Administration and Management Committee

Vision

The Administration and Management Committee of the Consortium of ACS-accredited Education Institutes will support the credo of the ACS-accredited Education Institutes by offering guidance, education, support, and knowledge transfer between global members of the assembly to enhance growth and development of management and administration of surgical simulation centers.

Mission

Development and dissemination of operational strategies to the assembly for establishing or established AEI Centers to:

Discuss best practice values
Discuss and develop fundraising approaches
Review legal and liability issues
Discuss human resource guidelines and other business development practices

Co-Chairs

Melinda Klar, RN

Administrative Director, UT Center for Advanced Medical Simulation

Jesika Gavilanes, MATESOL

Operations Director, OHSU Mark Richardson Interprofessional Simulation Center
and Associate Operations Director, OHSU Simulation

Vice-Chair

Julie A. Hartman, DC, MS, CCRP

Operations Manager, Center for Procedural Skills and Simulation

Members

Crystal L. Bencken, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, CHSE

Simulation Education Manager, Carolinas Simulation Center

Jennifer Calzada, MA, MPH, Consultant

Director, Tulane Center for Advanced Medical Simulation & Team Training

Melissa Cappaert, MA

Staff Director, Simulation Center, The University of Chicago Medicine
and Biological Sciences Division

Susan Carter, MD, FACOG, FACS

Chair, Clinical Medicine and Surgery and Director, Rocky Vista University

Eugene Floersch, MPH, CHSE, CHSOS

Assistant Director of M Simulation-University of Minnesota

Kimberly M. Gilmore, MS, RLAT

Manager, Simulation and Patient Safety, Temple University, William Maul Measey Institute for Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety

Jeffrey D. Howells, MS, MBA, Consultant

Director of Institutional Planning, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport

Farrah F. Leland, JD, Consultant

Associate Director, WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare (WISH)

Tamara L. Owens, PhD, MEd, CHSE

Founding Director, Clinical Skills and Simulation Centers

Lisa Satterthwaite, RPN, ORT, Consultant

Senior Manager, University of Toronto Surgical Skills Centre

Megan Sherman, MAEdHD

Associate Director, Operations, WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare (WISH)

Dawn Swiderski, MSN, RN, CCRN, CHSE, FSSH

Assistant Vice President of Simulation Services, Carolinas Simulation Center

Staff

Kathleen A. Johnson, EdM