Board of Directors

Chair: Tamra Minnier, RN, MSN, FACHE
Chief Quality Officer
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Vice Chair: Dr. Jacob Thomas
Chairman
Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care
Selangor, Malaysia

Kenneth Bloem
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Charles O. Bracken, BS, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
GetixHealth LLC
Detroit, Michigan

Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Joint Commission
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

Jane D. Englebright, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN 
Chief Nurse Executive and Senior Vice President
HCA Healthcare
Nashville, Tennessee

Scott C. Malaney, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Blanchard Valley Health System
Findlay, Ohio

Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair Emeritus
University of Washington
Former Chief Medical Officer
UW Medicine
Bellevue, Washington

David Perrott, MD, DDS, MBA, FACS
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Sacramento, California

Mary Kay (Kay) Plantes, PhD
Founder/Principal
Plantes Company, LLC
La Jolla, California

Desmond Thio, MD, PhD
Vice President
Watson Health
Greater China Group and Asia Pacific
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Paul M. White
Director
Paul White Associates
United Kingdom

Paula Wilson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Joint Commission Resources
Oak Brook, Illinois