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

Program Associate at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Lisa serves as a coach for 3 birth hospitals and 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

Quality Improvement Facilitator at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Kristen coaches 27 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

Manager of Lean Healthcare Strategy and Implementation at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Jennifer provides guidance to the PA PQC coaches on coaching and quality improvement methods and serves as a coach for 8 birth hospitals.
James Cook, MD

James Cook, MD

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

Robert Ferguson, MPH

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

Aasta Mehta, MD, MPP

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

Karena Moran, PhD

Research and Quality Project Manager at Geisinger Health System
Dr. Moran coaches 15 birth hospitals in Northeastern PA and manages the Northeastern PA PQC.
Sara Nelis, BS, RN

Sara Nelis, BS, RN

Project 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.
Maureen Saxon-Gioia

Maureen Saxon-Gioia, MSHSA, BSN, RN

Nurse Project Manager at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Maureen serves as a quality improvement coach to PA PQC Healthcare Teams and 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.