WCHQ Board of Directors

Chair

Imran Andrabi, MD

President and CEO
ThedaCare

Vice Chair/Treasurer

Peter Bacon

Chief Administrative Officer
ProHealth Care

Board Members

Sue Anderson

Regional President
SSM Health Wisconsin 

Christopher Barron, RPh, MBA

Executive Director of Population
Health and Clinical Services
Fort Healthcare  

Kristine Bruno, MD

Market Lead - Greater Milwaukee North, Primary Care Service Line
Advocate Aurora Health

Chintan Desai, MD, MSHI

Chief Medical Officer
Ascension

Christopher Elfner

VP of Clinically Integrated Network
Bellin Health 

Samantha Klebe, DO

Chief Medical Officer
Marshfield Clinic Health System

Kori Krueger, MD

SVP & President, ThedaCare Physician Group
ThedaCare

Mark W. Lodes, MD

Chief Medical Officer and VP
Froedtert Health and The Medical College of Wisconsin 

Tim McKevett

President and CEO
Beloit Health System

Jill P. McMullen, MD

Medical Director, Quality & Patient Safety Gundersen Health System

Julie Schuller, MD

President/CEO
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers

Brian Sharp, MD

Medical Director, Patient Quality & Safety
UW Health

Todd Thierer, DDS, MPH

Associate Dental Director
Health Partners/Group Health Inc. 

Ladd Udy, MHA, MAOL

VP, Value-Based Care & Population Health
Mercyhealth

Robert Van Meeteren

President/CEO
Reedsburg Area Medical Center

Partners

Steve Brenton

Healthcare Executive

Jeffrey Kluever

Executive Director
Business Health Care Group

Cathy Mahaffey

Chief Executive Officer
Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative

Melissa Pollari

VP of Health Services Operations
Dean Health Plan

Lon Sprecher

Healthcare Executive

Ex-Officio

Gabrielle Rude, PhD – Secretary

President/ Chief Executive Officer
Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality

How WCHQ Began

In early 2003, chief executives from Wisconsin health care provider organizations came together to discuss forming a collaborative. Recognizing the importance of performance measurement, these leaders partnered with health care purchasers to create the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ). They started developing a unique set of ambulatory care measures that enable medical groups to collect and report data on all patients in their practice. WCHQ members actively use these measures to drive internal improvement efforts and reach across organizations, sharing their knowledge and learning from the highest performers.