Ed Hall is a veteran healthcare risk and insurance executive with 19 years' experience in both academic medicine and community healthcare environments. He is nationally recognized and published, and he has received multiple awards for his innovative loss prevention and loss control programs that consistently lead to increased patient and employee safety and proven financial savings. He co-founded the Risk Authority (TRA) Stanford, a consulting firm and eventual training platform, and now works as the Executive Administrator for Risk Management at Keck Medicine of USC. In his free time, Hall enjoys college football, horse racing, and spending time with his family and dog.

Asha Roy is a Director in the Workforce Safety Department at Northwell Health System. She has a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy with specialization in Administration and Practice Management from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. She is a Certified Safe Patient Handling Health Professional, Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist, has a certification in Expanded Ergonomics Assessment Skills, and is an Advanced Office Ergonomics Assessment Specialist certified. As a Director for Safe Patient Handling and Mobility, she works closely with the risk management division to analyze each injury toward identifying opportunities and vulnerabilities, improve the quality of occurrence reporting, and reduce injuries and related expenses. She established a web-based program to help leaders objectively understand and analyze specific elements of risk. Collaborating with her team and each individual site, she successfully analyzed each building's patient population, case mix indexes, acuity scores, existing knowledge base, and resources, and developed a plan to procure required equipment. She was instrumental in developing the SPH training curriculum for Northwell, including educating staff in a web-based environment, scheduled site-based training, and unit-based validation of clinician competencies and comfort levels. She also worked with her colleagues to develop a 'train the trainer' model at each site, promoting the current sustained process of SPH across Northwell Health System.

Andrea Hunter MSN, RN is the Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) Faculty Coordinator for Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System and the VISN 22 SPHM Lead. She has facilitated many process improvement at both the facility and VISN levels to improve continuity and consistency in care delivery and injury risk reduction. She has presented various SPHM topics at national VHA conference, including SPHM Unit Peer Leader, VISN POC, New SPHM Facility Coordinator and VISN Safety/GEMS conferences. She has also presented a podium presentation at the 2022 Tucson Nurses Week Foundation Conference, "The Boost That Broke the Nurse's Back". She loves to camp, hike, and sail with her husband and kids, enjoys cooking new recipes, and is a proud soprano in the Arizona Women's Chorus.

Amber Perez is a licensed nurse with 19 years' bedside experience and holds a Master of Healthcare Administration. She has 12 years of safe patient handling industry experience. She joined Banner Health in 2011, helping to establish their SPHM program, and co-authoring and co-investigating the validated Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT). She then joined various SPHM equipment and program vendors in helping healthcare facilities across North America and Europe to improve success in SPHM. Amber left the SPHM industry as a vendor in 2021 but continued as an independent consultant and now works in Healthcare Technology for Philips North America as a Strategic Partnership Program Manager. She accepted a part-time teaching position in 2022 as an SPHM Instructor at Gateway Community College, partnering to teach students from four other local colleges and universities. Additionally, she participates on an advisory board for an NIH research project focused on unique SPHM emerging solutions. Her involvement in SPHM is rooted in her own injury, sustained early in her nursing career, and she is passionate about promoting SPHM benefits for caregivers and patients.

Nicole Hopewell is a Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Clinical Consultant with HillRom. She has worked for over 30 years in healthcare leadership, education, and direct patient care in a variety of clinical settings, including acute care, outpatient rehab, women's health, and acute rehab. Nicole has extensive real-life experience in the development of successful SPHM programs from the ground up, including gaining administrative support, equipment selection and justification, education, developing the right culture, and supporting the day-to-day operations of a multi-faceted SPHM program in a busy trauma hospital. She values collaboration and partnership with the entire healthcare team to drive change and improve patient and caregiver safety. Nicole completed her Bachelor of Physical Therapy from New York University and her Master of Science in Health Services Administration from Regis University.

Sacha Matthews is a Rehabilitation Services Director at the Kaiser Permanente Post-Acute Care Center (KPPACC). She has worked in rehabilitation for over 30 years, practicing in acute care, acute rehab, and post-acute care. She completed her bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy at Oxford Brooks University, United Kingdom, and worked in multiple regional hospitals in the UK before moving to Northern California. Sacha joined Kaiser Permanente in 2001 to open the KPPACC and develop the rehabilitation program from the ground up, providing short-term post-acute care services for complex patients across Northern California. With the increasing demand for rehabilitation services for post-acute bariatric patients, Sacha and her team developed bariatric specialty services with a strong emphasis on safe patient mobilization, ensuring the use of safe techniques and equipment. In 2014, Sacha and her team were awarded the National Workplace Safety Team Award for their contribution to creating a safer workplace, recognizing their work with the bariatric patient population.

Joseph Harrison is an Occupational Therapist with Kaiser Permanente at the Post-Acute Care Center (KPPACC). He was a student therapist at Kaiser Permanente before joining the team in 2015 and has worked in the areas of acute care, post-acute care, home health, and ergonomics. Joseph has played a vital role in the development and implementation of the SPHM program, including the creation of competencies and training modules for the therapy and nursing staff at KPPACC, which provides short-term rehab for complex patients across Northern California and specifically for the bariatric population. He completed his Master of Occupational Therapy at Samuel Merritt University and is also a Certified Ergonomist.

Marie Martin is an industrial hygienist by training, with her PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Washington. She led curriculum for an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training center before joining the VA North Texas Health Care System as an industrial hygienist in 2008. Within two months of arrival, she was planning for ceiling lifts, and she has been an SPHM facility coordinator ever since. In 2014, she started helping with the national VA SPHM program, led it from 2015 to 2016, and has assisted with its leadership ever since.

