Healthy Memphis Common Table (HMCT), the regional health and healthcare improvement collaborative for the greater Memphis area is pleased to announce our 2010 Board of Directors: 

Board Chair:  Cevette Hall, RN, DHSc APN, CPHQ, CMCN, Regional Nurse Liaison, BlueCross BlueShield of TN

Vice Chair:  Beverly J. Williams-Cleaves, MD, F.A.C.P., Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Endocrinology, UTHSC

Treasurer:  Jody McKibben, Commercial Broker, Investec Realty Services

Secretary:  Denise Bollheimer, MBA, VP, Marketing & Managed Care, UT Medical Group, Inc

Jay Cohen, MD, FAAP, FACE, CEC, Pediatric and Adult Endrocrinologist & Medical Director, The Endocrine Clinic, PC

Tad Feeney, BS, MBA, CPA, CFO, The Bryce Company

John Greaud, PE, AAE, Vice President of Operations, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority

Peg Hartig, PhD, FND, BC, Chair, Dept of Primary Care and Public Health, UT Health Science Center

Rev. Kenneth Robinson, MD, Sr. Pastor, St. Andrew AME Church, Shelby County Health Officer

Sridhar Sunkara, Director of Information Systems & Center City Commission

Art Sutherland, MD, Retired Cardiologist, Sutherland Clinic

Cristie Upshaw-Travis, MHA, CEO, Memphis Business Group on Health, Immediate Past Chair, Healthy Memphis Common Table

Monica Wharton, VP Legal Affairs, General Counsel, The Med

Alfred Wooten, MBA, Senior Project Manager, International Integrated Marketing , Fed Ex Services

 

We are also pleased to share some of the milestones accomplished so far in 2010. Our Board of Directors adopted four key strategic imperatives: promoting healthy life style changes, preventive care messaging to the general public, consumer friendly health and quality public reports, and environmental policies which focus on health equity. In addition:

• Launched hospital compared data on our web site and converted consumer tools and quality reports to Spanish.

• Launched an aggressive public awareness media campaign.

• Launched our third public report on quality on our web site.

• Doubled our staff from three to six.

• Hosted the National Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes.

• Launched our new Facebook site.

• Previewed our consumer magazine on quality.

• Launched our new weekly calendar of events for our community partners.

• Held our first annual meeting that included our community partners.

• Added five new board members and elected a new slate of officers.

• Partnered with the Nursing Institute of the Mid-South on their first nursing leadership conference.

• Conducted a quality forum on palliative care targeted to physicians, nurses and social workers.
 

 

For more information, go to www.healthymemphis.org.