Announcing our 2022 Board of Directors!

January 3, 2022

The NIHD Board of Directors is comprised of elected volunteers who serve three-year terms with the responsibility of governing and developing NIHD to ensure growth and success for its members and the organization.

The NIHD board has a bench of experienced members and two new board members who will lead us through 2022!

PRESIDENT

Kelly Guzman

MN, RN, EDAC

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PRESIDENT-ELECT

Anthony Mistretta

RN, MS, Lean Black Belt

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PAST PRESIDENT

Erin Clark

RN, MS, EDAC

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SECRETARY

Kristina Krail

RN, FACHE, PMP, EDAC

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TREASURER

Pamela Jones

RN, FACHE, EDAC

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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Kevin Meek

RN-BSN, BA, MHI, FACHE

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EDUCATION

Faith Bontrager

RN, MHI, Lean Green Belt

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MARKETING

Kate Newcomb-DeSanto

MSN, RN, MSW

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NIHD collaborates with clinicians, design professionals and industry partners in the healthcare design process to shape the future of healthcare design.

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NIHD is your TRUSTED PARTNER.

Oct 22, 2024

Even before serving on the board, NIHD President Kris Krail would describe NIHD as her tribe, her club, her circle of friends in the field. She realizes now that she was describing her trusted partner. So, as your trusted partner, let us evolve and grow together in this amazing field of healthcare design where we believe we can shape the future of healthcare design though engaging and raising the clinical voice.

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Design – Healthcare – Innovation.

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Last month, NIHD President Kris Krail had the privilege to participate in the Center for Healthcare Design all-day virtual workshop on “Drivers in Healthcare: Perspectives and Conversations Influencing a New Healthcare Landscape.” It was an offering that promised to share the latest thinking in what is driving the future of healthcare and to provide perspectives from a variety of professionals considered experts in the field. Here's a recap.

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