Cynthia Schaaf, MBA-HCM, BA, CPHQ, HACP - President
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Cynthia currently is the Program Manager for the Quality & Safety Operations Division at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas. She has over 16 years of experience and has held leadership roles in quality, risk management, patient safety, and medical staff services. She has worked in variety of healthcare settings, including large regional multi-hospital health systems, academic medical center and teaching hospitals, and a physician-owned joint venture hospital.
Denise Petek RN BSN, MBA, CPHQ, CPHIMS – Treasurer
Premise Health
Denise currently works with Premise Health as a Group Health Center Manager and oversees compliance, quality and operations of employer based health centers in the Dallas, TX and Brentwood, TN areas. Denise held hospital leadership positions and performed various duties including EMR implementation and sustainment, development and monitoring of hospital wide quality improvement program and reporting, oversaw compliance with regulatory requirements and actively coordinated survey accreditation and certification.
Damon Brown, MHA, CHSP, CJCP, CPHQ, LSSWB - VP Communication
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 - VP Education
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 - Secretary, VP Membership
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.