Linda Scribner, BA CPHQ
President-Elect
Linda Scribner is a long-established healthcare quality professional. She has more than 11 years’ experience at a university teaching hospital and more than 7 years at a community hospital managing quality improvement. Linda is an experienced lecturer, consultant, and national presenter on hospital and medical staff quality, case management, performance improvement, and Joint Commission preparation. As director for clinical outcomes management at the Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Dallas, TX, she is responsible for direct services and manages an 11-member staff in the quality management department.
In addition, she directs and manages quality improvement initiatives for the medical center. Linda is also a member of the Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital Council’s Quality and Patient Safety Committee and has been a NAHQ member for 19 years. “We need to remain strong and keep growing and moving forward as an association. It is said that good leaders are forward-thinking, understanding that we must continually adapt and change to remain viable. I believe my service, action, and support as a board member, team leader, and team member consistently demonstrate the passion, commitment, and value I place on membership and service in this great organization.”
Lee Hamilton, JD MPA RN CPHQ FNAHQ
Secretary-Treasurer
Lee Hamilton is the director of healthcare quality for the American Heart Association (AHA) in Dallas, TX. She has held her position since 2007 and develops plans and strategies to position AHA as a national leader in healthcare quality across the healthcare continuum. Lee oversees collaboration with national quality initiatives such as the National Quality Forum. Lee has been a NAHQ member for 12 years. “I bring talented people together to make good things happen, stick to the mission but drop what doesn’t work (even if it was my idea), regroup, and find what works. I care about NAHQ, and I wear that on my sleeve.”
Desila Rosetti, MSA CPHQ
Special Interest Groups Director
Desila Rosetti is the president of Organizational Development Solutions, a training and consulting company in northwest Indiana. She has more than 20 years of executive management training and development experience, with a specialty in the areas of management development, quality improvement, strategic planning, and human resources. Desila has been a NAHQ member for 15 years. “I believe I can assist NAHQ with the strategic direction in regard to leadership development, strategic planning, and setting measurable objectives for success. I also believe I can assist with the facilitation of taking the organization to the next level regarding partnerships.”
Nancy Terwoord, BS RN CPHQ
Professional Development Director
Nancy is a senior consultant at Wright State University School of Medicine in the Center for Global Health Systems, Management, and Policy in Dayton, OH. There she has overall responsibility for outcomes research, health systems management consulting, management of grant and contract programs, physician community-based programs, and conference and event planning. She is coordinator of the Master of Public Health accreditation and program evaluation.
She has been a NAHQ member for more than 12 years. “I want to help make a difference in leading our membership into the future, as we strengthen NAHQ’s position as a leader for quality professionals. To that end, I have been actively involved in NAHQ, having spent the last 4 years working on the Annual Conference Program Committee, and in 2008 I had the honor and responsibility of serving as senior team leader.”
