Christopher Whaley, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University. Professor Whaley is one of the keynote speakers at the Quality Institute’s May 14 Spring Conference on Key Health Care Issues for NJ Voters at the Ballot Box.     …Read More…

Jake McDonald is a senior state policy advocacy specialist at PHI. PHI is a national organization that works to ensure quality care for older adults and people with disabilities by supporting the creation of quality jobs for direct care workers.   In New Jersey, PHI, the Quality Institute, and New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well…Read More…

Michael Charlton, MHL, President and CEO of AtlantiCare. AtlantiCare has been a member of the Quality Institute for more than a decade.   You recently took over as President and CEO. How does your background in the hospitality industry support your work as CEO? I have found it to be a natural progression because both industries…Read More…

Jaffer Traish, Chief Operating Officer of Findhelp, a social care network. Findhelp is a member of the Quality Institute.   Your organization previously was called Aunt Bertha. Why don’t we start with a question of why you decided to change the name?  The Aunt Bertha name served us well, and we’re still very fond of…Read More…

  Prior to becoming New Jersey’s Acting Health Commissioner, you created and led the Cooper Center for Healing, an integrated pain, addiction, and behavioral health center that is part of Cooper University Health Care. How will that experience inform your leadership of the Department of Health? First and foremost, the experience as a leader working…Read More…

Andrea Martinez-Mejia is the new executive director of the Greater Newark Health Care Coalition, one of the original Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations and now a Regional Health Hub. The Coalition has worked closely with the Quality Institute for many years.   What is your vision for the future of the organization?  Being the Coalition’s new Executive…Read More…

Erin Henderson Moore is the President & CEO of Fidelis Care NJ.   You have a long history working in Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), most recently in Washington, D.C. What prompted your interest in managed care? My interest in managed care has been profoundly shaped by my professional experiences and my desire to make…Read More…

Saira A. Jan, MS, PharmD., is a vice president and chief pharmacy officer at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and Professor Emerita at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University. She has been affiliated with both organizations for more than 25 years.   You are an organizer of the School…Read More…

Ria Rodney, Director of Nurture NJ, the initiative that aims to make New Jersey the safest and most equitable place in the nation to deliver and raise a baby.   What drew you to this role as the first Director of Nurture NJ? I’m a nurse with an educational background in social work, and I’m…Read More…

Pamela Harmon, DNP, MSN, RNC-NIC, Director, Women and Children’s Division, Saint Peter’s University Hospital and Administrative Director of the Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center.   Saint Peter’s University Hospital and its birth center have truly embraced Team Birth, an evidence-based model for better provider and patient communication during the birthing experience. How do you see Team…Read More…