Board of Trustees

MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CCM

Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Humana

In her role as Chief Nursing Officer, Kathy oversees Humana’s strategy of improving the experience of Humana’s community of nearly ten thousand nurses, care managers, and social workers, and promoting a culture that engages, values, and inspires clinical professionals while impacting health outcomes. Focus areas include clinical quality and innovation, clinician growth and development, and clinician engagement and recognition. She also leads initiatives to support the health and well-being of Humana’s clinical communities leveraging partnerships across Humana, as well as external partnerships such as the ANA Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation initiative and the IHI Joy in Work Collaborative. Kathy collaborates with other leaders of the Humana Home Solutions strategy to best support member health by advancing capabilities in the home.

Prior, Kathy served in various senior leadership roles at the company, including as Vice President and Chief of Operations at Humana At Home, where she led clinical operations including Care Management Services for Humana members as well as private pay clients, homecare operations including licensed and certified home health agencies. She was a founding member of the Humana At Home Innovation Team, which developed a consumer-centered health experience initiative focused on envisioning the future of health care delivery in the home.

Prior to Humana, Kathy was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of SeniorBridge, a national Care Management and Homecare company acquired by Humana in 2012. Kathy has more than 30 years of experience in nursing, with a concentration in geriatrics, home care, managed care, and care management. Kathy holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seton Hall University, a Master of Science in Nursing Management and Executive Leadership from Sacred Heart University, where she received the Dean’s Leadership Award, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, also at Sacred Heart University. Kathy is a Registered Nurse, and holds board certifications as Nurse Executive, Advanced, and Case Management Nursing Honor Society. Kathy is a member of the Board of Directors for SeniorBridge, as well as serving on the Board of Trustees for the American Nurses Foundation. She is a member of The American Nurses Association; Sigma Theta Tau, the nursing honor society; The Case Management Society of America, The American Organization of Nurse Leaders, and The American Association of Managed Care Nurses.

MA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Group Senior Vice President | Chief Nurse Executive & Operating Officer, Perioperative Services
NewYork-Presbyterian Health System Enterprise
Assistant Dean of Nursing
Columbia University School of Nursing

Vice President, Board of Trustees

Wilhelmina (Willie) Manzano, MA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN is Group Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive (CNE) & Chief Operating Officer (COO), Perioperative Services for NewYork-Presbyterian Health System Enterprise (NYP).

As CNE she leads the Department of Nursing across the enterprise and sets the vision and strategic direction for the department. As COO for Perioperative Services, she provides strategic leadership and oversight for all nine facilities, sets goals and strategies for integration, alignment, and standardization, ensures optimization of both clinical and business operations, and promotes a culture of safety,

Prior to her transition to COO for Perioperative Services, Ms. Manzano also held the position of Chief Quality Officer at NYP and was responsible for quality, patient safety, performance improvement, infection prevention and control, organizational readiness and regulatory compliance. Ms. Manzano was also previously the Chief Operating Officer for NYP/Allen Hospital and prior to joining NYP in 1998, she held various leadership roles at several New York area hospitals.

Ms. Manzano is widely recognized for her transformational leadership that spans across service and academia. She founded the Center for Professional Nursing Practice at NYP to advance nursing and promote standardization and integration of best practices across the enterprise. The Center has repositioned and supported nurses to be leaders, innovators, teachers and mentors. She also sets the strategy and the direction for the journey towards Magnet® across the enterprise. She has been instrumental in the creation of many innovative programs and strategic academic and industry partnerships to meet the dynamic needs of the nursing profession.

Ms. Manzano received her BS in Nursing, MA in Nursing Administration, and Advanced Post Graduate Certificate in Human Resources from New York University. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the Johnson & Johnson Wharton Program for Nurse Executives and the New York Academy of Medicine. She holds a Nursing Executive, Advanced National Board Certification.

She is a member of the American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau, and the Philippine Nurses Association of America.

Ms. Manzano’s volunteer leadership included service on the board of the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR), New York University College of Nursing, Women United in Philanthropy (United Way of NY), and Lawrence Hospital.

Ms. Manzano is the current President of the American Nurses Foundation Board and currently serves on the Board of The Rogosin Institute and the Columbia University School of Nursing Board of Visitors. She also holds several adjunct appointments with various schools of nursing.

Ms. Manzano was recognized as one of Crain’s New York Notable Women in Healthcare for 2019 and listed as one of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives, Modern Healthcare in 2021.

Consultant

Tom Tefft was the Senior Vice President and President of Medtronic’s $2B Neuromodulation business from 2009 to 2016 where he oversaw the research and development, operations, and sales and marketing for products used in the treatment of chronic pain, movement disorders, overactive bladder and urinary retention, and ... gastroparesis. Prior to this role Tefft held numerous finance leadership roles at Medtronic including Vice President Corporate Controller, Vice President Finance for the Cardiac Rhythm Management business and Vice President and Controller for Europe, Africa and Middle East based in Belgium and Switzerland.  Tefft spent 10 years at Price Waterhouse prior to joining Medtronic in 1992.

Tefft currently serves on the board of directors of American Family Insurance, several private med tech companies, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, the American Nurses Foundation, and the Deans Advisory Board at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tefft and his wife Julie live outside St. Paul, MN and are parents of three adult children.

PharmD, ScD (Hon), FASHP
Chief Executive Officer
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Paul W. Abramowitz is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and President of the ASHP Foundation.

ASHP is the largest association of pharmacy professionals in the United States, representing 60,000 pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians in all patient care settings, including hospitals, ambulatory clinics, and health-system community pharmacies. For over 80 years, ASHP has championed innovation in pharmacy practice, advanced education and professional development, and served as a steadfast advocate for members and the patients they serve. ASHP is also the accrediting body for pharmacy residency and technician training programs, and provides comprehensive resources to support pharmacy professionals through every stage of their careers.

Prior to joining ASHP in September 2011, Dr. Abramowitz worked in hospitals and health-systems for over 30 years. He served as Associate Hospital Director for Professional Services and Chief Pharmacy Officer at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and Professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. He also held prior positions as Director of Pharmacy and Associate Professor at the Medical College of Virginia and the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Abramowitz received a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry and Biology from Indiana University, a Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy from the University of Toledo, a PharmD from the University of Michigan, and completed his residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center.
In addition to serving as ASHP President in 1993-94 and as Treasurer of ASHP from 2007-10, he chaired the Boards of: the ASHP Research and Education Foundation, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, and the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center.

Dr. Abramowitz has actively combined practice, teaching, and research throughout his career. He has lectured and published extensively focusing on: the effect that quality pharmacy care can have on improving outcomes and reducing costs of care, developing new pharmacy care models, reducing adverse drug events, and expanding comprehensive medication management to all sites of care.

He was a recipient of the John W. Webb Lecture Award in 2000 and the Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award in 2009, health-system pharmacy’s highest honor. In 1990, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy, in 2010, the Alumni Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, and in 2015, he was recognized as one of Washington’s Trending Association Leaders by Bisnow. Dr. Abramowitz received Honorary Doctor of Science degrees from the University of Toledo in 2013 and the Touro College and University System in 2022.

Currently, Dr. Abramowitz serves on the Boards of the American Nurses Foundation, the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board and the GTMRx Institute. He also serves on the Howard University College of Pharmacy Board of Visitors, is a member of the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and a Professor-Emeritus at the University of Iowa.

PhD, RN, FAAN
Immediate Past President
American Nurses Association

From 2010 to 2014, Dr. Karen Daley served as president of the American Nurses Association, the nation’s largest nursing organization representing the interests of the nation’s 4 million registered nurses. She is a past president of the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses and the Massachusetts Center for Nursing and has served on the boards of ANA, the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and the ANA-PAC. She is a current member of the Board of Trustees of the American Nurses Foundation and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Daley spent more than 25 years in clinical practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and served as a project principal for the Nurses Education Hepatitis C Project funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as well as a project coordinator for a trauma research study conducted by the Harvard Injury Control Center at the Harvard School of Public Health.  She holds a diploma in nursing from Catherine Labouré School of Nursing, a bachelor’s of science in nursing from Curry College, a master’s in public health from Boston University School of Public Health, and a master’s in science and PhD in nursing from Boston College. 

She has been honored for her outstanding leadership and excellence in practice, including being recognized as a living nurse legend by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses. In 2006, she was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing in recognition of her advocacy work in needlestick prevention. In 2011, Daley was listed among Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Health Care” and, in 2013, was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the “Top 25 Women in Healthcare.” She is also the recipient of two honorary doctorates.

MBA, MSN, RN, CRRN, NEA-BC
Chief Advancement Officer and President, Keystone Board
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Laura Ferrio is a creative executive with vast clinical, managerial and executive experience.

