Kim Werkmeister is a nurse leader with over 25 years of experience, and a national expert in the reliable implementation of patient safety and process improvement strategies. She has worked as an Improvement Advisor and Clinical Educator for Cynosure Health and the Hospital Quality Institute, as well as the HRET HEN/HIIN and the HSAG HIIN for several patient safety initiatives including VTE, ADE, Readmissions, HAI prevention, Sepsis Mortality reduction, Failure to Rescue, Patient and Family Engagement, and Maternal/Child Safety. She has developed numerous patient safety and quality improvement toolkits, virtual educational series, quality and patient safety certification courses, and is a frequent speaker to hospitals and health systems as a subject matter expert. She is an adjunct faculty member for quality improvement efforts with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC). She also currently serves as a member of the Patient and Family Advisory Council at Mission Hospital in California. Ms. Werkmeister was formerly a Director of Quality and Patient Safety at two California hospitals, as well as the Leadership Development Chair on the Board of Directors for the California Association for Healthcare Quality. She holds specialty certifications as a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, a Certified Professional in Patient Safety, and a Masters of Science in Patient Safety Leadership from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Maryanne Whitney, RN, CNS is an Improvement Advisor with Cynosure Health. She is the lead for the subject areas of “Sepsis,” “Delirium,” “VAE” and “Airway Safety.” Maryanne joined Cynosure Health Solutions with over 25 years of hospital operations and nursing leadership expertise. She has extensive experience in Critical Care, Patient Safety, Sepsis Mortality Reduction, Delirium and Rapid Response Team implementation. Maryanne earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from San Jose State University, California and her Master of Science degree in in Nursing and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Certificate from San Francisco State University.

Jackie has over twenty-five years of hospital leadership experience, serving in clinical, staff development and executive roles. Jackie’s clinical background is in rehabilitation nursing, specializing in spinal cord injury nursing. She has served two organizations as a Chief Nursing Officer, in a large urban teaching hospital and a smaller community hospital. She is the clinical lead for Falls, Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) and Catheter Associated Infection (CAUTI) and provides leadership and improvement coaching to front line clinical leaders and executives. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois and her Master’s degree in Business Administration at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois. She is also credentialed as a Leadership Coaching Specialist and Registered Corporate Coach™.