Patient Safety Leadership
2007-2008 Class Roster

Janet R. Batchelder, RN, MDiv
Director, Standard, Practice and Outcomes
Cross Country Staffing
Boca Raton, FL

Jodi E. Beck, PharmD, MBA
Pharmacy Safety & Medication Officer
Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, FL

Maureen Buick, RN, MS
Director of Nursing Performance Improvement and Patient Safety
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

Catherine M. Capps, RN, BSN
Patient Safety Manager
Long Beach VA Health Care System
Long Beach, CA

Rebecca Caschette, RN, MS
Administrator of Quality and Patient Safety
Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, FL

Gretchen Cave, RN
Unit Manager
Memorial Hospital
South Bend, IN

Bobbie S. Dietz, MHA
Associate Director Patient Safety
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Stephanie Eyherabide, RN
Infection Control Coordinator
Mercy Hospitals’ Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA

Rollin J. Fairbanks, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rochester, NY

Betty E. Finnk, RN, CIC
Director of Infection Prevention and Control
Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, FL

Maureen Francis, MD
Assistant Professor & Director of Quality
Division of General Internal Medicine
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, IL

Tomas Hiciano, RP
Manager of Operations, Pharmacy Dept.
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ

Stephanie L. Jackson, MD
Physician, Hospitalist
Sacred Heart Medical Center/Peace Health
Eugene, OR

Terry S. Johnson, ARNP, RNC, MN
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Founder, Lodestar Enterprises, Inc.
Downers Grove, IL

Paul A. Lange, MD, FCCP
Medical Director, Critical Care Services
Borgess Medical Center/Borgess Health
Kalamazoo, MI

Dana M. Langness, RN
Director, Surgical Services
Regions Hospital/Health Partners
St. Paul, MN

Karen Liptak, BSN, MPA/HCA,CPHM
Manager, Clinical Loss Prevention
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Dallas, TX

Eddy D. Maillot, MPT
Rehabilitation Services Manager
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center
Colfax, WA

Jo McGlew, MD
Assistant Director, Pediatric Care Unit
E.W. Sparrow Hospital
Lansing, MI

Gary McMillan, LRRT, MM
Patient Safety Officer
Sparrow Health System
Lansing, MI

Cory Meyers, RN, MN
Director of Risk Management, Corporate Compliance & Patient Safety Officer
Baptist Health System
Jacksonville, FL

Barbara Pelletreau, RN, MPH
Director, Risk Services and Systems
Catholic Healthcare West
San Francisco, CA

JoAnne Phillips, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Patient Safety
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Karen S. Pierce, RN, MSN
Patient Safety Officer
VA Loma Linda Healthcare System
Loma Linda, CA

Deena R. Rauch, RN, BSN, MSN, CNA-BC
Chief Clinical Officer
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center
Colfax, WA

Sue Sanford-Ring, BSW, MHA
Director of Quality and Patient Safety
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, WI

Robert A. Schwab, MD
Patient Safety Officer
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City, MO

Donna Sprunger Madar, RN, BSN
Administrative Director, Emergency Department
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ

Carol Anne Tarrant, RN, MS, JD, CPHRM
Facility Risk Manager
COPIC Insurance Company
Denver, CO

Marty Waskul
Project Manager, Quality Management
Huntington Hospital
Pasadena, CA

Sam R. Watson, MS
Executive Director
MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality
Lansing, MI

Robert J. Welsh, MD 
Chief of Thoracic Surgery
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI

Patrice Wilson, RN, MSN
Manager, Inpatient Oncology
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