Steering Council Members

2023 - 2024 Committee Members

Committee Role	2023 - 2024 Term
Chair	Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
Co-Chair	Deborah Gardiner (Thomas Jefferson)
Director Member	Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
Coordinator Member- West Region	Amy Popp & Delancy Zeller (UPMC of Central PA)
Coordinator Member- East Region	Christina Piroso (CHOP)
Coordinator Member- Central Region	Katy Armas (Tower Health)
New to Vizient Member	Cindy Liberi & Lisa Sheehan (UPMC)
Networking Lead	Janice Gibson (Jefferson Health, Northeast)
Academic Partner	Brianna Blackburn (Penn State College of Nursing)
PA-AC Director	Jenny Gimbel
PA-AC Senior Manager	Zaharaa Davood
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement	Amy Ricords
PA-AC Public Health Project Coordinator	Jilian Bohn
PA-AC Public Health Project Coordinator	Namaijah Faison

2022 - 2023 Committee Members

Committee Role	2022 - 2023 Term
Chair	Tiffany Conlin (UPMC Presbyterian)
Co-Chair	Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
Past Chair	Jeanette Palermo (Thomas Jefferson)
Director Member	Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
System Coordinator Member	Teddi Porter (Excela)
Coordinator Member	Cathy Witsberger (UPMC Presbyterian)
New to Vizient Member	Cindy Liberi (UPMC)
Networking Lead	Janice Gibson (Jefferson Health, Northeast)
Academic Partner	Brianna Blackburn (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead	Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)
PA-AC Director	Jenny Gimbel
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement	Amy Ricords
PA-AC Senior Manager	Zaharaa Davood

2021 - 2022 Committee Members

Committee Role	2021-2022 Term
Chair	Jeanette Palermo (Thomas Jefferson)
Co-Chair	Lois Scipione (Temple)
Past Chair	Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)
Director Member	Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
System Coordinator Member	Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
Coordinator Member	Cathy Witsberger (UPMC Presbyterian)
New to Vizient Member	Ashley Iannazzo (UPMC)
Networking Lead (East)	Janice Gibson (Jefferson Health, Northeast )
Networking Lead (Western)	Tiffany Conlin (UPMC Presbyterian)
Academic Partner	Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead	Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)
PA- AC Senior Manager	Jenny Gimbel
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement	Amy Ricords
PA-AC Manager	Zaharaa Davood

2020 - 2021 Committee Members

Committee Role	2020 - 2021 Term
Chair	Denise Ratkiewicz (Allegheny)
Co-Chair	Jeanette Palermo (Thomas Jefferson)
Past Chair	Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)
Director Member	Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
System Coordinator Member	Elizabeth Holbert (Penn State Hershey Medical Center)
Coordinator Member	Cathy Levonian (Thomas Jefferson)
New to Vizient Member	Ashley Iannazzo (UPMC)
Networking Lead	Lois Scipione (Temple)
Academic Partner	Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead	Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)
PA-AC Executive Director	Sarah Hexem
PA- AC Manager	Jenny Horn
PA-AC Director of Nursing Professional Advancement	Amy Ricords
PA-AC Coordinator	Zaharaa Davood

2018 - 2019 Committee Members

2019 - 2020 Committee Members

Committee Role	2019 - 2020 Term
Chair	Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)
Co-Chair	Denise Ratkiewicz (Allegheny)
Director Member	Lindsey Ford (Geisinger Medical)
System Coordinator Member	Brianna Blackburn (Pinnacle)
Coordinator Member	Cathy Levonian (Thomas Jefferson)
New to Vizient Member	Jill Larkin (UPMC)
Networking Lead	Lois Scipione (Temple)
Academic Partner	Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead	Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)

2018 - 2019 Committee Members

Committee Role	2018 - 2019 Term
Chair	Kelly Gallagher (Penn Medicine)
Co-Chair	Denise Ratkiewicz (Allegheny)
Director Member	Ann Rollman (Reading Hospital)
System Coordinator Member	Brianna Blackburn (Pinnacle)
Coordinator Member	Cathy Levonian (Thomas Jefferson)
New to Vizient Member	Jill Larkin (UPMC)
Networking Lead	Cathy Griffin (St. Luke’s University Health Network)
Academic Partner	Jennifer Barton (Penn State College of Nursing)
Nurse Resident Lead	Lydia Kim (Penn Presbyterian Medical Center)
PA-AC Executive Director	Sarah Hexem
PA- AC Manager	Jenny Horn
PA-AC Director of Nursing Education Advancement	Amy Ricords
PA-AC Coordinator	Zaharaa Davood

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2017 - 2018 Committee Members

Committee Role	2017 - 2018 Term
Chair	Amy Ricords (Hershey)
Co-Chair/Director Member	Cindy Cappel (Lehigh Valley)
Systems Coordinator	Kelly Gallagher (Penn)
Coordinator Member	Cathy Levonian (Jefferson)
New-to-Vizient Member	Denise Petras (UPMC)
Networking Lead	Cathy Griffin (St. Luke’s)
Academic Partner	Jennifer Barton (Penn State)
Nurse Resident Lead	Lydia Kim (Presbyterian)
PA-AC Director	Sarah Hexem
PA-NRC Coordinator	Jenny Horn

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