Margaret Arnold is CEO of EarlyMobility.com and of Inspire Outcomes. She has 30 years' experience as a physical therapist and 20 years as an ergonomic evaluation specialist and safe patient handling/ early mobility expert, holding certification as a Safe Patient Handling Professional. She has published extensively on early mobility and safe patient handling, and she is the Editorial Advisor on Early Mobility to the International Journal of Safe Patient Handling and Mobility. Margaret sits on the Board of Directors for ASPHP, where she chairs the Education Committee and leads a national task force to integrate SPHM into graduate education for physical and occupational therapists, nurses, radiology technicians, and medical doctors. Margaret is passionate about patient outcomes, as well as protecting those who care for patients, and she has done a TED talk on this very topic. She is working with more than 50 VA facilities nationwide to help move toward safe early mobility across care settings and disciplines.

Susan Wyatt, RN, BSN With dual degrees in Biology and Nursing, Susan recently retired from the Phoenix VA Health Care System where she successfully developed the Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) Program, decreasing direct care staff lifting and repositioning injuries by greater than 70%. She has provided over a decade of program mentorship for multiple VA facilities and formally within her VISN serving as program lead. Observing structure variances between systems for this complex program, she developed a scoring matrix tool based on national VHA directive to provide systematic assessment of facility program implementation to help facilities quickly identify gaps.

Susan specializes in developing interdisciplinary SPHM and Early Mobility processes, staff and patient education, workflow, product distribution and ergonomic evaluations to identify high risk patient care tasks and solutions to prevent related patient and staff injuries. Utilizing SPHM as a foundation framework, she co-led a multidisciplinary team to implement early mobility in the ICU, publishing the process in Integrating Safe Patient Handling and Early Mobility: Combining Quality Initiatives.

Recognizing the importance of high reliability in multidisciplinary early mobility process implementation across systems, Susan recently served with an elite team nationally as SME to create a statistically valid VA mobility tool to link common mobility screening language with SPHM equipment to promote safety and patient mobilization across the spectrum of care.

Through years of experience and observation, Susan believes choosing to continue working as Senior Consultant for EarlyMobility.com solidifying the link between SPHM and Early Mobility is logical and imperative for all, including facility, staff, patient and family. Favorite quote: "Do the best you can until you know better. Once you know better, do better." Maya Angelon.

Susan Gallagher earned a Masters' Degree in Nursing: Advanced Practice WOC Nursing from University of Southern California in 1995. She holds a Masters' Degree in Religion and Social Ethics, and a PhD in Policy Ethics from University of Southern California. Dr Gallagher is certified in Bariatric Nursing and is a Certified Safe Patient Handling Professional. She is past-President of the Association for Safe Patient Handling Professionals, Associate Editor for Workplace Health and Safety (AAOHN), has served on a number of international boards and is a recognized speaker on skin and wound care, outcomes, bariatrics, ethics, risk and loss control across the globe. Susan is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, books and book chapters, including the ANA Implementation Guide to SPHM Standards, Bariatric SPHM and more.

Nicole Judson earned her doctorate degree in physical therapy in 2012 and became a board certified neurological clinical specialist in physical therapy in 2021. She has practiced as an outpatient neurological physical therapist in multiple settings and operates a self employed small business working with and treating neurological conditions. She is a board member of Michigan Sports Unlimited which is committed to helping individuals return to recreational and competitive activities following catastrophic injuries.

Kendall Judson sustained a T8 complete spinal cord injury in 2011 due to a motor vehicle accident that changed the course of his life. Prior to his injury, Kendall excelled in high school and college athletics, he became a Marine and has been on combat and non-combat deployments. Kendall has experienced the full spectrum of recovery from intensive care/trauma unit to outpatient rehabilitation to trying to figure out a new way of life on his own. Today, Kendall lives an active lifestyle, is building a small business with his wife and is active in his local community working as a mentor to others struggling with chronic injuries or conditions and working with middle school and high school athletes.

Neal Wiggermann is a Specialist Research Scientist in Human Factors and Ergonomics at Baxter, formerly Hillrom. For 11 years he has managed a biomechanics laboratory and performed scientific research and product testing to inform the design of medical devices. His work focuses on reduction of caregiver injuries and improving patient outcomes by supporting mobility. He received his PhD in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and is a member of the Board of Directors of ASPHP.

Ruth Francis has over 30 years of international, corporate, association, government, and community health education and promotion experience and is a Senior Policy Advisor for the American Nurses Association (ANA) in the Nursing Practice & Work Environment Department. She currently leads ANA's Occupational Health Initiatives: Safe Patient Handling and Mobility, Workplace Violence/#End Nurse Abuse and Bullying Prevention, Opioids Prevention, Precision Health, Racism in Nursing, and Gun Violence Prevention, representing ANA at national and federal stakeholder meetings. For the past two years, she has represented ANA on CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices related to the COVID-19 vaccine. In January 2022, she started her three-year term on the NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors, providing guidance to the NIOSH Executive Staff. Ruth led an Advisory Group and Workgroup to complete the development of the ANA National Interprofessional SPHM Standards, 2nd Edition. It was published in November 2021. She has authored or co-authored over 100 articles, positions, briefs, and papers, and has presented locally, nationally, and internationally on occupational health, immunizations, workplace violence prevention, and health and wellness promotion. A past ASPHP Board member (2019-2021), she currently participates on the Governance and DEI committees and chairs the Policy Workgroup. She received her master's degree from Loma Linda University in California and is certified as a Master Health Education Specialist. She is currently completing her dissertation for her Doctor of Public Health degree.

Dr. Rhonda Sullivan is a Registered Nurse with nearly 30 years' experience. Of those years, 21 have been dedicated to the wound and ostomy specialties. She is Board Certified as a Nurse Executive, Wound- Ostomy Nurse, Legal Nurse, and Safe Patient Handling Associate. Dr. Sullivan is the Executive Director of Legal Nurse Partners & iWOC Nursing Foundation. She is also employed as the Clinical Director of Wound Care Marketing for a global wound management company. In this role, she serves as clinical consultant to healthcare organizations to catalyze high quality care and the alleviation of avoidable harm. She is a published author, award-winning researcher, med-legal expert, approved continuing education provider for the Florida Board of Nursing, and an international speaker on pressure injury prevention and deep tissue pressure injury.

Amber Perez is a licensed nurse with 19 years' bedside experience and holds a Master of Healthcare Administration. She has 12 years of safe patient handling industry experience. She joined Banner Health in 2011, helping to establish their SPHM program, and co-authoring and co-investigating the validated Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT). She then joined various SPHM equipment and program vendors in helping healthcare facilities across North America and Europe to improve success in SPHM. Perez left the SPHM industry as a vendor in 2021 but continued as an independent consultant and now works in Healthcare Technology for Philips North America as a Strategic Partnership Program Manager. She accepted a part-time teaching position in 2022 as an SPHM Instructor at Gateway Community College, partnering to teach students from four other local colleges and universities. Additionally, she participates on an advisory board for an NIH research project focused on unique SPHM emerging solutions. Her involvement in SPHM is rooted in her own injury, sustained early in her nursing career, and she is passionate about promoting SPHM benefits for caregivers and patients.

Jennifer McIlvaine is an SPHM Coordinator for the Duke University Health System in Durham, North Carolina. She has over 16 years of clinical experience as an acute care Physical Therapist specializing in medical, surgical, and critical care units. Her current work focuses on identifying gaps in providing safe patient care, implementing solutions to ensure high quality patient care in all areas across the healthcare continuum, and enhancing safety for all patients and healthcare workers. Jennifer has spoken about SPHM at many local, state, and national conferences and has published on the topic of safe patient handing for physical therapists. She is the recipient of the 2021 VA SPHM National Conference Best Poster Award.

Carl Gruber is a Loss Prevention Specialist at SFM - The Work Comp Experts. He has been the Risk Manager for Sauk County, Wisconsin, for 20 years, overseeing all departments including public health, home healthcare, and a 110-bed nursing home facility. For the past seven years he has worked for SFM handling healthcare accounts in Wisconsin which include hospitals, assisted living, nursing homes, home health, group homes (brain trauma, disability, behavioral, etc.) In each of these positions, Carl has developed, audited, and reviewed policies and procedures for safe patient handling. Along with those functions, he also performs training in this area. He graduated from UW Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety.

Jason Clausen has worked in various positions in the safety and risk management field for the past 20 years. He received his degree in Occupational Health and Safety from Iowa State University and currently works with SFM Mutual Insurance policyholders in Iowa and Nebraska to identify hazards and develop solutions to reduce loss exposures. In his time away from SFM, Jason works as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the Dallas County Sheriff's Office.

Stephanie Wilson is an Occupational Therapist and a CSPHP who works in Environmental Health and Safety at NorthShore University HealthSystem. She began her career in occupational therapy with specialization in ICU care, splinting, and staff development of patient mobility tools. She brings 19 years of clinical experience to her role as leader of the system's safe patient handling and mobility program.

Suthiratana Bhudvanbhen-Jung (Gal) served as an English teacher for secondary education prior to returning to school to pursue nursing. Gal began her career in nursing in 2017 on a post-operative unit at the bedside. Her primary focus during this time was with orthopedic patients. After nearly four years at the bedside, Gal moved into nurse education, allowing her to share her knowledge and experience from the bedside with other nurses, including safe patient handling.

Andy Rich Graduated from Rush University in 1997 with MS in Occupational Therapy. I have worked as an acute care & industrial rehab therapist from 1998-2004. Since 2004, I have been working as a clinical consultant and manager for Arjo. In that role, I provide clinical consultation to acute & long-term care organization in mobility programming. I have presented both regionally, nationally and internationally on subjects including but not limited to: SPHM program design & sustainability, providing care to patients of size & ensuring training sticks and how to influence culture change.

Marie Martin is an industrial hygienist by training, with her PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Washington. She led curriculum for an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training center before joining the VA North Texas Health Care System as an industrial hygienist in 2008. Within two months of her arrival, she was planning for ceiling lifts, and she has been an SPHM Facility Coordinator ever since. In 2014, she started helping with the national VA SPHM program, led it from 2015 to 2016, and has assisted with its leadership ever since.

Rhonda Sullivan is a Registered Nurse with 30 years' experience. Twenty-two years have been dedicated to legal nursing and the wound and ostomy specialties. She is Board Certified as a Nurse Executive, Wound-Ostomy Nurse, Legal Nurse, and Safe Patient Handling Associate. She is the owner of Legal Nurse Partners and the Executive Director of iWOC Nursing Foundation. She is a published author, award-winning researcher, med-legal expert, approved CE provider for the Florida Board of Nursing, and an international speaker on pressure injury prevention and deep tissue pressure injury. Dr. Sullivan is currently employed as the Clinical Director of Wound Care Marketing for Molnlycke Health Care. She currently serves as clinical consultant to academic medical centers, Magnet-designated healthcare facilities, and children's hospitals with a focus on improving clinical and financial outcomes by alleviating avoidable hospital-acquired conditions and reducing waste and redundancy in care.

Nancy McGann is the Region Manager for Caregiver Safety in the Quality and Safety Department of Intermountain Health, Peaks Region, where she has worked for 16 years. Prior to her current role, she was the System Manager of Ergonomics and Safe Patient Handling. She has worked as a therapist and ergonomic consultant in industry and healthcare for the past 33 years. Nancy oversees caregiver safety and patient mobility programs for the Peaks Region hospitals and ambulatory centers. She is on the Board of Directors of ASPHP and has spoken nationally for the past 13 years in this area. Her passion is protecting both caregivers and patients while facilitating mobility to provide the highest quality of care.

Susan Gallagher earned a Master's in Nursing: Advanced Practice WOC Nursing from the University of Southern California in 1995. She also holds a Master's in Religion and Social Ethics and a PhD in Policy Ethics from the University of Southern California. Dr. Gallagher is certified in Bariatric Nursing and is a Certified Safe Patient Handling Professional. She is Past President of ASPHP, Associate Editor for Workplace Health and Safety (AAOHN), has served on a number of international boards, and is a recognized speaker across the globe on skin and wound care, outcomes, bariatrics, ethics, risk, and loss control. She is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters, including the ANA Implementation Guide to SPHM Standards, Bariatric SPHM, and more.

Shelley Nasby, Senior Safety Management Consultant, joined SAIF corporation in 2013. She works with a variety of clients including those in healthcare, retail, construction, fisheries, social services, and municipalities. Prior to joining SAIF, she worked for the Associated General Contractors as a Safety Consultant. Her background is in construction. Shelley graduated from Eastern Oregon University in 2010 with an honors Bachelor of Science with a focus of leadership, organization, and management in business. Her Master of Business Administration was earned from Aspen University, and she completed a Certified Safety Professional designation in 2012.

Angie Wisher, Senior Safety Management Consultant, joined SAIF corporation in 2005. She works with a variety of clients including those in healthcare, retail, distribution, restaurant, agriculture, social services, and municipalities. Prior to joining SAIF, she worked for Safeway Inc., where she spent 15 years in operations, management, and risk management. She has taken training through Federal and Oregon OSHA and University of Washington Ergonomic Studies and holds a certificate in Safety Management from ASSP.

Katherine Frampton is an occupational therapist at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), currently serving in the role of Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Specialist. Her role includes educating and supporting staff in the use of SPHM equipment, as well as consulting on new builds and making recommendations for future equipment purchases. Katherine is a member of the Fall Prevention Steering Committee at UMMC and works to coordinate fall prevention, early mobility, and SPHM initiatives. Katherine also serves as Executive Vice President for the Maryland Occupational Therapy Association, and she is an active member of AOTA and ASPHP.

Chris L. Wells is a Clinical Cardiopulmonary Specialist in the Department of Rehabilitation Services at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), where she primarily delivers patient care in the intensive care setting and assists with program and staff development, as well as clinical competencies. Her area of clinical practice is in the early mobilization and rehabilitation of patients on artificial mechanical circulatory support (ECMO and VAD). Dr. Wells also holds a Clinical Associate Professor, Adjunct position at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, and Instructor at the School of Dentistry. Her primary teaching responsibilities are in cardiopulmonary physiology and pathophysiology, and advanced acute care practice. Dr. Wells graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education, and Athletic Training in 1985; she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Physical Therapy in 1991 and 1994, respectively. She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Department of Developmental Movement from the University of Pittsburgh in 2002. Beyond her clinical and faculty responsibilities, Dr. Wells is an active member within the Cardiopulmonary Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, serving as Chair of the Research Committee and Board Member for the Baltimore Chapter of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Her line of funded research is in rehabilitation and functional outcomes for older adults suffering critical illness and traumatic injury.

Tim Buchanan is a master's level prepared Registered Nurse with over 28 years of patient care experience. He is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) critical care and flight/CCAT nurse and a former paramedic. He moved from his previous roles as a Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Facility Coordinator and Adjunct Nurse Faculty into his current role as a Patient Safety Officer for the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, where he works to promote patient safety and still oversees the SPHM program for all of Florida and southern Georgia. Tim has a passion for education and has served as an adjunct nurse clinical faculty for 10 years, has presented at numerous SPHM conferences, and recently served as collaborating author for SPHM chapters in a Nursing Fundamentals text. He collaborates with a diverse multidisciplinary team of patient safety and SPHM professionals to deliver care to over three million veterans. He maintains an interest in clinical excellence and emergency evacuation and continues to consult as an SPHM and patient safety professional.

Marie Martin is an industrial hygienist by training, with her PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Washington. She led curriculum for an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training center before joining the VA North Texas Health Care System as an industrial hygienist in 2008. Within two months of her arrival, she was planning for ceiling lifts, and she has been an SPHM Facility Coordinator ever since. In 2014, she started helping with the national VA SPHM program, led it from 2015 to 2016, and has assisted with its leadership ever since.

Nicole Judson Nicole Judson earned her doctorate degree in physical therapy in 2012 and became a board certified neurological clinical specialist in physical therapy in 2021. She has practiced as an outpatient neurological physical therapist in multiple settings and operates a self employed small business working with and treating neurological conditions. She is a board member of Michigan Sports Unlimited which is committed to helping individuals return to recreational and competitive activities following catastrophic injuries.

Kendall Judson sustained a T8 complete spinal cord injury in 2011 due to a motor vehicle accident that changed the course of his life. Prior to his injury, Kendall excelled in high school and college athletics, he became a Marine and has been on combat and non-combat deployments. Kendall has experienced the full spectrum of recovery from intensive care/trauma unit to outpatient rehabilitation to trying to figure out a new way of life on his own. Today, Kendall lives an active lifestyle, is building a small business with his wife and is active in his local community working as a mentor to others struggling with chronic injuries or conditions and working with middle school and high school athletes.

Margaret Arnold is CEO of EarlyMobility.com and of Inspire Outcomes. She has 30 years' experience as a physical therapist and 20 years as an ergonomic evaluation specialist and safe patient handling/ early mobility expert, holding certification as a Safe Patient Handling Professional. She has published extensively on early mobility and safe patient handling, and she is the Editorial Advisor on Early Mobility to the International Journal of Safe Patient Handling and Mobility. She sits on the Board of Directors for ASPHP, where she chairs the Education Committee and leads a national task force to integrate safe patient handling and mobility into graduate education for physical and occupational therapists, nurses, radiology technicians, and medical doctors. Margaret is passionate about patient outcomes as well as protecting those who care for patients, and she has done a TED talk on this very topic. She is working with more than 50 VA facilities nationwide to help move toward safe early mobility across care settings and disciplines.

Brad Dugan has over 25 years of clinical leadership and expertise as a practitioner of physical therapy in the areas of acute care and acute rehabilitation. He has over 15 years of dedicated SPHM experience, with an emphasis to providing early and progressive mobility for his patients through SPHM practices. Brad works closely with many healthcare organizations and large integrated delivery networks, assisting them to develop, implement, and sustain SPHM initiatives. He lectures nationally on the topic of achieving positive clinical and safety outcomes through SPHM practice. Brad has served on the ASPHP Board of Directors and is currently serving on the Certified Safe Patient Handling Professionals Board, as well as chairs the Examination Committee.

Kelsey McCoskey has been an ergonomist for 21 years. In addition to performing applied research projects, site assessments, and handling regulatory issues, she is responsible for conducting training courses and the development and assessment of ergonomic programs. Her primary areas of interest include healthcare ergonomics and SPHM, especially the implementation of SPHM programs. She has served on both the ASPHP Board and the CSPHP Board. Kelsey is Lean Six Sigma green belt certified. She earned a BA from the University of Delaware and an MS in Occupational Therapy from Shenandoah University. She is a Certified Professional Ergonomist and a Certified Safe Patient Handling Professional.

Jessica Bratcher worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant from 2011-2019 at Mercy Health System in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she has also served as a Unit Peer Leader since 2011. She assumed the role of SPHM Coordinator at Mercy Health System in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2019. Jessica earned her CSPHA in December 2020.

Tonya Romacker worked as a Unit Peer Leader from 2015-2018 at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She has served as the SPHM Coordinator for Mercy Health System, Mercy South, in St. Louis since 2018. Tonya earned her CSPHA in November 2020.

Lori Severson is the Vice President, Senior Risk Control Consultant for Lockton Companies. She has been involved in the insurance and safety of healthcare workers, with a particular interest in SPHM. Lori has also been involved with the challenges of SPHM in assisted/residential care and has advocated for changes in this area to protect the care staff who look after the residents in these facilities.

Yeu-Li Yeung has extensive experience working in healthcare ergonomics and SPHM. She is the Patient Care Ergonomics Coordinator at Duke University and Duke Health. She has implemented and manages the SPHM program at Duke University Hospital and ambulatory clinics. She is also responsible for conducting ergonomic evaluations and training in non-SPHM work areas, as well as providing consultations on designs and planning. Yeu-Li has presented numerous times at national SPHM, ergonomics, and safety conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. She provides lectures on SPHM at the Duke University School of Nursing and Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program. She is an occupational therapist, a certified professional ergonomist, and a certified safe patient handling professional.

Margaret Arnold is CEO of EarlyMobility.com and of Inspire Outcomes. She has 30 years' experience as a physical therapist and 20 years as an ergonomic evaluation specialist and safe patient handling/ early mobility expert, holding certification as a Safe Patient Handling Professional. She has published extensively on early mobility and safe patient handling, and she is the Editorial Advisor on Early Mobility to the International Journal of Safe Patient Handling and Mobility. She sits on the Board of Directors for ASPHP, where she chairs the Education Committee and leads a national task force to integrate safe patient handling and mobility into graduate education for physical and occupational therapists, nurses, radiology technicians, and medical doctors. Margaret is passionate about patient outcomes, as well as protecting those who care for patients, and she has done a TED talk on this very topic. She is working with more than 50 VA facilities nationwide to help move toward safe early mobility across care settings and disciplines.

Rachel Woodruff received her Occupational Therapy degree from Boston University and began working for Encompass Health in 2004. She obtained a Master's in Health Professions Education from Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona in 2007. Rachel became Neuro Dynamic Therapy Certified in 2004, which began her passion for working with stroke and spinal cord injured patients. She began working with the STOP/Safe Patient Handling program in 2013 by implementing and sustaining the program at Valley of the Sun. Her interest and passion for safe patient handling grew, and she was able to become a regional STOP 2 trainer. Rachel began teaching Hemi Move classes at the regional level in 2018. These opportunities allowed her to speak at the American Occupational Therapy Association Conference on Safe Patient Handling and Mobility in 2017. She has continued to participate in program and curriculum development for the STOP 2 and Hemi Move programs.

Mary Hilliard Brammer is an Occupational Health Educator within Occupational Health Services at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill. She works specifically with the Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Program for UNC Medical Center. A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Mary graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education - Exercise Science, earned a Master of Science, Rehabilitation Science Physical Therapy degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, and a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. She achieved designation as a Certified Safe Patient Handling Clinician by ASPHP.

Amy Harris is a Registered Nurse and works on the Adult Specialty Care Team at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill. She graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and earned a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Amy currently serves as a representative on the Safe Patient Handling Committee and has her CCRN certification.

Jennifer Mack is a Registered Nurse who works as the Patient Services Manager III for the Adult Specialty Care Team and Venous Access Team at University of North Carolina Health at the UNC Main Campus in Chapel Hill. She earned her Registered Nurse degree from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She earned a Master of Health Administration from Queens University of Charlotte and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Jennifer is currently collaborating with her unit representative on the Safe Patient Handling Committee to focus on bariatric care solutions and employee safety enhancements during hospital critical care transport for the Adult Specialty Care Team.

Melvajean Eason has 32 years of clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist, primarily in the areas of acute care, long term care, home health, industrial rehab, and ergonomics. She currently works as a Clinical Consultant for Arjo, providing clinical consultative services for SPHM and Outcomes programs since 2007. Melvajean has a passion for improving the overall care experience for residents living with dementia. She welcomes every opportunity to take the journey with facilities as they create safe resident handling and mobility programs that are resident centric as well as care partner appreciated. She is a Positive Approach to Care® Certified Trainer and is working toward becoming a Certified Consultant.

Dawn Wiggins has been a Registered Practical Nurse in the Province of Ontario for 27 years and earned her MSc in Dementia Studies. She is the author of the book "I Love Dementia, Inspirational Stories of People Affected by Dementia". She is also the Founder of New Dementians - Dementia Concierge Services. Dawn has spoken on stages around the world on how to enhance life for people living with dementia. She is passionate about helping people who are helping people with dementia be in authentic relationships. Dawn designs world class dementia-enabled environments to improve quality of life for people living with dementia.

