Anita Fuhrman, RN, BS, has been director of the Lebanon Outpatient Surgical Center since 1993. She has been involved in nursing and nursing administration for more than 30 years. A member of the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association, Fuhrman helped reactivate the Pennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Association in 1995, and serves as president. She received her BS in Health Care Management from Lebanon Valley College and is a Certified Administrator Surgery Center. Fuhrman was appointed to the Board by the Governor to fill the position designated for a health care worker. Residence: Lebanon (Lebanon County)

Joan Garzarelli, RN, MSN, is the Director of Quality Management for LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh.  She has worked as a quality improvement professional and nurse administrator in Pennsylvania hospitals throughout her career, including regional quality director for Community Health Systems, overseeing quality and resource management in hospitals in eastern Pennsylvania and as director of Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Services at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. In these roles, Garzarelli has been responsible for patient safety, clinical effectiveness, infection control, quality improvement and regulatory compliance. She received her BSN and MSN in Nursing Administration from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing.  She was appointed to the Board by the Governor to fill the position designated for a nurse. Residence: Irwin (Westmoreland County)

Roosevelt Hairston, Esq., is Vice President for Government Affairs and Community Relations at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he also serves as Associate General Counsel. He was appointed to the Board by the Governor to fill the position designated for a hospital employee. Residence: Malvern (Chester County)

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Terry Hyman, Esq., is a partner with Schmidt Kramer PC in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is one of a limited number of lawyers in central Pennsylvania who is certified as a Civil Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. His work is concentrated on medical issues. Hyman was designated as a "2009 Super Lawyer" as Medical Malpractice Attorney by Law and Politics Magazine, an honor awarded to only the top five percent of attorneys statewide. He has also served as the Vice Chairman of the medical malpractice section of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice for seven years. He was appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Residence: (Cumberland County)

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Lorina Marshall-Blake, is Vice President of Government Relations for Independence Blue Cross, where she works closely with city, state and federal legislatures, regulatory bodies and other agencies. Previously Vice President for Government Relations and Urban Affairs at Philadelphia Gas Works, she has more than 23 years of experience in corporate management, public relations and communications. A board member of numerous civic, community and philanthropic organizations, Marshall-Blake received a BA from Antioch College and an MA in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. An associate minister at Vine Memorial Baptist Church, she is presently studying for a master's in divinity degree at Eastern Baptist Seminary. Marshall-Blake was appointed to the Board by the Governor to fill the position designated for a non-health care worker. Marshall-Blake was elected to serve as the Board Vice Chairman. Residence: Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)

Ana Pujols-McKee, MD, was appointed chair of the Patient Safety Authority by Governor Rendell on May 8, 2006. Board-certified in internal medicine, Dr. McKee is Chief Medical Officer and Associate Executive Director of the Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. She also holds an appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. McKee, who previously served as medical director for the Philadelphia Health Department's free standing health centers, has been a strong advocate for improving access to healthcare resources. She has served on the Federal Drug Administration's Advisory Committee and on several committees of the National Institutes of Health. A former board member of the American Cancer Society and the Philadelpia AIDS Consortium, Dr. McKee currently serves on the boards of the Wissahickon Hospice, Health Partners Health Plan, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Philadelphia Health Management Corporation. Dr. McKee holds a B.A. in psychology from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. In 2004, Dr. McKee was named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania. Residence: Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)

Gary A. Merica, RPh, is Quality Manager for Pharmacy Services and Medication Safety Coordinator at York Hospital. He has been involved in numerous presentations and committees on matters related to medication safety, and received the York Health System Navigator Award (1998) and their Quality Forum Award for "Reduction of Medication Errors" (2000). A graduate of the University of Maryland (BS in Pharmacy), Merica is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Societies of Health System Pharmacists. He was appointed to the Board by the Governor to fill the position designated for a pharmacist. Residence: Red Lion (York County)

Cliff Rieders, Esq., is a partner in the Williamsport firm of Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Harris, Waters & Waffenschmidt, where he has demonstrated a strong interest in healthcare, particularly patient safety. He is the author of Medical Malpractice in Pennsylvania: Law and Forms and numerous articles on healthcare issues. Rieders has devoted much of the past 20 years to analyzing medical malpractice insurance and other healthcare and patient safety issues, and has frequently worked closely with the General Assembly and health industry stakeholders in proposing and drafting legislation. A past president of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the first president of Citizens for Consumer Justice, the state's largest umbrella consumer organization, Rieders is a frequent speaker and lecturer on the subject of patient safety, healthcare issues and medical malpractice. He received a BA from New York University and his JD from Georgetown University School of Law. He was appointed to the Board by the Minority Leader of the Senate. Residence: Williamsport (Lycoming County)

Stanton Smullens, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer of Jefferson Health System, where he is responsible for coordinating and monitoring a consistently high quality and safe clinical agenda across the system. He is Chairman of the Jefferson Health System Quality Council and represents the medical leadership at the senior staff.  Dr. Smullens received his undergraduate education at Harvard College and earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical School where he was a member of AOA. He is a clinical professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College, has published widely in the peer-reviewed medical literature, and is a member of many local, national, and international medical societies. He has been President of the Jefferson Alumni Association and has received the Leon A. Peris Memorial Award. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on issues relating to patient safety, and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Health Law Institute of the Widener School of Law. He was appointed to the Board by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Residence: Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)

Marshall W. Webster, M.D., is the executive vice president and chief medical officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). Dr. Webster is also president of the University of Pittsburgh Physicians, a multi-specialty group practice comprised of approximately 1,350 practitioners who are on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and he is also president of the Physician Services Division. A vascular surgeon, Dr. Webster holds the Mark M. Ravitch Chair in Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he engages in clinical practice and research, with a primary interest in cerebrovascular and aortic aneurysm disease. Dr. Webster is author or co-author of more than 150 journal articles and book chapters, and he has been cited in each edition of the "Best Doctors in America". A graduate of John Hopkins School of Medicine, he has served as president of the medical staff of UPMC Presbyterian and currently serves on the board of directors of UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside Hospital. Webster was appointed to the Board by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Residence: Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)