Board of Directors : Leadership : Who We Are : The Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Foundation Board of Directors - Officers

President and CEO

Al Faber
Baldrige Foundation

Mr. Faber's Bio
Chair

Kathryn K. Eggleston, Ph.D.
President
Dallas College-Richland Campus
Vice Chair

Interim Chief Executive Officer
Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency
Treasurer

Frank Fusco
Executive Director - retired
South Carolina State Government
Secretary

Russ Branzell
CEO and President
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
Immediate Past Chair

P. George Benson, Ph.D.
President
College of Charleston - retired

Foundation Board of Directors - Members

David Gifford, MD, MPH

Director, Center for Health Policy Evaluation in LTC & CMO at American Health Care Association
Lowell Kruse

Chairman
Communities of Excellence 2026
S. Padmanabhan, “Paddy”

Chairman of the Governing Council of Business Excellence
Tata Sons Limited
John Raffoul

President
Adventist Health White Memorial
Tony Scott

Tony Scott
Former Federal CIO, U.S. Government
CEO, Intrusion, Inc.
E. David Spong, D.Sc.

President, Boeing Aerospace Support – retired

Foundation Board of Directors (Ex-Officio)

Robert Fangmeyer

Director
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
Harry Hertz

Director Emeritus - retired
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
Brian Lassiter

Chair
The Alliance for Performance Excellence
Jim Templin

Chief Executive Officer
American Society for Quality (ASQE)

Foundation Board of Directors (Honorary)

Malcolm Hollensteiner

Senior Vice President of Mortgage Production
Sandy Spring Bank

Leadership

We are Building a Legacy of Excellence

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