Board of Directors 2023-24
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23-2024 Board of Directors

Selected by the SSH Membership, Board Members have the opportunity to share their talent and knowledge to help shape SSH and the future of simulation in healthcare. Please contact Jenn Manos or see the SSH Bylaws if you have any questions about the SSH Board.

 

CURRENT (2023-2024) BOARD  

 

* - SSH Accredited Program

President

Jayne Smitten, PhD, MEd, RN, CHSE-A, FSSH
Hawai’i Pacific University College of Health & Society
Honolulu, Hawai'i

Jayne Smitten

President-Elect

Barry Issenberg, MD, FSSH

Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation

Miami, FL

 

Barry Issenberg

Immediate Past-President

Yasuharu (Haru) Okuda, MD, FACEP, FSSH
USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) *
Tampa, Florida

 

Haru Okuda

Treasurer

John M. O’Donnell RN, MSN, CRNA, DrPH, FSSH
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) 
Pittsburgh, PA

 

Secretary

Matthew Charnetski, MSMS, CHSE, CHSOS, FSSH
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center *
Lebanon, NH

 

Janice Palaganas

Board Liaison on Executive Committee

Michael Spooner, MD, MBA, FSSH
Mercy One North Iowa Heart Center

Mason City, IA

 

 

 

 

AT LARGE MEMBERS

 

Jennifer Calzada, MA, MPH, CHSE
Tulane Simulation Center
New Orleans, LA

 

 

 

Marie Gilbert, DNP, RN, CHSE-A
Central California Center for Excellence in Nursing, California State University, Fresno  
Fresno, CA

 

 

Marie Gilbert

Jared Kutzin, DNP, MS, MPH, RN, CHSOS, FSSH, FAAN
The Mount Sinai Hospital, Emergency Medicine & Medical Education *
New York, NY

 

 

Jared Kutzin

Wendy LaGrange
Wallcur, LLC
San Diego, CA

 

Wendy LeGrange

Kim Leighton, PhD, RN, CHSE-A, CHSOS, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN
ITQAN Clinical Simulation & Innovation Center, Hamad Medical Corp. *
Doha, Qatar

 

 

Kim Leighton

Connie M. Lopez, MSN, CNS, CPHRM, CHSE-A, FSSH
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region Risk Management & Patient Safety  
Oakland, CA

 

 

Connie Lopez

Geoffrey Miller, MS, EMT-P, FSSH
Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center *
Baltimore, MD

 

 

Geoff Miller

Janice Palaganas, PhD, RN, NP, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH
MGH Institute of Health Professions and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

 

 

Janice Palaganas

Dawn Schocken, MPH, PhD, FSSH
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine *
Tampa, FL

Dawn Schocken

Executive Director

 
Jennifer Manos, RN, MSN, MBA
Executive Director
Cincinnati, OH
 
Jennifer Manos