CGFNS International’s Global Advisory Board on Pathways to Mobility for Health Workers

The Global Advisory Board on Pathways to Mobility for Health Workers – comprising 11 accomplished leaders in health worker credentialing, e-learning systems and digital credentialing technologies – advises CGFNS in establishing a vision and a roadmap for the future of verifying and promoting the knowledge-based practice competencies of health workers.

Amid a global shortage in health workers, many health systems are under pressure to accelerate hiring and will turn to internationally qualified health professionals seeking to migrate. At the same time, highly technically skilled professionals such as nurses must be properly evaluated, qualified and credentialed to perform the work that is critical to patient safety and quality of care.

In helping CGFNS chart a way forward, the Global Advisory Board will consider emerging technologies and practice innovations that offer the promise of globally-available digital credentials or badges that are more secure and more easily verifiable across borders – while elevating the focus on the healthcare quality, patient safety, and fraud prevention.

The board is scheduled to meet three times in the first half of 2023.

Jay Cannon

Partner, Trinisys

Jay Cannon

With more than three decades of executive leadership with healthcare technology and service growth companies, Jay Cannon is a partner in Trinisys, a provider of enterprise data management and workflow automation solutions. Prior to joining the company in 2016, he served as Chief Development Officer at Entrada Health, and before that he was President and Chief Operating Officer for Arcadia Solutions, a population health and analytics technology provider. Previously he was President and COO at Webmedx. Earlier in his career, Jay served in senior roles at Nuance Communications, TotaleMed/Spheris, The MRC Group, and Medifax. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas.

Kathy Chappell

Senior VP, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Kathy Chappell

Through her role as senior vice president of accreditation, certification, measurement, and the institute for credentialing research and quality management at the ANCC, Kathy is responsible for certification of individual registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses, as well as the development of board certification examinations. She is also responsible for the accreditation of organizations that provide continuing nursing education and interprofessional continuing education, and for accreditation of residency and fellowship programs for RNs and APRNs. Kathy holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing with distinction from the University of Virginia, along with a master’s degree in advanced clinical nursing and a doctorate in nursing from George Mason University. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a Distinguished Scholar & Fellow in the National Academies of Practice.

Rina Desai

Principal/Owner, Eigen X and Trifactor

Rina Desai

Rina Desai is an accomplished digital transformation leader with more than 20 years of experience working with enterprise leaders to strategize, implement, and commercialize leading technology solutions and organizational changes. With consulting experience across a broad range of industries, including healthcare and life sciences, she works with clients in their strategic planning and implementation of emerging technologies, advising them in areas including enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, big data and analytics, strategy, and business process. Prior to joining Eigen X, Rina held positions at AmeriGas, Tata Consulting Services, and SMART Business Consulting. She holds an MBA from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Saint Joseph’s University.

Paul Diefenbach

Associate Professor, Drexel University

Paul Diefenbach

Paul is the founder of Drexel University’s game research laboratory, the RePlay Lab, and the creator of a game design curriculum that is ranked in the top ten in North America by The Princeton Review. As associate professor in the university’s digital media department, he also leads projects in brain-computer interface, neuroplasticity, healthcare games, and serious games. Paul is also the founder and CTO of two companies in healthcare: enablegames.com, which provides active video games for physical therapy for people with disabilities, and deepbrooksoftware.com, which develops medical training simulations for 30,000 foreign nurses. Earlier in his career, he was founder and CTO of OpenWorlds Inc., worked on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects for NASA and the U.S. Army, and provided technology for Lockheed, Sony, Microsoft, and Boeing. Paul holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. His bachelor’s degree in computer science is from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Cynthia Johansen

Registrar & Chief Executive Officer, British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)

Cynthia Johansen

Cynthia Johansen leads the largest health profession regulator in western Canada, ensuring that BCCNM fulfills its mandate to protect the public through the regulation of more than 68,000 nurses, nurse practitioners, registered midwives, and registered psychiatric nurses. Previously she had served as registrar and CEO of the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP) prior to its merger in 2020 with the College of Midwives of British Columbia (CMBC) to become BCCNM. Earlier she led the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC) and was registrar of the College of Dental Hygienists of British Columbia. Cynthia is the president of the Canadian Council of Registered Nurse Regulators. She holds a master’s degree in information management from Robert Gordon University and a master’s in leadership studies from Royal Roads University. Her bachelor’s degree is from Simon Fraser University.

Brigette Lumpkins

Business Development, Stax

Brigette Lumpkins

Brigette Lumpkins runs business development for the data analytics service line at Stax, a global strategy consulting firm. Her expertise is in marketing to private and institutional investors in both public and private markets, with a focus on equities and alternative and digital assets. Previously, she worked at EisnerAmper covering private funds and commercial businesses, and before that at Goldman Sachs, where she drove investment strategy for private clients. She serves on the steering committee for the Southeastern Chapter of the Women’s Association of Venture and Equity (WAVE) and is an executive with the Miami chapter of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), where she chairs the organization’s Global Diversity Advisory Council. Brigette’s MBA is from the University of Pennsylvania and she holds a master’s in psychology from the University of Michigan. Her bachelor’s degree is from Spelman College.

