Meet the Staff

Miriam Marcus-Smith, RN, MHA

Program Director, Washington Patient Safety Coalition Miriam returned to the Foundation as the Coalition’s Program Director in October 2007, having been the FHCQ’s Quality Improvement Program Director from 1999-2005. She brings a wealth of experience in program development, management, and evaluation and has worked in quality improvement since its very early days when it was hidden within “utilization management.”  She has also managed health services and other research grants at the University of Washington in the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health.

Miriam received her Associate Degree in Nursing from Bellevue Community College, her B.A. in Health Economics and Ethics from Antioch University, and her Master of Health Administration (with a focus on policy and ethics) from the University of Washington.  Her prior clinical experience was in oncology nursing, and as contract faculty she has taught ethics to nursing students at Seattle University.