Board Members

Kathy Malloch

Kathy Malloch, Ph.D., MBA, RN, FAAN

Board President

Dr. Kathy Malloch is president of a national healthcare consulting firm providing services to assist leaders in challenging status quo systems and create new models that meet post-millennium health care needs. She is also Senior Consultant for Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates and is a faculty member at the Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation.

Education

  • PhD, 1997, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver CO
  • MBA, 1985, Oakland University; Rochester, MI
  • BSN, 1970, Wayne State University; Detroit MI

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Leadership Development
  • Nursing Excellence
  • Innovation

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • Arizona Nurses Association
  • American Nurses Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau
  • American Organization of Nurse Executives

Publications

  • Innovation Leadership – A textbook for new work 2009 (Jones & Bartlett)
  • Quantum Leadership – A resource for healthcare innovation 2007 (Jones & Bartlett)
  • An introduction to Evidence-based Practice for Nursing & Healthcare, 2nd Ed. 2009 (Jones & Bartlett)

Denise Link

Denise G. Link, PhD, WHNP, CNE, FNAP

Board Vice President

Dr. Denise Link is a Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation and is the Director of the ASU Health Center, a campus based academic nursing center that provides health care to ASU students and employees.

Education

  • PhD, 2002, Widener University
  • MSN, 1979, University of Pennsylvania
  • BSN, 1977, Gwynedd Mercy College

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Women’s Health
  • Advanced Practice Nursing Practice & Education
  • Nurse Managed HealthCenters

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • Arizona Nurses Association
  • American Nurses Association
  • American College of Nurse Practitioners
  • National Nursing Centers Consortium

Publications

  • Link, D. (2009) The Teaching and Coaching Role of the APN. The Journal of Neonatal & Perinatal Nursing.
  • Link,D. (2009) Reproductive Anatomy, Physiology and the Menstrual Cycle. In S. Mattson & J. Smith (Eds) AWHONN: Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing (4th Ed.) St. Louis: Mosby, Inc.
  • Link,D. (2009) Contraception. In S. Mattson & J. Smith (Eds). AWHOONN: Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing (4th Ed) St. Louis: Mosby, Inc.

Kathy A. Scott

Kathy A. Scott, RN, MPA, PhD, FACHE

Board Secretary

Dr. Kathy Scott is currently a Health Care Consultant. She is also a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. She has served in a variety of health-care leadership roles for the past 20 years. Dr. Scott currently serves in many capacities to advance the quality of health-care and the nursing profession including consultant to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Practice Breakdown Committee and has also been appointed to the Continued Competence Committee.

Education

  • PhD, 2004, Philosophy in Health-Care Administration & Organizational Systems, Cincinnati, OH
  • MPA, 1990, , Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
  • BSN, 1975, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Complex System Analysis & Integrated Design; Outcome-based Performance Improvement
  • Strategic Planning; Transformational Care Delivery Models
  • Error Prevention & Safety Management; Simulation Learning & Training

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • Current Board Member and past President of AzONE
  • American Nurses Association
  • Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executive

Publications

  • Scott, K & Van Norman, J. Managing the Complexity of a System-wide Medical Record Design & Implementation: Lessons for Leaders. NAQ.
  • Scott, K & Steinbinder, A. Innovation Cycle for Small & Large Scale Change. NAQ, 33.3
  • Scott, K. Managing the Threat of Lost Knowledge Through Technology and Teamwork. NAQ, 31(1), 17-21.

Theresa Berrigan

Theresa (Terri) Berrigan, LPN

Board Member

Ms. Berrigan is employed at Scottsdale Village Square in Scottsdale. She has been a LPN since 1990 and has been working in Long Term Care for 17 years.

Education

  • LPN 1990, Syracuse, NY

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Long Term Care
  • Certified - Excellence of Care by Alzheimer’s Foundation of American
  • Assisted Living Advisor
  • Public Policy, Regulatory

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • President of AZ Chapter of American Assisted Living Nurses Association
  • Arizona Health Care Association

E. Gary Gum

E. Gary Gum, MSN, RN, FCN

Board Member

Mr. Gum is currently the New Mexico Director for the Grand Canyon University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences.  He has been a registered nurse for 29 years.

Education

  • MSN, 1998, University of Phoenix, AZ
  • BSN, 1996, University of Phoenix, AZ
  • AD, 1980, Kaskaskia College, Centralia, IL

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Adult Critical Care
  • Nursing Education
  • Faith Community Nursing

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • Arizona Nurses Association
  • American Nurses Association
  • National League for Nursing

Lori A. Gutierrez

Lori A. Gutierrez, BS, RN-C

Board Member

Ms Gutierrez is President of Clinical Advisors for Resources and Education Services, LLC (C.A.R.E.S) in Phoenix.  She has been a Registered Nurse for 29 years and is a graduate of Phoenix College Nursing Program and received a BS in Business from the University of Phoenix.  Her areas of expertise are Education in Long Term Care. 

Education

  • BS Business 1990, University of Phoenix, AZ
  • AD, Nursing1980, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Long Term Care – Education, Training, Mentoring, Quality Improvement Processes
  • Long Term Care – Survey Preparation, Pathways to Excellence
  • Education – Verification Courses, Competencies, Training

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • American Association for Long Term Care Nursing (AALTCN)
  • Arizona Nurses Association
  • American Nurses Association
  • Arizona Healthcare Association (AHCA), Aging Services of Arizona, AZ Chapter of Assisted Living

Pat Johnson

Patricia (Pat) Johnson, LPN

Board Member

Ms. Johnson is currently employed as a LPN in the Women and Infants Service at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale and has been a LPN for more than 30 years.

Education

  • LPN, 1973, Essex Agricultural & Technical Institute, Danvers, MA

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Maternal & Newborn Care
  • Oncology, Urology

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • Co-Chair of the Scope of Practice Committee, AZBN
  • Co-Chair of the LPN Advisory Committee, AZBN
  • NCLEX Item Review Committee with National Council State Boards of Nursing

Kathryn L. Busby

Kathryn L. Busby, J.D.

Public Member

Ms. Busby is an attorney specializing in health care. She represents various health care providers and entities providing government relations representation and advice and consultation on regulatory, contracting and other health care related issues.

Education

  • Juris Doctorate, 1981, Arizona State University
  • BS, Foreign Service, 1978, Georgetown University, Washington DC.

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Attorney, Health Care

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • Board Member, Touchstone Behavioral Health
  • Member, State Bar of Arizona

M. Hunter Perry

M. Hunter Perry

Public Member

Mr. Perry has been a healthcare professional for over 25 years with a background in operations and business development for a clinical diagnostic laboratory, and a technical background in neurodegenerative disease research. Mr. Perry has a commitment to public service having served on the Public Policy Committee for the Arizona Health Care Association.

Education

  • Graduate, 1985, US Naval Health Sciences, San Diego, CA

Area of Expertise or Clinical Interest

  • Business Development and Marketing in Healthcare.

Professional Society Memberships & Community Activities

  • Arizona Health Care Association

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