For more than 30 years, Ferrio has served the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, the global leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation for adults and children with the most severe, complex conditions. In her current role as Chief Advancement Officer and President of the Keystone Board, she leads philanthropy and development efforts for AbilityLab, increasing annual direct contributions, endowments and restricted funding. Funds support research and specialized programming within the state-of-the-art Shirley Ryan AbilityLab — the first-ever “translational” research hospital in which clinicians, scientists, innovators and technologists work together in the same space, 24/7, surrounding patients, discovering new approaches and applying (or “translating”) research real time.

Ferrio began her career with the organization as a Nurse Intern, eventually working her way up to Chief Nurse Executive and Vice President of Patient Care and Services. In that role, she influenced decision-making in every clinical area, including patient-care units, therapy and research laboratories and ancillary departments. She also spearheaded efforts that resulted in AbilityLab receiving the Prestigious Magnet® Recognition — the first rehabilitation hospital in the country to secure this designation in recognition of its nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care. The extensive process for application that she developed and implemented laid the groundwork at the hospital for receiving three successive Magnet® designations, a distinction achieved by only 3 percent of all U.S. hospitals for nursing care.

With philanthropic seed funding, Ferrio co-founded the AbilityLab’s LIFE Center, which now houses the largest collection of patient education and consumer health resources for people with functional impairments.

Ferrio holds a BS in Nursing from Northern Illinois University, as well as an MBA and MS in Nursing from Loyola University Chicago. She also completed a Fellowship for Nurse Executives at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. A lifelong champion for nurses, Ferrio serves on the board of the American Nurses Foundation. She is the past president of both the Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders and the Illinois Coalition for Nursing Resources. She was named the Illinois Nurse Leader of the Year in 2004 and received a governor appointment to serve on the Illinois Board of Nursing, a role which she held for a decade (2004-2014). In addition, Ferrio received the 2009 Outstanding Alumni Award for the College of Health & Human Sciences at Northern Illinois University.

Randall Lipps
Chairman, President, CEO and founder
Omnicell

Randall Lipps is Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and founder of Omnicell. He founded Omnicell in 1992, and the company has grown to offer the most comprehensive portfolio of medication management solutions across the continuum of care. Omnicell is now building on its success in advanced automation, data intelligence, and expert services to fulfill its vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy.

Prior to founding Omnicell, Mr. Lipps was Assistant Vice President of Sales and Operations for a division of American Airlines. His work in airline industry operations and logistics inspired him to develop a better way to manage supplies and medications in healthcare.

As a healthcare industry thought leader, Mr. Lipps has served on the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing Board and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Foundation Board of Directors.

A longtime supporter of start-up enterprises, Mr. Lipps is on the Advisory Board of Launchpad Digital Health and RexPay, and he previously served on the Board of Directors for Invuity and Candescent Health.

Mr. Lipps has made giving back to the community a priority at Omnicell as well as a personal mission. He and his wife have focused their own philanthropy in areas such as poverty, education, and local community efforts.

Mr. Lipps holds bachelor’s degrees in both Economics and Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
President
Kathy Malloch Leadership Systems

Dr. Kathy Malloch is a recognized expert in leadership and the development of effective evidence-based processes and systems for patient care. Her uncanny focus on accountability and results is the hallmark of her practice. Her expertise has been useful to many organizations across the country.

A nationally known writer and speaker, Malloch has been a registered nurse for over 40 years. She has published extensively in proctored health journals. She is a frequent presenter and author on leadership topics, healthcare innovation, professional nursing practice, and patient classification systems.

Malloch served as the first program director for the Arizona State University, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Master’s in Healthcare Innovation program. This innovative, multidisciplinary program is the first of its kind in the country. She continues to teach in the leadership of innovation track in the nursing doctoral program at Arizona State University. Most recently, Malloch and Porter-O’Grady created the Executive DNP Program at OSU-College of Nursing, Columbus, OH.

Malloch is the designer of the Expert Nurse Estimation Patient Classification System (ENEPCS), an innovative model to integrate the role of the professional nurse in daily nurse-patient staffing to achieve the best outcomes. In 2008, ENEPCS was purchased by API Healthcare, a GE Company.

A graduate of Wayne State University, College of Nursing, Malloch received an MBA from Oakland University and a PhD in nursing from the University of Colorado. She is a member of the American Academy of Nursing.

Currently Malloch also serves as:

• Past-President of the Arizona State Board of Nursing
• Professor of Practice, Arizona State University, College of Nursing and Health Innovation
• Clinical Professor, Ohio State University, College of Nursing
• Senior Consultant for Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates

MBBS, MS, MA

Chief Medical Officer

ASG

Mehul Mehta, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer at ASG. He draws on decades of global healthcare, medical education, and life science research systems experience to advise and assist groups on the development and implementation of healthcare, education, and research systems in markets around the world while also providing healthcare inputs to ASG and its teams.