Susan Gallagher is a trained wound ostomy continence nurse, certified bariatric nurse, healthcare risk manager, and certified safe patient handling professional. She has certificates in Six Sigma-Health Care and Six Sigma LEAN. Dr. Gallagher holds a master's degree in Nursing, a master's degree in Religion and Social Ethics, and a PhD in Policy Ethics. She is a recognized expert in safety and outcomes with emphasis on bariatrics, skin/wound care, safe patient handling and mobility, and loss control. She lectures internationally and has authored over 200 articles, books, or book chapters. Her professional objective is to assist organizations in capturing quality and sustainability through customer sensitive initiatives, supported by quantitative performance improvement outcomes.

Lauren is ECMO Coordinator with extensive cardiovascular surgery, transplant, VAD, ECMO, and nursing education experience.

Jessica Batcher worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant from 2011-2019 at Mercy Health System in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she has also served as a Unit Peer Leader since 2011. She assumed the role of SPHM Coordinator at Mercy Health System in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2019. Jessica earned her CSPHA in December 2020.

Ronnie Turner has been in healthcare for 34 years in various roles. His current primary role is a Patient Care Assistant on the Critical Care Service Line, and his secondary passion is leading and engaging his peers for best practice with SPHM. Ronnie is a national and international speaker since 2015 and loves sharing the wins and his "why" behind the importance of the use of SPHM technology. He has been a CSPHA since 2015 and has helped design and implement region wide SPHM classes and clinical practices setting the stage for best practice at system level. His mantra is "Can't stop and won't stop".

Marie Martin is an industrial hygienist by training, with her PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Washington. She led curriculum for an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training center before joining the VA North Texas Health Care System as an industrial hygienist in 2008. Within two months of arrival, she was planning for ceiling lifts, and she has been an SPHM facility coordinator ever since. In 2014, she started helping with the national VA SPHM program, led it from 2015 to 2016, and has assisted with its leadership ever since.

Lisa Warner has been a perioperative nurse for over 38 years. Lisa received her BSN from University of Portland-School of Nursing and her master's in health administration from Seton Hall University. She has maintained her certification for Perioperative nursing for more than 30 years. She was a Perioperative Nurse Manager for over 15 years and is currently the Clinical Nurse Advisor for Periop for the National Office of Nursing Services. Lisa joined the Safe Patient Handling and Mobility program in 2017 as part of the team to a focus on Perioperative Care.

Michelle Franklin is the Safe Patient Handling & Mobility Facility Coordinator for the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, The first fully integrated federal healthcare center between the Veterans Affair and the Department of Defense. Michelle has held the Facility Coordinator position since 2011. Prior to her safe patient handling profession, she had 13 years of experience as a registered nurse working in all areas of hospitals with 6 years being in in-patient mental health and 4 of them in the VA hospital. Michelle received a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from Concordia University and a Masters degree in Nursing and leadership in healthcare systems. Michelle is very passionate about Safe Patient Handling & Mobility and is committed to promoting safe, early and progressive mobilization of patients and eliminating manual patient handling.

Lynda Enos is a Certified Occupational Health Nurse and Certified Professional Ergonomist with over 30 years of work and consulting experience in industrial and healthcare ergonomics. She holds an undergraduate degree in nursing and a graduate degree in human factors/ergonomics from the University of Idaho. Since 2011, in the role of clinical consultant, Lynda has assisted a large teaching hospital in Oregon to develop and maintain a comprehensive SPH program, assist to address ergonomics-related issues system wide, and provide clinical coaching and problem solving at the bedside. She developed the Oregon Workplace Safety Initiative Workplace Violence in Healthcare: A Toolkit for Prevention and Management, published in December 2017 and extensively updated in March 2020. https://www.oahhs.org/safety. She has since worked with several state hospital associations to conduct WPV prevention workshops based on the Oregon WPV toolkit. Lynda is a subject matter expert (SME) for several regulatory and research entities, including the ANA, ANSI, ISO, and the Joint Commission, for which she assisted with development of TJC 2021 Workplace Violence Standards. Lynda is a director for ASPHP and a current member of the NIOSH NORA Healthcare and Social Assistance Sector Council, as well as recipient of the 2017 Advocacy Award for Safe Patient Handling by the Tampa VA Research and Education Foundation and ASPHP.

Rhonda Turner has been in healthcare for 35 years in various roles. She acquired her BSN in 2014 and was inspired to go after her MSN-Leadership to be a stronger voice for the frontline, graduating in 2018. She currently works as an RN Operations Support Specialist, and her primary role includes supporting onboarding, education, quality metrics, and strategic initiatives through partnering with leadership and the bedside staff. She continues to empower her colleagues, bedside to leadership, by identifying methods to increase awareness around SPHM and fall prevention, and to demonstrate how a comprehensive program can positively impact patient outcomes while reducing injuries to the patients and frontline staff. She is a visionary leader, has been on the national speaking platform since 2015, became a CSPHA in 2015, joined the Board of ASPHP in 2019, has traveled internationally presenting on how to build sustainable SPHM programs and caring for patients of size, and is now stretching her wings as a published author.

Kayla Hutson Kayla Hutson is the Associate Director of the Observation Unit at Banner Baywood Medical Center. She has been a nurse for about eight years and has happily devoted all those years to Banner Health. She has a strong passion for safe patient handling and fall prevention and finds value in mentoring others to provide safe and quality care. Kayla is a co-lead for SPHM and fall prevention programs at Baywood and Heart Hospital, and she co-leads the Banner System SPHM and Fall Prevention Program. Her passion lies in finding new and effective ways to safely care for patients. Mobility is important for the patients' health, so it's imperative that caregivers have the equipment and confidence to support patients and themselves with mobility initiatives.

