Staff

Our team coordinates and facilitates logistics of PA PQC initiatives, collaborative learning, and quality improvement support in cooperation with its leadership team, patients and families, and advisory groups.

The PA PQC is administered by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and WHAMglobal, and it is affiliated with the Northeast PQC (NEPaPQC).

Lisa Boyd

Lisa Boyd, BA

Data Manager & QI Coach
Lisa is a Program Associate at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and coaches 3 Healthcare Teams. She is the data manager for the PA PQC, maintaining the PA PQC database and generating reports and visual dashboards to inform the work of both the internal PA PQC team as well as the Healthcare Teams.
Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RN

Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RN

QI Coach
As a Quality Improvement Facilitator at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Kristen coaches 37 PA PQC Healthcare Teams through their quality improvement work and brings expertise from her previous work as a neonatal nurse to the PA PQC.
Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT

Jennifer Condel, SCT(ASCP)MT

Lead QI Coach
Jennifer provides guidance to the PA PQC coaches on coaching and quality improvement methods and serves as a coach for 12 Healthcare Teams. She is the is the Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation.
James Cook, MD

James Cook, MD

PA PQC Advisory Group Co-Chair, Neonatal Advisor
Dr. Cook co-chairs the PA PQC Advisory Group and serves as the Medical Director for the Northeastern PA PQC. He is the Director of Newborn Services at Geisinger Health Systems.
Robert Ferguson, MPH

Robert Ferguson, MPH

Executive Director
Robert is the Chief Policy Officer of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. He directs and facilitates the PA PQC on behalf of and in partnership with its stakeholders.
Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP

Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP

PA PQC Advisory Group Co-Chair, Obstetric Advisor
Dr. Mehta co-chairs the PA PQC Advisory Group and consults on birth hospital recruitment, engagement, and awareness. She is the Medical Officer of Women’s Health at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s Division of Maternal, Child, and Family Health.
Karena Moran, PhD

Karena Moran, PhD

QI Coach & NEPaPQC Manager
Karena is the Improvement Optimization Advisor at Geisinger Health System and coaches 17 Healthcare Teams in Northeastern PA in addition to managing the Northeastern PA PQC (NEPaPQC).
Sara Nelis, RN, C-ONQS, CCE

Sara Nelis, RN, C-ONQS, CCE

Program Manager
As a Program Manager at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Sara manages the PA PQC and is responsible for maintaining project plans, coordinating project teams and activities, working with funders, grantees and contractors, and handling reports to funders.
Hadar Re'em, BA

Hadar Re'em, BA

Program Associate
To support the PA PQC, Hadar assists with session and event planning, data collection and reporting, and presenting the PA PQC's resources and impact.
Maureen Saxon-Gioia

Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN

QI Coach
Maureen serves as a Nurse Project Manager at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and coaches 3 PA PQC Healthcare Teams. She brings many years of expertise from her former career as a point-of-care nurse in both high-risk labor and delivery as well as neuro intensive care.