketing experience working on strategies and campaigns, presenting research and data analysis, and growing presence and engagement. Netania is passionate about healthcare and wants to help improve the quality of care in healthcare systems. She is also interested in the nonprofit world after being inspired by her Dad, who has worked at a nonprofit his entire career.

Upon learning about the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Netania was immediately impressed by the vision of reaching zero preventable patient deaths and wanted to use her background to help in any way possible. She is excited and thankful to be a part of this compassionate and hard-working team.

Claire recently joined the Patient Safety Movement Foundation as the Partnerships Intern. Although she grew up in Irvine, CA, she is a rising senior at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. Claire is pursuing a Chemistry major with minors in Health Care Ethics and Asian Studies on a pre-medical school track.

Claire has a passion for engaging in service and immersing herself within new communities. Whether she was volunteering with residents of the Appalachian region or tutoring English during her semester abroad in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, she is driven to make personal connections and learn about diverse populations. Upon hearing about the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Claire was inspired by their mission to reach ZERO preventable patient deaths. She immediately knew she wanted be an advocate and help contribute to the foundation’s goal, and is thankful to be a part of such an ambitious team.