Rhonda Turner has been in healthcare for 34 years in various roles. She acquired her BSN in 2014 and was inspired to go after her MSN-Leadership to be a stronger voice for the frontline, graduating in 2018. She currently works as an RN Operations Support Specialist, and her primary role includes supporting onboarding, education, quality metrics, and strategic initiatives, through partnering with leadership and the bedside staff. She continues to empower her colleagues, bedside to leadership, by identifying methods to increase awareness around SPHM and fall prevention, and to demonstrate how a comprehensive program can positively impact patient outcomes while reducing injuries to the patients and frontline staff. She is a visionary leader, has been on the national speaking platform since 2015, became a CSPHA in 2015, joined the Board of ASPHP in 2019, has traveled internationally presenting on how to build sustainable SPHM programs and caring for patients of size, and is now stretching her wings as a published author.

Dr. Bethany Bruzzi serves as a healthcare executive and people-centered Chief Medical Officer for Banner Health - University Medical Division. She continues to care for patients and educates residents and students as a board-certified family medicine physician and assistant professor at the University of Arizona. After graduating medical school at the University of New England - College of Osteopathic Medicine, she moved to Tucson, Arizona to begin her residency in 2008. Many leadership roles including chief resident and medical director led her to being the youngest female to be designated CMO at Banner Health. As CMO, she has organized events such as Connecting the Community with BOMBAS, where over 250 individuals without permanent housing were provided food, clothes, immunizations, haircuts, and medical care. She also continues to lead efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure there is capacity to care for patients at our hospitals and has pioneered Banner Health's Long COVID treatment program. Enjoying travel and adventures, she enjoys getting away with her husband John to go SCUBA diving whenever possible. Time is more constrained since both recently embarking on their journey at Eller College of Management to earn their MBAs.

Dr. Nimit Agarwal is a geriatrics and internal medicine physician leading the Division of Geriatric Medicine at Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix and the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. He leads the Center for Healthy Aging at Banner - UMC Phoenix and is the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program. Under his leadership, Banner - UMC Phoenix became the first hospital in Arizona to receive the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians. Banner - UMC Phoenix is also a member of NICHE: Nurses Improving Care of Healthsystem Elders, an international nursing and consultation program designed to improve geriatric care in healthcare organizations. Banner - UMC Phoenix has ranked in the Top 50 programs per U.S. News and World Report for geriatric medicine annually. He was awarded the 2020 Arizona Falls Prevention Award for Research and Science by the Arizona Falls Prevention Coalition.

Lori Best has been in healthcare for 36 years, starting as a nurse’s aide and LPN, prior to obtaining associates degree in nursing in 1985. During her professional journey, she worked on medical, surgical, orthopedic, and neurology/neurosurgical units as a staff and charge nurse. Learning about health care costs and how to improve patient care utilizing correct supplies, lead to seeking more opportunities in creating and updating nursing policies and procedures, as well as, educating nurses on those changes. In 1995, she become a prior authorization nurse and moved into the manager role in 1997 to 2010. She helped select a medical management application and was instrumental in the building, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the application. From 2010 to 2012, she led a new case management solution with an external vendor. The application was successful in meeting National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accreditation. Since 2012, she has been a Nurse Informatics Program Director and sought to improve her leadership knowledge and obtained a BSN in Nursing (2015) and became board certified in nursing informatics (2018).

Myrna Young has over 35 years' experience in various nursing leadership roles, including Acting AVP for Perioperative Services, Director of Perioperative Services, Director of RWJBH RN Residency Program, Nursing Education Specialist, Legal Consultant, Head Nurse, Clinical Instructor, Clinical Associate/Adjunct Professor-Rutgers University School of Nursing. She has developed and successfully implemented innovative ideas and standards of practice related to quality patient care, visitors, and employee safety practices through collaboration with multidisciplinary teams within and outside the RWJBH System. Myrna is the leader for the RWJBH SPHM System-wide Collaborative Council, which comprises 11 hospitals. Previously, she served as chair of the SPHM Committee for two campuses. She is the recipient of several prestigious international awards, including International Nurse of the Year (2017) and Filipino Women's Network 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World (2017). She is a national and international speaker, has authored a book chapter, co-authored various publications, and was involved in nursing research projects at RWJBH. Myrna earned her master's in Nursing at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey and is a Certified Operating Room Nurse. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society and the Association of Operating Room Nurses.

Joe McGettigan has over 25 years' experience in corporate ergonomics, safety, and preventive health management. His extensive knowledge in issues such as safe patient handling, manual material handling, and ergonomics in virtually any office, lab, healthcare, and manufacturing setting, and trainings in a variety of safety and health topics, have helped clients in settings from small worksites to enterprise-wide systems in large Fortune 500 companies. Joe has developed and implemented corporate safety programs, including musculoskeletal injury intervention programs ranging from isolated safety meetings through comprehensive, site-wide ergonomic monitoring and surveillance systems. He has also developed programs in office ergonomics, back care and conditioning, manual material handling techniques, train-the-trainer, stress management, and a wide variety of health/ wellness topics. He earned a bachelor's degree from Penn State University in Physical Education and a master's in Exercise Physiology from Temple University, and he is a Certified Professional Ergonomist. Joe is also a member of ASSE and is part of the ASSE Ergonomics Practice Specialty. He formerly served as a technical advisor for the Office Ergonomic Research Committee (www.oerc.org).

Tom Modica has over 35 years of experience in the field of rehabilitation. He is a licensed Physical and Occupational Therapist and is a Board Certified Hand Therapist. He has worked in leadership positions at several large medical centers over the past 25 years and has been actively involved in developing, teaching, and implementing ergonomic programs and safe patient handling at each of the institutions. He has developed educational programming for both nursing and non-nursing personnel on safe patient handling. He is currently the co-chair of the Safe Patient Handling Committee at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and co-chair of the RWJBH System SPH Collaborative since 2019. Tom is a member of APTA and APTANJ and served on the APTANJ Board of Directors from 1998 to 2008. He has presented quality improvement projects and research at both state and national APTA conferences.

