Hosted by the Institute of Medicine and chaired by its President, Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, the PSEP Governing Council was convened on May 15, 2006 in Washington DC. Members reviewed the Patient Safety Education Project, considered its challenges and potential, and made helpful suggestions. They unanimously endorsed the project. (For photos, click on this link ) Governing Council, Patient Safety Education Project
Name	Organization	Title
James B. Battles, PhD, Ex-Officio	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	Senior Service Fellow
Larry S. Boress	Midwest Business Group on Health	President & Chief Executive Officer
Robert J. Borotkanics, MPH	Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality	Social Scientist
Troyen A. Brennan, MD, JD, MPH	Aetna	Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
James B. Conway	Institute for Healthcare Improvement	Senior Fellow
F. Daniel Duffy, MD	American Board of Internal Medicine	Executive Vice President
Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD	Jewish Healthcare Foundation	President
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD	Institute of Medicine	President
Mary E. Foley, MS, RN	Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care	Associate Director
Joxel Garcia, MD, MBA	Pan American Health Organization	Deputy Director
Kerm Henriksen, PhD, Ex-Officio	Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality	Human Factors Advocate for Patient Safety
Marge Keyes, MA, Ex-Officio	Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality	Patient Safety Team Leader
David C. Leach, MD	Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education	Executive Director
Lucian L. Leape, MD, MPH	Harvard School of Public Health	Adjunct Professor, Health Policy
Peter M. Leibold, Esq.	American Health Lawyers Association	Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer
Lamar S. McGinnis, MD	American Cancer Society	Senior Medical Consultant
Robin Osborn, MBA	International Program in Health Policy, The Commonwealth Fund	Vice President & Director
Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA	National Patient Safety Foundation	President
William M. Sage, MD, JD	Columbia Law School	Professor
Dennis O’Leary, MD	Joint Commission on Accreditation. of Healthcare Organizations	President
Maribeth Shannon, MS	California Healthcare Foundation	Director, Hospitals & Nursing Homes
Barry Silbaugh, MD	American College of Physician Executives	President
David P. Stevens, MD	American Association of Medical Colleges; Institute for Improving Clinical Care	Director
Barry M. Straube, MD	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Acting Director, Office of Clinical Standards & Quality; Acting Chief Medical Officer
John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP	American College of Physicians	Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer
Reed V. Tuckson, MD	United Health Group	Senior Vice President, Consumer