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 Specialist, Data Manager, & QI Coach
Lisa is a Program Specialist at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and coaches 7 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, RNC-NIC

Kristen Brenneman, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC

Women's Health Program Specialist & QI Coach
As a Women's Health Program Specialist at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Kristen coaches 36 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

Senior Program Manager, Perinatal Health
Jennifer provides guidance to the PA PQC coaches on coaching and quality improvement methods and leads the PA PQC staff in developing and implementing programming. She is the Senior Program Manager of Perinatal Health at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 
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.
Karena Moran, PhD

Karena Moran, PhD

QI Coach & NEPaPQC Manager
Karena is the Improvement Optimization Advisor at Geisinger Health System and coaches 16 Healthcare Teams in Northeastern PA in addition to managing the Northeastern PA PQC (NEPaPQC).
Hadar Re'em, MPH, MSW

Hadar Re'em, MPH, MSW

Program Associate & QI Coach
To support the PA PQC, Hadar coaches 2 Healthcare Teams, 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, MHA, BSN, RN

QI Coach
Maureen serves as a Nurse Project Manager at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and coaches 6 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.