Board

President and CEO
Communities of Excellence 2026
San Diego, California

Chair
Chief Administrative Officer, ProMedica
Toledo, Ohio

Vice-Chair
Retired Chief Executive Officer
Coral Gables, Florida

Secretary and Treasurer
President, Performance Excellence Network
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Principal, Lindsey Alexander Consulting
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chief Executive Officer, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
Hutchinson, Kansas

Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives
Pivotal Ventures
Washington D.C.

Director, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at NIST
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Chief Health Officer, UCSD Medical Center
San Diego, California

Principal Consultant, CSM Practical Solutions
Columbus, Ohio

President and CEO, Create Healthy
Fredericksburg, Texas

Retired Professor, University of South Florida
Emeritus Associate Professor, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chief Health Equity Officer, Chartis
President, Chartis Center for Health Equity & Belonging
Atlanta, Georgia

Medical Director, Saratoga Community Health Center
Clinical Associate Professor, Albany Medical College
Saratoga Springs, New York

Co-Founder and Director Emeritus
Senior Fellow, Heartland Foundation
St. Joseph, Missouri

Co-Founder and Director Emeritus
Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
San Diego, California