CHNC Board of Directors and Executive Committee Members

Board Member
Executive Committee
Board Chair
Michael Padula
MD, MBI, FAAP
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Senior Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Informatics Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Director of Informatics, Division of Neonatology Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Board Member
Executive Committee
Board, Chair-Elect
Beverly S. Brozanski
MD, CPHQ
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Susan and James C. Gould Professor of Pediatrics Vice Chair of Quality and Safety Washington University School of Medicine Vice President of Pediatric Quality and Patient Safety for BJC HealthCare and St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Board Member
Executive Committee
Board, Secretary
Anthony Piazza
MD
Arthur M. Blank Hospital Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Professor of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine Quality Improvement Director for the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Arthur M. Blank Hospital Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Board Member
Executive Committee
Board, Treasurer
Board, Past Chair
Jacquelyn Evans
MD

Board Member
Executive Committee
Theresa Grover
MD, MAS
Children's Hospital Colorado

Professor of Pediatrics University of Colorado School of Medicine Children’s Hospital Colorado

Executive Committee
Joanne Lagatta
MD, MS
Children's Wisconsin

Professor of Pediatrics Associate Division Chief of Neonatology Medical College of Wisconsin Children’s Wisconsin

Board Member
Executive Committee
Board, Past Chair
Karna Murthy
MD, MSc
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Professor of Pediatrics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Attending Physician, Neonatology Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago & Prentice Women’s Hospital

Board Member
Executive Committee
Eugenia K Pallotto
MD, MSCE, CPHQ
Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital

Professor of Pediatrics Wake Forest School of Medicine Division Chief, Neonatology Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital

Board Member
Executive Committee
Kristina Reber
MD
Texas Children's Hospital

Professor and Exec Vice Chair, Pediatrics Division Chief, Neonatology Shannon and Mark A. Wallace Endowed Chair Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital

Board Member
Executive Committee
Billie Lou Short
MD
Children's National Hospital

Chief, Division of Neonatology Children’s National Hospital Professor of Pediatrics The George Washington School of Medicine

Executive Committee
Joan Smith
PhD, RN, NNP-BC, FAAN
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Director Quality, Safety & Practice Excellence St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Executive Committee
Lamia Soghier
MD, MEd, MBA
Children's National Hospital

Professor of Pediatrics George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Associate Division Chief of Neonatology Children's National NICU

Past Members
Jeanette Asselin
MS, RRT-NPS
David Durand
MD
Francine Dykes
MD

CHNC Staff

Executive Director
Brian Gilpin
MS, PMP
President
Theresa Grover
MD, MAS
Program Manager
Kelli Johnson
Director, Data and Analytics
John Mallett
CIQI Program Manager
Aaron Rose
MBA, CPHQ, LSSBB
Manager, Database Operations
Darian Younger
MHA, MS