Previously, Dr. Mehta held leadership positions at Harvard Medical International and at Partners Healthcare International, where he oversaw global strategy, program development, and operations implementation in over 30 countries. At each, he worked to reform healthcare delivery systems and educational and research entities around the world. His emphasis has been on building sustainable and innovative health care, research and medical education capacity. He also served as a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute, where he was the faculty lead on the technology and health initiative, specifically focused on AI in global health. He has been a member of the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School since 1997, and an Honorary Clinical Staff member at Massachusetts Eye & Ear in Boston.

Dr. Mehta completed medical school with honors at the University of Bombay in India, and his clinical training in retinal diseases at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Eye & Ear. He completed his post-doctoral research at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Harvard Medical School. He also holds an M.A. in Cognitive and Neural Systems, focused on neural networks and AI, from Boston University. Earlier in his career he was a consultant in the healthcare practice at McKinsey and Company. Dr. Mehta sits on the boards of non-profit health care entities and continues to teach and publish on global health. Dr. Mehta is based in Boston.

Executive Director
The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation

Ahrin Mishan is the executive director of the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation, one of the nation’s leading philanthropies focused on Nursing and the role it plays in improving the health of patients, families and communities. He oversees the Foundation's grant-making efforts which focus primarily on the education of nurse innovators and on the advancement of leading edge, nursing-driven models of care that target the needs of vulnerable populations. Mishan serves on the American Nurse Association’s Innovation Advisory Board; was a member of the steering committee of the National Nurse Funder’s Collaborative; and served as co-lead of the New York Future of Nursing Action Coalition.  He is also a trustee of the Brooklyn Academy of Music as well as the Spence School. He holds a Master’s degree in Visual Anthropology from the University of Southern California, as well as a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from New York University.

DNP, CCRN, OCN, ANP-C

Founder and Chair

Park Family Charitable Foundation

Bernadette “Bernie” Park is the founder and Chair of the Park Family Charitable Foundation. Park is also the Chair and founder of the Fairfield County Leadership Council (FCLC) and Teen Leadership Council for Save the Children. FCLC was established in response to the need for local support in Fairfield County for the mission of Save the Children through fundraising and advocacy. In addition to general mission support and hurricane emergency relief efforts, the council has supported Early Childhood Education in the US and Return to Learning initiatives to help displaced children globally. As a result of these efforts, Park was recognized as a Changemaker for children and honored at the 2019 Save the Children Centennial Celebration. She was among a diverse group of changemakers including corporate leaders, teachers, policy makers and humanitarian workers.

Park is a partner with Social Venture Partners SVP-CT, a network of local community partners aligning passion and purpose to realize greater impact with their philanthropy. SVP-CT’s social impact focus is to close the opportunity gap in Connecticut by supporting innovative organizations and initiatives in education and workforce development. Bernie is serving on their Investment and Strategic Planning Committees and working on their DOMUS team which is focused on helping reentry youth assimilate successfully back into their community after being incarcerated. She is exploring expanding Yale-New Haven Hospital Transitions Clinic- a medical home model staffed by nurse practitioners and community health workers. She is also working with local community colleges and hospital systems to develop career pathways for High school students interested in allied health and nursing careers.

Park has over 15 years of advocacy, grassroots community organizing and fundraising experience and has served on several executive boards for area non-profits.  Prior to her service in the non-profit sector, Ms. Park worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as a critical care nurse, Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist and ultimately as a Nurse Practitioner of their Cancer Prevention and Wellness Program. She was also an adjunct clinical professor at Fairfield University.

Park is currently getting her Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) at Yale School of Nursing. For her DNP project, she is collaborating with the Connecticut Nurse Association and the Nurse on Board Coalition on the SpringBoard to Board service initiative. She is facilitating connections to community foundations and matching nurses interested in board service to nonprofit boards in their communities. She is working to develop a pathway to board leadership offered through community foundations aimed at helping nonprofit and philanthropic organizations become structurally diverse, equitable and inclusive.

Park holds a BS in Nursing from the College of Mount St. Vincent, a MS in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and an Advanced Certificate as an Adult Nurse Practitioner with a focus in Primary care and Oncology from Columbia University. She is a member of the ANA, CNA and Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta Mu Chapter, Yale School of Nursing.

PhD(c), MBA, MSM, BSN, RN, CENP
Senior Vice President / Chief Nursing Officer
Yale New Haven Hospital

Ena currently serves as Chief Nursing Officer at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), a 1541 bed ANCC Magnet® designated, level I trauma, Academic medical center. She has oversight of nearly 6000 nurses and clinical staff, with responsibility for practice, quality, workforce, nursing resources, patient experience and general operations. She is the very 1st African American CNO appointed at YNHH.

Ena began her career in Jamaica after graduating from the University Hospital of the West Indies. She migrated to the United States and in 1991 was employed as a staff nurse at Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York. In 1992 she joined the staff at Yale New Haven in 1992 as a staff nurse in the operating room and quickly progressed through a number of leadership positions: Laser Coordinator (1993), Perioperative Educator (1995), Patient Services Manager (2001) Nursing Director (2004). She was then promoted in 2012 to the position of VP and Associate Chief Nursing Office for Patient Services and in April 2017, the role of interim Chief Nursing Officer for the hospital. She has been part of the senior nursing leadership team that lead the hospital to two successful ANCC Magnet® designations.

Ena assumed the role of chief nursing officer in 2018 and has since led the team through an ANCC accreditation of the Vizient Nurse Residency Program in 2018, which was recognized with 12 best practices. As CNO she also led the team through the COVID-19 pandemic, leading clinical and operational teams across the health system, and caring for nearly 7000 COVID patients. Most recently she led the team through their 3^rd ANCC Magnet® Designation.

Ena is passionate about mentorship and leadership development, and diversity equity and inclusion. She currently serves as the Executive Sponsor for the Nursing Leadership Academy in collaboration with the Yale School of Management, and co-chair of the hospital DEI Council.  Prior to her role as CNO, Ena was instrumental in leading the nursing integration of a newly purchased 500 bed hospital and designing and operationalizing state of the art patient care areas and perioperative suites.

Ena serves on numerous local, state and national boards and is active in her community. Most recently she was nominated to serve on the Board of Commissioners for the Joint Commission (2022-2025). She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Hospital Association, the nominating committee of the American Organization of Nursing Leadership and the Local Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association.  She is an active member of her church community serving in several capacities.

She has received numerous awards: The Hometown Hero Award from the Gateway Community College in New Haven (2020), the Legendary Woman award (2019), Trailblazer award from the National Black Nurses Association (2017), the Cornell Scott Health Leadership Award from the NAACP of greater New Haven (2015), Trailblazer Award from the Black Heritage Ball (2015). Outstanding Jamaican in Healthcare (2012), the Mary E Mahoney Award from the Southern Connecticut Black Nurses Association (2004), and National Award for Woman of Color in Health Sciences and Technology (2003).

Ena graduated from the University Hospital of the West Indies with a Diploma in Nursing, Western Governors University (BSN) and Albertus Magnus College (MSM/MBA). She is currently a PhD candidate in Management and Leadership. Ena is a graduate of the GE Health Management Nurse Executive Fellowship and is Board certified in Executive Nursing Practice from the Association of Nurse Executives. She has published several journal articles and book chapters, and is a frequent speaker at local, state and national conferences.

She is a member of the American Organization of Nursing Leadership, Lifetime member of the National Black Nurses Association, American Nurses Association and the Organization of Nurse Leaders (New England).

President
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.

Ruth Williams-Brinkley is President of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. In this role, Williams-Brinkley oversees all of Kaiser Permanente's care delivery and health plan operations in Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland, Baltimore, and Northern Virginia. The Mid-Atlantic States Region operates 33 medical office buildings and has 764,664 members.

Williams-Brinkley joined Kaiser Permanente in November 2017, serving as president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of the Northwest. She oversaw all of Kaiser Permanente's care delivery and health plan operations in Oregon and markets in Vancouver and Longview/Kelso, Washington.

Prior to that she served as CEO of KentuckyOne Health, Kentucky's largest integrated health system. KentuckyOne was a division of CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health systems.

Prior to her tenure with KentuckyOne, Williams-Brinkley served as president and CEO of Carondelet Health Network in Tucson, Arizona, and as president and CEO of Memorial Healthcare System in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Williams-Brinkley has often appeared on Modern Healthcare's Top 25 Women in Healthcare and Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare and was named one of Becker's Most Admired CEOs.

She holds bachelor's and Master of Science degrees in nursing from De Paul University, and an honorary doctoral degree from Spaulding University in Louisville, Kentucky.