CHICAGO – The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has named three appointees to its board of trustees and five new commissioners.

The new appointees are:

• Lori Evans, chief executive officer, ActiveHealth Provider;
• William Jessee, MD, president and chief executive officer, Medical Group Management Association; and
• Stephen Klasko, MD, chief executive officer, University of South Florida Health and dean, College of Medicine.

The nine-member board of trustees has fiduciary responsibility for the not-for-profit organization and provides leadership in the areas of fiscal oversight and stewardship of assets, organizational strategy, evaluation of senior management, and resolution of any conflicts of interest involving the commission’s management and its board of 
commissioners. Trustees serve three-year staggered terms.

The new commissioners are:

• Patricia Becker, vice president and chief information officer, University HealthSystem Consortium;
• Barbara Byrne, MD, vice president, information systems, Edward Hospital;
• Timothy Elwell, vice president, Misys Open Source Solutions;
• Jay Srini, chief innovation officer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; and
• Grace Terrell, MD, president and chief executive officer, Cornerstone Health Care P.A.

The board of commissioners guides and approves the work of the voluntary work groups and staff as they develop certification criteria, inspection processes and policy.

The commission solicited applications from senior executives representing a wide range of stakeholders across the public and private sectors of healthcare and health IT. Commissioners serve two-year terms on the 21-member board.