Anne Marie Santos has 30 years of expertise in the field of rehabilitation. She is a licensed Physical Therapist and is a Pediatric Certified Specialist. She has worked in leadership positions at Children's Specialized Hospital for the past 20 years and is currently the Director of Inpatient Clinical Therapy. She has been actively involved with teaching and implementing the Safe Patient Handling Program at Children's Specialized Hospital. Anne Marie is currently the co-chair of the Children's Safe Patient Handling Committee and has been instrumental in educational programming and training in the nursing and therapy disciplines throughout the Children's system. She has been a member of the Safe Patient Handling Collaborative Council for the past three years. Anne Marie graduated from Columbia University with her degree in Physical Therapy. She is a member of the APTA and APTANJ.

Tricia Jaworski An Occupational Therapist by background, Tricia has worked at Advocate Aurora Health for over 25 years. Advocate Aurora Health is the 12th largest not-for-profit integrated healthcare system in the United States. Tricia currently is a System Safe Patient Handling & Mobility (SPHM) Program Manager overseeing programs in IL and WI. Tricia is certified as an Occupational Therapist through NBCOT and is a Certified Safe Patient Handling Professional (CSPHP). Tricia serves on the Alumni Association Board for the School of Health Professions at Concordia University Wisconsin. As a member of ASPHP, Tricia is active on the education committee and co-chairs the marketing committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors for ASPHP. Tricia is a co-chair of the WI SPHM Network, offering SPHM educational opportunities, conferences, networking, and support for those involved in SPHM across the state of WI.

Renée Kielich is an SPHM Clinical Consultant with Hillrom and is a national thought leader in SPHM. She has a variety of healthcare experience, including direct patient care and leadership roles in critical care, occupational health, workers' compensation, and loss prevention. Her accomplishments include implementing a safe patient handling program from "design through implementation" during a major hospital construction project. In her role as consultant, she assists facilities with program and policy development, program implementation, Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) implementation, and education plans. Renée is a Certified Safe Patient Handling Professional (CSPHP) and has a special interest in culture change relating to SPHM programming and its integration into patient care quality initiatives. She served as President of ASPHP from 2017-2018 and now serves on the Board.

Tony Hilton has been the SPHM National Program Manager for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in Washington, DC since 2016 after her role as SPHM Coordinator at Loma Linda VA Health Care System for eight years. She has been a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Nurse Leader for over 20 years, Family Practice Nurse Practitioner, Public Health Consultant, and program manager at a number of healthcare facilities for 15 years. She has a passion for caring for medically-underserved populations in community clinics. Dr. Hilton's research findings in Emergency Preparedness in VHA Community-Based Clinics in California was published in the Federal Practitioner Journal. She has extensive experience in leadership development, palliative care, end of life care planning and ethics, medical case management, long term mechanical ventilation in the community care setting, and home health care for high risk and technology dependent patients. She speaks at national and international conferences on a number of topics and has published extensively over her career. Dr. Hilton was interviewed by National Public Radio "Injured Nurses" reporting best practices in SPHM at Loma Linda VA Health Care System. She continues to be actively involved in multiple research and cutting edge innovative projects in SPHM to support a culture of safety within health care systems. She is dedicated to care for our veterans and their families in appreciation for their honorable services.

Marie Martin is an industrial hygienist by training, with her PhD in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Washington. She led curriculum for an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training center before joining the VA North Texas Health Care System as an industrial hygienist in 2008. Within two months of arrival, she was planning for ceiling lifts, and she has been an SPHM facility coordinator ever since. In 2014, she started helping with the national VA SPHM program, led it from 2015 to 2016, and has assisted with its leadership ever since.

Renee Neidhardt earned her master's degree in Nursing in 2013 and has been part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Charlie Norwood VA Medical Centers, SPHM program since 2008. She has served in the role of the medical center's SPHM Facility Coordinator and is instrumental in the development, implementation, and sustainment of the SPHM program at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia. She has presented on SPHM program components and was a contributor to the VHA SPHM Guidebooks, VHA SPHM Bariatric Guidebook supplement, and other publications.

Susan Gallagher earned a Master's in Nursing: Advanced Practice WOC Nursing from the University of Southern California in 1995. She also holds a Master's in Religion and Social Ethics and a PhD in Policy Ethics from the University of Southern California. Dr. Gallagher is certified in Bariatric Nursing and is a Certified Safe Patient Handling Professional. She is Past President of ASPHP, Associate Editor for Workplace Health and Safety (AAOHN), has served on a number of international boards, and is a recognized speaker across the globe on skin and wound care, outcomes, bariatrics, ethics, risk, and loss control. She is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters, including the ANA Implementation Guide to SPHM Standards, Bariatric SPHM, and more.

Nancy McGann is the Region Manager for Caregiver Safety in the Quality and Safety Department of Intermountain Health, Peaks Region, where she has worked for 16 years. Prior to her current role, she was the System Manager of Ergonomics and Safe Patient Handling. She has worked as a therapist and ergonomic consultant in industry and healthcare for the past 33 years. Nancy oversees caregiver safety and patient mobility programs for the Peaks Region hospitals and ambulatory centers. She is on the Board of Directors of ASPHP and has spoken nationally for the past 13 years in this area. Her passion is protecting both caregivers and patients while facilitating mobility to provide the highest quality of care.

Susan Gallagher is a trained wound ostomy continence nurse, certified bariatric nurse, healthcare risk manager, and certified safe patient handling professional. She has certificates in Six Sigma-Health Care and Six Sigma LEAN. Dr. Gallagher holds a master's degree in Nursing, a master's degree in Religion and Social Ethics, and a PhD in Policy Ethics. She is a recognized expert in safety and outcomes with emphasis on bariatrics, skin/wound care, safe patient handling and mobility, and loss control. She lectures internationally and has authored over 200 articles, books, or book chapters. Her professional objective is to assist organizations in capturing quality and sustainability through customer sensitive initiatives, supported by quantitative performance improvement outcomes.