Board of Directors Sept 1, 2024 – Aug 30, 2025

Officers:

Term September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2025
President:
Ellen Felkel-Brennan DNP, RN, CPHQ
Associate Vice President, Quality, Safety, and Regulatory
UMass Memorial Medical Center

Term September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026
Treasurer:
Maryanne Bombaugh, MD, MSc, MBA, FACOG
Past President, Massachusetts Medical Society
Gynecologist, Community Health Center of Cape Cod

Term September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2025
Clerk:
Mark Reynolds
President
CRICO/Risk Management Foundation

DIRECTORS - Term September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2025

Therese Hudson-Jinks, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services
Tufts Medical Center

Karen M. Johnson, BSN, RN, CCMSCP
Senior Director, Patient Safety
Baystate Health

Carol S. Jones, BA/BSN, MBA
Director, Performance Improvement and Quality
Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital

Patricia M. Noga, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Vice President, Clinical Affairs
Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

Dana Siegal, RN, CPHRM, CPPS
VP Risk Management & Analytics
Coverys

Bert A. Thurlo-Walsh, MM, RN, CPHQ, FABC
Chief Quality Officer
Vice President for Clinical Transformation and Medical Staff Services
Milford Regional Medical Center

DIRECTORS - Term September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026

Yvonne Cheung, MD, MPH, MBA
Chair, Quality and Patient Safety Committee, Mass Board of Registration in Medicine
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Associate Chief Quality Officer
Baystate Medical Center

Linda Kenney
Director of Peer Support Programs
Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety

Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, CPPS
Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety

Amanda Stefancyk Oberlies, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nursing Officer
Organization of Nurse Leaders (ONL)

Colleen K. Snydeman PhD, RN
Executive Director, Patient Care Services, Office of Quality, Safety & Practice
Inaugural MGH Endowed Scholar in Nursing Practice
Massachusetts General Hospital

Ex-officio
Antonio Sousa
Acting Director, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality
MA Department of Public Health