Colleen Pospishil

As a High Reliability Consultant, Colleen is responsible for leading activities that support domestic and international hospitals and healthcare systems on their transformational journey to high reliability. Colleen facilitates high reliability maturity assessments and partners with executives to develop customized strategic plans that cultivate a safety culture committed to learning for sustained systematic improvement. Colleen co-facilitates several leadership workshops that support the commitment to Zero Harm. Colleen is a Registered Nurse licensed in Illinois and has earned certification as a Clinical Nurse Leader^®, is a certified Maternal Newborn Nurse and a certified Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety professional, Team STEPPS Master Trainer, and is a certified Patient Safety Professional with more than 30 years of health care experience. Over the last several years Colleen has focused on designing and executing innovative high reliability programs that align with and contribute to the strategic goal of reducing preventable harm. Colleen enjoys mentoring emerging patient safety professionals across the United States and is known for supporting the growth and development of the teams she has served. Passionate for mentoring and educating others, Colleen serves as adjunct faculty in the MSN program at a local university.