IFDHE Equity of Care Committee and Endorsers

2020–21 Equity of Care Award Committee

 

Coleen Santa Ana (Chair) 
President
Sentara Obici Hospital
 

Benjamin Anderson, MBA, MHCDS
Vice President, Rural Health and Hospitals
Colorado Hospital Association

  
Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, MD, MPH, MBA 
Senior Vice President and Chief Community Impact Officer, Ascension Healthcare
President and Chief Executive Officer Providence Health System


Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL
Chief Clinical Officer
AMN Healthcare, Inc.

 

Tari Hanneman
Director, Health & Aging Program 
Human Rights Campaign Foundation

 

Suzanne B. Jackson, FACHE
Vice President, Operations | Urgent Care
Physician Services Group | HCA

 

Sara M. Johnson
Director, IU Executive Education
Clinical Assistant Professor


Dani Monroe
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Prudential Center

 

Ninfa M. Saunders, DHA, RN, FACHE
President and CEO
Navicent Health


Lisa Sloane
Founder & CEO
More Inclusive Healthcare


Monica C. Vargas-Mahar
Market Chief Operating Officer
The Hospitals of Providence
Chief Executive Officer, The Hospitals of Providence East Campus


Cassandra Willis-Abner 
Senior Vice-President, Diversity & Inclusion and Chief Experience Officer
Trinity Health 

 

Partners Endorsing the Campaign

Ad Astra, Inc., Maryland

Advocate Nurse LLC, The Woodlands, Texas

American College of Healthcare Executives, Illinois

Ariano Partnership, Massachusetts

America's Essential Hospitals, Washington, DC

Atrius Health, Massachusetts

Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute, Missouri

Broadway House, New Jersey

Chickahominy Tribe, Virginia

Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority, Oklahoma

Clearview360, Maryland

Consulting for Quality Health Care in U.S. Communities, Wisconsin

The Crossroads Center, Ohio

Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts

Emory University - Nell Hodgson School of Nursing, Georgia

Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia

The Exeter Group, Illinois

Express Health Services, New York

Evangelical Community Hospital, Pennsylvania

Glenn Lopsis Group, California

Habilitative Systems, Inc., Illinois 

Hampshire Memorial Hospital, West Virginia

Haney/Lowderman - The Wetrich Group, Georgia

Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts

Healthcare Trustees of New York State, New York

The Health Alliance of MidAmerica, LLC, Kansas

HealthCare Dynamics International, Maryland

Healthy Hispanic Living, California

Hebrew Senior Life, Massachusetts Hospital for Special Surgery, Florida

Hospital for Special Surgery, Florida

InDemand Interpreting, Washington

Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Massachusetts

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland

The Joint Commission, Washington, DC

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, Washington

Kansas Healthcare Collaborative, Kansas 

Knoxville Rehabilitation Hospital, Tennessee 

Language Access Network, Ohio 

Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital OKC South, Oklahoma

Metro Health University of Michigan Health, Michigan

Monica Garcia Consulting, California

National Association of Health Services Executives, Illinois

National Association of Hispanic Nurses, New Jersey

The National Center for Healthcare Leadership, Chicago

National Forum for Latino Healthcare Executives, Texas

National Urban League, New York

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Illinois

One Community Health, Oregon 

Page Memorial Hospital, Virginia

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey

St. Thomas Health Services, Tennessee

Steward Health Care, Arizona

Urban Health Plan, New York 

War Memorial Hospital, West Virginia  

Warren Memorial Hospital, Virginia 

Warrior Centric Health, LLC, Maryland

Washington Permanente Medical Group, Washington

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Michigan

Western Reserve Hospital, LLC, Ohio

Whittier St. Health Center, Massachusetts

Endorsement and support from organizations committed to the elimination of health care disparities is critical to the success of the National Call to Action. To learn more about endorsing the National Call to Action, please contact Derrick Mitchell, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity at (312) 422-3722 or dmitchell@aha.org