Julianne M. Morath is the chief operating officer and vice president of care delivery of Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a board member of the National Patient Safety Foundation in Chicago, Illinois.

Joanne E. Turnbull, RN, MS, is a well-known writer and speaker on the subject of patient safety. Until 2001 she was the executive director of the National Patient Safety Foundation.