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25-2026 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 Taylor Jessup or see the SSH Bylaws if you have any questions about the SSH Board.

 

CURRENT (2025-2026) BOARD  

 

* - SSH Accredited Program

President

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

 

President-Elect

Aaron Calhoun, MD, FAAP, FSSH
University of Louisville, Pediatric Critical Care
Louisville, KY

 

Aaron Calhoun

Immediate Past-President

Barry Issenberg, MD, FSSH

Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation

Miami, FL

 

Barry Issenberg

Treasurer

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

 

Secretary

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

 

Connie Lopez

Board Liaison on Executive Committee

Kristen Brown, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-AC, CHSE-A, FAAN
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD

 

Kristen Brown

 

 

AT LARGE MEMBERS

 

 

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

 

 

Janice Palaganas

 

Amy Follmer, BS, CHSOS-A, CHSE, FSSH 
Zamierowski Institute for Experiential Learning at The University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS 

 

 

Amy Foller

 

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

 

 

Marie Gilbert

 

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

 

Kim Leighton

 

Keith Littlewood, MD, FASA, FSSH University of Virginia, Schools of Medicine and Nursing Simulation
Charlottesville, VA

 

Keith Littlewood

 

C. Eric McCoy, MD, MPH 
University of California Irvine - School of Medicine 
Irvine, CA

 

Eric McCoy

 

Vinay Nadkarni MD, MS 
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 

 

Vinay Nadkarni

 

Mark R. Owens, LTC/USA (Ret), SVP 
TacMed Solutions
Anderson, SC 

 

Mark Owens

 

Tonya Schneidereith, PhD, MBA, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN 
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD

 

Tonya Schneidereith

Executive Director

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