
Membership and Officers
Members of the NH Health Care Quality Commission include one representative from each acute care hospital and free standing ambulatory surgical center (ASC), a designee of the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services and an “at large” public member. Thomas Bunnell serves as the public representative, appointed by Governor Lynch in 2012.
Members of the 2017 -2018 Executive Committee include:
Chair
Lori Key, RN, MBA
Director QA & Safety, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
Vice-Chair
Natalie Gosselin, MS, RN, CPHQ, CSSGB
Director, Center for Quality & Safety, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua
Past Chairs
Marge Kerns, RPh
Vice President, Clinical Services, LRGHealthcare, Laconia
Jean Corvinus, RN, BSN, MS, CPHQ, CPPS
Director, Quality & Performance Improvement, Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester
At Large
Melissa Howard, BS, RN, CPHQ*
Director of Quality, Infection Prevention and Service Excellence, Speare Memorial Hospital, Plymouth
Martha Leighton, MS, RN, CPPS
Patient Safety Officer, Elliot Health System, Manchester
Sue Majewski
Chief Operating Officer, Bedford Ambulatory Surgery Center, Bedford
Christopher Tkal
Vice President, Quality & Patient Safety, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Keene