Judges

Melinda Corcoran

Melinda (Mindy) S. Corcoran, Senior Quality Improvement Consultant joined Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in 2003 from Johnson & Johnson and General Mills. As a Six Sigma Green Belt, she provides expertise in the science of improvement and high reliability design to Improvement Teams within her organization including Reducing Serious Safety Events, Reducing Codes outside the ICU, Improving Diabetes Outcomes, Improving Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Outcomes and an Innovation Team called High Reliability Unit.

Mindy has been involved for many years with ASQ’s International Team Excellence Award. She is a Lead Judge, Regional Trainer, and member of the ITEA Committee. She successfully coached teams who made it to the final round. Mindy has been on the Board of Examiners for Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Senior Examiner for Ohio Award for Excellence. She was involved in Johnson & Johnson’s Signature of Quality in various capacities including Examiner and Application/Site Visit Leader yielding Silver Award.

Publications and presentations are a highlight for Mindy whose undergraduate degree is in Education. Her “first” publication was June 2006 in Arthritis & Rheumatism.   Mindy is finishing her certification in Change Management Leadership from NTL.

Corcoran states... “I was inspired to support the ITEA process when I first witnessed the teams parading in to ‘We Are the Champions’ at the first AQP conference I attended. I remember the energy in the room and I had goose bumps knowing the pride and joy these teams must have been feeling to be recognized in such a special way. The company I was working for at the time was into teams, but we were not doing anything at this level. This single event inspired me to start an internal competition within my own organization and become involved with the ITEA.”

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