Martin Lund

Founder & CTO, RSVP/SM Solutions

Martin Lund

Martin is an entrepreneur and full stack developer with a passion for technology-fueled disruption, particularly in the learning (edtech) and mobile space. He has hands-on experience in the development of e-learning solutions from both a business and a technical perspective, allowing rapid prototyping and iteration on ideas. Working with his clients, Martin develops for mobile and web platforms using a variety of languages and technologies, and also has experience in blockchain smart contract development. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international business from Copenhagen Business School and a diploma from Stanford University in Designing a New Learning Environment (DLNE), a course on design of next-generation e-learning systems.

Jyllene Miller

Global Growth Executive

Jyllene Miller

Jyllene Miller is a noted global sales and marketing executive who has helped drive above market growth and success for start-up, midmarket, and enterprise organizations in both established and emerging markets. Most recently, as EVP with Concentrix, she led a global sales, marketing, and business development strategy that underpinned revenue growth from $50 million to more than $5 billion and a successful listing on NASDAQ. She previously served as VP Strategy & Enterprise Development for Verizon Business Innovation Group as well as, SVP for sales and business development with Direct Alliance, now known as TTEC, where she transformed an underperforming division, tripling revenues and moving from losses to profits within a year. Earlier, she had similar successes as EVP sales and Marketing with Arete Sleep Health and VP Sales at Insight. Recognized as past International Business Female Marketing Executive of the Year, Jyllene serves on many boards. She received her bachelor’s degree with distinction from Connecticut College.

Monique Morrow

Senior Distinguished Architect, Syniverse Technologies

Monique Morrow

Widely recognized as a global technology thought leader, Monique Morrow has more than 25 years’ experience in cybersecurity, privacy, mobile payments, ethics in extended reality, and distributed ledger technologies such as blockchain. Prior to her current position, where she sets the strategic direction and vision for Syniverse’s work on emerging technologies, Monique worked at a number of technology giants, including AMD, Ascom Hasler, Swisscom, and Cisco. She has also been active in the start-up community, holds more than 17 patents, and is the co-author of several books. Monique is president and co-founder of the Humanized Internet, a Swiss-based nonprofit with a focus on digital identity and ethics in technology, and is an active member of the IEEE Ethics in Action Executive Committee. She has a master’s degree in digital currency and blockchain and another in telecommunications, as well as an MBA.

William Pinsky

Chief Executive Officer, Intealth

William Pinsky

Bill Pinsky is CEO of Intealth, an integrated organization that includes the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), of which he serves as President, and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), where he is Board Chair. A pediatric cardiologist, he has previously served as Executive VP and Chief Academic Officer of the Ochsner Health System (OHS) in Louisiana, and earlier he held senior academic and executive roles at Wayne State University School of Medicine at the Detroit Medical Center. Bill currently serves on the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation of the U.S. Department of Education. He is a past board member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, as well as the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers, where he also served as President. He received his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Simone Ravaioli

Director, Parchment

Simone Ravaioli

Simone Ravaioli is a global edtech leader with experience in advancing an interoperable global credentialing ecosystem through the adoption of open standards. As director of global ecosystem and innovation at Parchment, a leading global credentialing platform in higher education, he contributes to various open standards communities across a range of standards developments organizations. He currently serves as co-chair of the W3C Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force, as well as on the advisory boards of the Open Recognition Alliance, Erasmus Without Paper, and the Learning Economy Foundation. Earlier he co-founded and chaired the EAIE Digital Student Data Portability task force, an initiative which seeded the creation of the Groningen Declaration Network. He has also served as an expert the inaugural EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum and is a current member of the ESCO Maintenance Committee. His bachelor’s and master’s degrees are from Loyola University of Chicago.

Rolf Reinhardt

LinkedIn & International Council on Badges and Credentials

Rolf Reinhardt

Rolf Reinhardt is a global edtech leader with a portfolio of diverse experiences founding and contributing to the advancement an interoperable global credentialing ecosystem across education and work through the adoption of open standards. As an executive at LinkedIn, he works at the intersection of government, education, and organizational learning to promote economic opportunity for all members of the global workforce. Rolf is also a member of the executive committee of the International Council on Badges and Credentials (ICoBC), a global network of education, business, association, and government organizations with the common goal of developing and promoting best practices for (open) badges and (digital) credentials. In addition, he serves as a council member of the Union of International Associations, a member of the OEB Global Steering Committee, and a member of the Data Space for Skills advisory board.

Amid Global Health Worker Shortage, CGFNS Assembles Board of Experts to Advise on Next-Generation Solutions to Streamline International Mobility for Health Workers

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PHILADELPHIA — With a global health worker shortage accelerating the demand for internationally educated nurses in industrialized countries, CGFNS International, a global leader in credentials evaluation to support health worker mobility, has established an advisory board of experts to help the organization support the needs of a growing cadre of migrating health professionals. The Global Advisory Board on Pathways to Mobility…
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