LEADERSHIP

Board of Directors

Chair

Larry L. Smith, JD

Vice President, Risk Management Services
MedStar Health

Treasurer

Kathy Lasiter, RN

Clinical Informaticist, Women's/Infants
Service Line
Sharp HealthCare

Secretary

Billie Robinson, MBA

Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Development and Meeting Services
AWHONN

Chair Elect

Elizabeth Deckers, MD

Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical Director, Labor and Delivery and Postpartum Services, Hartford Hospital

Past Chair

Ann Gaffey, RN

President
Healthcare Risk and Safety Strategies, LLC

Director

Larry Veltman, MD

Risk Management & Perinatal Safety Consultant

Director

Dennis English, MD

Professor Emeritus Ob/Gyn
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Director

Marilyn B. Escobedo, MD

Professor Emeritus
University of Oklahoma

Director

Martin J. McCaffrey, MD

Clinical Professor, Pediatric Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
University of North Carolina Hospital

Director

Bernadette Spong, CPA

Chief Financial Officer
Orlando Health

Director

Jacqueline Rychnovsky, PhD

Executive Director
Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service and the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health

Director

Steve Hasley, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of OB/GYN/RS and Department of BioMedical Informatics