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Gabrielle Rude, PhD
President/CEO

• Advances the mission and vision of WCHQ

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Abbey Harburn, MPH
Director of Practice Transformation and Analytics

• Leads WCHQ’s statewide health disparities initiative
• Facilitates the Improvement Advisory Committee
• Provides analytics to support WCHQ members and projects
• Responsible for WCHQ’s analytics program and direction

Brian Slattery
Director of Performance Measurement and Analysis

• Oversees WCHQ’s data collection and reporting activities
• Manages WCHQ’s measurement portfolio
• Facilitates the Measurement Advisory Committee
• Works with a variety of partner organizations on analytic and research initiatives

Lori Bue, MPH
Quality Improvement Specialist

• Works with member-driven project improvement teams to determine priorities, establish goals, identify and implement improvement strategies.
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Ben Klein, MSF, MBA, BSN-RN
Clinical Information Specialist

• Creates standard reports for WCHQ and its members
• Assists members by troubleshooting data-related issues
• Provides analytics to support WCHQ members and projects

Jen Koberstein
Program Manager

• Leads the Oral Health Collaborative and Obesity Projects
• Facilitates the Behavioral Health Improvement Team

Jared Nishida
Data and Information Manager

• Provide support for measurement related functions including data collection, validation and reporting
• Support WCHQ members with all data, measurement and reporting related activities
• Manages IT infrastructure and security for WCHQ

Tessa Smelzer
Executive Assistant

• Member and administrative support

Renee Sutkay, MS, CSW, LPC
Quality Improvement Specialist

• Works with member-driven project improvement teams to determine priorities, establish goals, identify and implement improvement strategies
• Facilitates Chronic Disease, Disparities and Colorectal Cancer initiatives