Damon Brown, MHA, CHSP, CJCP, CPHQ, LSSWB - President
Convergint Technologies
Damon has over 20 years of healthcare experience, starting his career in the clinical laboratory, and eventually growing into various administrative roles in the Quality, Patient Safety, and Regulatory Compliance arenas. Today, he is Business Development Manager for Healthcare at Convergint Technologies, where he works with healthcare organizations in finding solutions for meeting regulatory compliance, improving operational efficiency, and increasing patient, family, and staff satisfaction.
Christie Hutchinson, RN, MBA, CPHQ, CPHRM, NEA-BC, HACP-CMS, CPEN
QCC Healthcare Consultants
Christie is the CEO of QCC Healthcare Consultants where she works with healthcare organizations to improve their compliance, quality, and operational efficiencies. As a healthcare risk manager, Christie is instrumental in identifying successes and areas of opportunities for her clients, assisting them in achieving the highest level of quality care for their patients. Christie is also the founder and current president of the Texas Healthcare Advisory Council.
Tanya Stinson, MHQS, CMBB, MCBA, CRP - Treasurer
Texas Health Resources
Leaning Towards Change, LLC
Tanya.Stinson@LeaningTowardsChange.com
Tanya is a Performance Improvement Engineer at THR and has 15 years of experience in leading large Lean Six Sigma transformational initiatives along with training, coaching, and certifying others in leading performance, process, and quality improvement projects. Tanya also recently started her own consulting firm, Leaning Towards Change, LLC, and is training, coaching, and mentoring students and leaders in getting their Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Green Belt, and Black Belt certifications as well as working with organizations to reduce their defects, wastes, inefficiencies, and costs.
Jessica Norsch, MSHA, BSN, RN, LSSYB - Education Chair
Teladoc Health
Jessica.Norsch@gmail.com
Jessica has worked in healthcare for the past 12 years. She is a former ICU RN and has worked within Quality, Risk, and Patient Safety for over 7 years. She is currently the Clinical Risk Manager for Teladoc Health, a telehealth leader in healthcare. Jessica is passionate about supporting and upholding the delivery of reliable and high quality care to the patient population. Both in her previous career industry, and now in her healthcare career journey, Jessica has always had a keen eye for processes and how to streamline actions to achieve the desired results.
Nikia Jewitt, MSN, RNC-MNN, Secretary
Texas Health Resources
Nikia has worked in healthcare for 10 years and is the Regulatory Coordinator for Texas Health Dallas. As a nurse, Nikia has spent her entire career acquiring diverse skills, knowledge, and experience relating to medical-surgical, telemetry, post-operative, and Women's and Infants services. Along the way, she has always excelled at reducing personal error and maximizing the accuracy and communication of her colleagues; she strongly believes this is central to providing consistently high-quality patient care.