Douglas J. Borg , MHA, ARM, CPHRM, DFASHRM
ASHRM President

Director of Insurance
Duke Health System
Durham, NC
E-mail: douglas.borg@duke.edu

Douglas Borg, MHA, ARM, CPHRM, is the Director of Medical Center Risk Management at Duke University Medical Center and Health System in Durham, NC. He is responsible for providing risk and claims management services to the Duke Medical Center component of Duke University Health System in support of its captive insurance company. He manages a team that includes five risk-management professionals and six staff. He also has responsibility for managing the risk management information system across all Health System entities. He is a past president of the North Carolina chapter of ASHRM.


Georgene Saliba , RN, HRM, CPHRM, FASHRM
ASHRM President-Elect

Administrator, Risk & Claims Management
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network
Allentown, PA
E-mail: georgene.saliba@lvh.com

Georgene Saliba, MHA, ARM, CPHRM, is Administrator for Risk Management, Claims Management and Patient Safety for Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, PA. Her responsibilities include placement and management of all lines of insurance for the entire organization, including an rRRG as well as oversight of claims management, clinical risk management activities and patient safety activities. She is involved in providing education throughout the organization on risk management, liability issues, risk financing and patient safety topics.

Paul English Smith , BA, JD, FASHRM, CPHRM
ASHRM Past President

Vice President and General Counsel
Cabell Huntington Hospital
Huntington, WV
E-mail: psmith@chhi.org

Paul English Smith, BA, JD, FASHRM, CPHRM, is Vice President and General Counsel of Cabell Huntington Hospital, a 300-plus bed regional referral center with a Level II trauma designation, high risk OB, NICU, PICU, Burn Unit and ground and aeromedical transport services. He oversees the hospital's self-insurance program, malpractice defense, large claims resolution, corporate compliance, HIPAA privacy compliance and risk management education. He is also involved in medical staff credentialing, infection control, bioethics and the hospital's Institutional Review Board. In 1985, he left private practice to join Cabell and was appointed Vice President in 2000. He has chaired ASHRM's publications and professional ethics committees and is a past board member of the West Virginia Society for Healthcare Risk Management.


Susan Chmieleski, BSN, APRN, CPHRM, JD, FASHRM
ASHRM Board Member

Vice President, Healthcare
Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc.
Farmington, CT
E-mail: schmieleski@darwinpro.com

Susan Chmieleski, BSN, APRN, JD, CPHRM, FASHRM, is Vice President of Risk Management and Client Services in the Farmington, CT, office of Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc.  Darwin Healthcare specializes in professional liability insurance such as medical professional liability coverage, managed care errors and omissions coverage, and directors and officer’s liability coverage.  She is responsible for all client services, including risk management, and provides consulting and other services to policyholders to assess and manage their risk, including development of customized risk management programs such as assessment tools and coordination of services provided by Darwin Risk Managers and contracted consultants. She has authored numerous comprehensive patient education tools and brochures.

Ann Gaffey, RN, BSN, CPHRM

ASHRM Board Member

Vice President, Risk and Client Relations
ELM Exchange, Inc.

Arlington, VA

E-mail: ann@elmexchange.com

Ann D. Gaffey, RN, BSN, CPHRM, is Vice President, Risk and Client Relations, for ELM Exchange, Inc. Previously, she was responsible for developing a clinical risk management program for Health Services programs at The George Washington University.  She has also worked in traditional risk management including risk identification, risk analysis and loss prevention relative to clinical care, and serves as a resource to individuals in Health Services for issues related to clinical risk management, including situations involving actual or potential claims.  She is a past president of the Virginia chapter.

Ben Gonzales, CPHRM, PhD

ASHRM Board Member

Director of Risk Management
Montana Health Network, Inc.
Billings, MT

E-mail: bengonzales2299@msn.com

Ben Gonzales is Director of Risk Management at Montana Health Network, Inc., a consortium of morethan 40 hospitals. His duties include loss control functions in workers’ compensation and captive liability insurance programs. He is responsible for training, educating, and assisting facility-based risk managers in their various risk management duties, and he serves as HIPAA and Corporate Compliance Officer. He has worked with these hospitals for more than 30 years and is a past president of the Montana chapter.

Sharon Groves , BSN, MHSA, ARM, CPHRM, FASHRM
ASHRM Board Member

Regional Risk Management Consultant
Berkley Medical Excess Underwriters
Columbus, OH
E-mail: sgroves@berkleymed.com

Sharon Groves has been employed in risk management for 17 years and currently works for Berkley Medical Excess Underwriters.  She served as a critical care nurse and in 1990, moved into a risk management position, where she was responsible for providing risk and claims management services for a 650-bed level I trauma center.  After 20 years of hospital work, she left to become a risk consultant.  She holds a BSN from Otterbein College and graduated with an MSA from Central Michigan University. She is a past president of the Ohio Society for Healthcare Risk Management and has served on ASHRM's Annual Conference Committee.


Kathleen Murray , RN, CPHRM
ASHRM Board Member

Director of Risk Management
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
E-mail: kathleen.murray@bmc.org

Kathleen Murray is Director of Risk Management at Boston Medical Center. She has more than 20 years of experience in medical/surgical and oncology nursing and has worked in the risk management field for 15 years. In 1996, she received the Barton Certificate in Healthcare Risk Management, and in 2004 attained the designation of CPHRM. She is actively involved in the Massachusetts Society for Healthcare Risk Managenent, for which she has served as both secretary and treasurer. Previously, she worked as Senior Risk Management Specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and as Associate Director of Risk Management at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington, MA.


Gregory L. Terrell , MS, CSP, CPHRM, FASHRM, ARM
ASHRM Board Member

Senior Director, Patient Safety
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Dallas, TX
E-mail: greg.terrell@tenethealth.com

Gregory Terrell has been active as a healthcare risk management professional for more than 16 years.  In his current position as Senior Director of Patient Safety for Tenet Healthcare Corporation, he has overall responsibility and accountability for designing processes and establishing policy and procedure to ensure the highest degree of safety for patients at all Tenet hospitals and related facilities. Previously, he was employed  as a Senior Loss Control Healthcare Consultant for the Continental Insurance Company. He also served at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, a 405-bed pediatric hospital, as the Employee Safety and Workers’ Compensation Coordinator, advancing to the position of Director of Risk Management. He is a past president of the North Texas Society for Healthcare Risk Management and serves as faculty for ASHRM's Patient Safety Curriculum.


Theresa Zimmerman , RN, JD, CPHRM, FASHRM
ASHRM Board Member

Patient Safety Officer 

Catholic Healthcare Partners

Cincinnati, OH
E-mail:  TMZimmerman@health-partners.org

Terie Zimmerman has joined Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP) as a patient safety officer. Terie is the first of four divisional patient safety officers hired to help accelerate patient safety and clinical transformation across the entire system as part of a strategic focus to be a leader in quality and patient safety. Terie brings a wealth of knowledge and a broad perspective in part because of her background as both a registered nurse and an attorney at law. Terie has been active on corporate, state and national committees that address risk management; patient safety; legislative and regulatory issues; research, and other initiatives. She is well-known nationally because of her presentations on patient safety and risk management, as well as testimony to state and national hearings on risk, legal and regulatory topics. She is past president of the Ohio Society of Risk Managers and was voted the Ohio Risk Manager of the Year in 2003.  She is currently a fellow in and a member of the board of the American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers.