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TEAM & BOARD

Our Team

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Laura Batz Townsend

Laura Batz Townsend

President & Co-Founder

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Dr. Veronica Young, PharmD, MPH

Dr. Veronica Young, PharmD, MPH

Consultant, Community Engagement and Program Assessment

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Carol Wratten, MD, MBA, FACOG

Carol Wratten, MD, MBA, FACOG

Chief Clinical Director

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Louise Termeer

Louise Termeer

Representative Netherlands and Chile at The Louise Batz Patient Safety Foundation

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Megan Morrison, PharmD

Megan Morrison, PharmD

Community Engagement Liaison

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Dr. Etel Veringa

Dr. Etel Veringa

Representative Netherlands and Chile at The Louise Batz Patient Safety Foundation

Our Board Members

Board of Directors

  • George Scott Ames

  • Christine Aune

  • Tommye Austin

  • Betsy Baker

  • Ann Beuhler

  • Karen Brockwell

  • Karen E. Bryant

  • Cindy Cassity

  • Patricia Ann Clarke

  • Elizabeth Friedman

  • Crystal Del Bosque

  • Mark Graban

  • Rodney Gray

  • Vickie Gregg

  • Margaret Gunn

  • Robyn Hargrove

  • Carl Holshouser 

  • Charles Holshouser Jr.

  • Clay Holshouser

  • Joanne Holshouser 

  • John Holshouser

  • Will Holshouser 

  • Tom Holshouser

  • Daniel R. Nelson

  • Tricia O’Connell

  • Frank Overdyk

  • Chris Parker

  • Daniel Peavy

  • Shannon Watson Peifer

  • Lisa Morehouse Ray

  • Patrick Reeves

  • Vivia V. Robertson

  • Michael Shabot

  • Nelson Tuazon 

  • Jenny Wood

  • Mertie Wood

  • Carol Wratten

  • Yan Xiao

  • Veronica Young

Medical Advisory Board

  • Dr. Jane Appleby
    MD, FACP; Chief Medical Officer MHS Methodist Healthcare System
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Dr. Tommye Austin
    PhD, MBA, RN, Nurse Executive, Advanced-Board Certified (NEA-BC), Chief Nursing Officer of University Health System
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Cindy Cassity
    BSN RN Patient Safety Manager, Baylor University Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas

  • Patricia Ann Clarke
    RN, MSN, CPNP - Instructor/Clinical; UTHSCSA School of Nursing; Dept. of Family Nursing Care

  • Dr. Paul Curry
    Chief of Staff, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
    Newport Beach, California

  • Dr. Charles A. Holshouser, Jr.
    M.D., OBGYN, Methodist Healthcare System
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Brenda Jackson
    PhD., RN, Associate Professor, Dept. of Acute Nursing Care, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Dr. Lawrence Lynn
    CEO of Lyntek Medical Technologies
    Columbus, Ohio

  • Dr. Mark Montoney
    CMO of Contessa Health
    Nashville, Tennessee

  • Dr. Frank Overdyk
    MSEE, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Ultrasound, Executive Medical Director, GE Healthcare

  • Dr. Vimla L Patel
    PhD, DSc, FRSC, Professor, Biomedical Informatics School of Health Information Sciences; Co- Director, Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas

  • Dr. Michael Shabot
    Founding partner Relia Healthcare Advisors

  • Debora Simmons
    RN, MJN, CCRN, CCNS, Executive Operations Director, National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making In Healthcare School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  • Dr. Dean Sittig
    PhD, University of Texas School of Health Information Science
    Houston, Texas

  • Dr. Kathleen R. Stevens
    RN, EdD, ANEF, FAAN, Professor and Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

  • Brik Stratton
    MS, PT, Stratton Rehabilitation Clinic
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Patricia Toney
    MSN, RN, VP/CNE at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Dr. Carol Wratten
    MD, FACOG, Associate Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Baptist Health System, San Antonio, Texas

  • Dr. Veronica Young
    PharmD, MPH Clinical Associate Professor College of Pharmacy The University of Texas at Austin Director of Interprofessional Practice Pharmacotherapy Office of Evidence - Based and Interprofessional Practice School of Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

  • Dr. Jiajie Zhang
    PhD, Dr. Doris L. Ross Professor; Associate Dean for Research; Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making; Acting Director, Center for Translational Neuroinformatics School of Health Information Sciences; University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Foundation Advisory Board

  • Rachel Armbruster
    President, Armbruster Consulting
    Austin, Texas

  • Sarah Blackburn
    Almanza, Blackburn & Dickie, LLP
    Austin, Texas

  • Dr. Kenneth Davis
    CMO of Methodist Healthcare System
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Brad Gray
    Gray Digital Group
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Erika Holland
    Executive Director, American Heart Association
    Austin, Texas

  • Sudie Holshouser
    Early Childhood Education and Community Leader
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Kathryn Johnson
    Mays Family Foundation
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Nancy Maebius
    PhD, RN, Education Consultant, and faculty member at Galen

  • Melinda Hill Perrin
    Former Chairman of the Board of Memorial Hermann Hospital System in Houston, Texas

  • Kathy Rogers
    MSN, MBA, RN, CPHQ, VP, Physician Performance Improvement
    Methodist Healthcare System

  • Patsy Varvel
    RN, MS, Nurse Manager St Lukes Episcopal Hospital- Retired
    Houston, Texas

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