Council Members
Planetree Nursing Leadership Council Members
Pamela L. Dunley MS MBA RN CENP
Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Nancy E. Lee
Chief Nursing Officer, Experience Champion Sharp Coronado Hospital and HealthCare Center
Carol A. Butler, RN, MSN-HCA
Kathleen L. Raines R.N., MSN, APN., CDE
Administrator for Diabetes/ Women’s Services/Planetree and Pastoral care at Hackensack University Medical Center
Carol Wahl
Vice President, Patient Care Services/CNO Good Samaritan Hospital Kearny, Nebraska
Ashley Peacock MSN RN-BC
Patient-Centered Care and Magnet Coordinator Department of Veteran Affairs Kansas City VA Medical Center
Shadoworee Betts, B.S.N, R.N.
Director of Health Services,Inverness VillagePlanetree International Patient and Family Member Partnership
Natalie Augustin
Patient Partner Stamford Hospital
Norah Humérez-Comtois, Ph.D
Patient Partner, CRE Rehabilitation Centre, Quebec
Lisa Freeman
Patient Advocate, Connecticut
Jean -Guy Saint- Gelais
Patient Partner CRE Rehabilitation Centre, Quebec
Ruth Guzley
Patient Partner Enloe Medical Center, California
Pat Mastors
Not pictured:
Francine Vallilo, Patient Partner Griffin Hospital, Connecticut
Catherine Willis, Patient Partner Longmont Hospital, Colorado
Heidi Paul, Patient Partner Valley View Hospital, Colorado
F. Lee Tomlinson, Patient Centered Care Advocate
Joseph N. Ibrahim, Patient Partner, CRE Rehabilitation Centre, Quebec
Patricia Limbert, Patient Partner New York Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division, New York
Planetree Designation Committee
Karen Adams, PhD
Karen Adams, PhD The MITRE Corporation
Jim Atty, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer Waverly Health Center
Leah Binder, MA, MGA
President & CEO The Leapfrog Group
Maria De-Pena Nowak, MD
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Westchester Division
Pamela Dunley, MS, MBA, RN CENP
VP/COO/CNO Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Lisa Freeman
Executive Director CT Center for Patient Safety
Kees Heijblom
Director, Rivas Zorggroep
Bill Keane
Keane I, inc.
Andrew McCulloch, PhD
Chief Executive Picker Institute Europe
Johanne Turgeon
Associate CEO CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS
Laura Batz Townsend
Co-Founder and Executive Director Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation
