Board of Directors
Selected by the SSH Membership, Board Members have the opportunity to share their talent and knowledge to help shape SSH and the future of simulation in healthcare.
Please direct all questions, concerns and/or communications intended for the SSH Board of Directors to the following email address: board@ssih.org
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President
Aaron Calhoun, MD, FSSH, FAAP
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Immediate Past President
Jared Kutzin, DNP, MS, MPH, RN, CHSOS, FSSH, FAAN
The Mount Sinai Hospital, Emergency Medicine & Medical Education *
New York, NY
President Elect
Matthew Charnetski, MSMS, CHSE, CHSOS
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Treasurer
Michael Spooner, MD, MBA, FSSH
Mercy One North Iowa Heart Center
Mason City, IA
Secretary
Connie M. Lopez, MSN, CNS, CPHRM, CHSE-A, FSSH
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region Risk Management & Patient Safety
Oakland, CA
Board Liaison on Executive Committee
Kristen Brown, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-AC, CHSE-A, FAAN
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
At-Large Members
At-Large Member
Marie Gilbert, DNP, RN, CHSE-A
Central California Center for Excellence in Nursing, California State University
Fresno, CA
At-Large Member
Kim Leighton, PhD, RN, CHSE-A, CHSOS, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN
Retired Simulation Executive Director
Lincoln, NE
At-Large Member
Keith Littlewood, MD, FASA, FSSH
University of Virginia Schools of Medicine and Nursing Simulation
Charlottesville, VA
At-Large member
Amy Follmer, BS, CHSOS-A, CHSE, FSSH
Zamierowski Institute for Experiential Learning at The University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
At-Large Member
Tonya Schneidereith, PhD, MBA, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer SIMPL Simulation, LLC
Brooklandville, MD
At-Large Member
Jason Konzelmann, BS, M.Ed., CHSE, CHSOS, FSSH
University of Central Florida – College of Medicine
Orlando, FL
At-Large Member
David Kessler, MD, MSc, FSSH
The Children's Hospital of New York
New York, NY
At-Large Member
C. Eric McCoy, MD, MPH
University of California Irvine - School of Medicine
Irvine, CA
At-Large Member Corporate Roundtable
Mark R. Owens, LTC/USA (Ret), SVP
TacMed Solutions
Anderson, SC
Executive Director
SSH Executive Director
Jennifer Manos, RN, MSN, MBA
Cincinnati, OH