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FMQAI Governance

FMQAI: The Florida Medicare Quality Improvement Organization and ESRD Network 7 is governed by a Board of Directors with a maximum number of 17 members, led by its Chairman, Lawrence J. Shapiro, MD.

Our board is comprised of highly skilled, independent, and dynamic thought leaders, who provide careful financial and strategic oversight to our work to improve and transform the quality of healthcare. Board members serve a term of (3) three years. There is a six-year cap on consequent years of service, with the ability to exempt three Directors from the limit, with none of the exempted Directors to exceed (9) nine consecutive years. The Chairman of the Board determines the staggering methodology for Director's terms. In 2008, (5) five Directors were retired due to length of service. Eight (8) Directors were added to the Board.

This page was last updated: September 2009

The current Board members are as follows:

Lawrence J. Shapiro, MD
Chairman of the Board/Shareholder
Term began May 2003

Mary Ellen Dalton, PhD., MBA, RN
Director/Shareholder
Term began May 2003

Maureen Michael, BSN, MBA
CEO/Executive Director, Central Florida Kidney Center
Term began January 2004

Julie A. Brophy
Patient Representative
Term began November 2008

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Sue E. Rottura
Administrator, Boca Raton Dialysis Center
Term began May 2008

Pablo Fernando Ruiz-Ramon, MD
Nephrologist, Tampa Renal Physicians
Term began January 2004

Azzam Adhal, MD
Physician, Professional Emergency Services
Term began July 2008

Sandra Schwemmer, D.O.
Private Practice Physician
Term began July 2002

Kathryn Hyer, PhD.MPP, BA
Associate Professor, University of South Florida
Term began July 2008

Richard Loeper MBA, BS
Vice President, Fresenius Medical Care
Term began July 2008

Diane Marcello, M.Ed, MS, BA
Chief Quality Officer, Health First
Term began July 2008

James V. Palermo, MD
Private Practice Physician
Term began July 2008

Robert G. Perry, PhD., ME, BS
Medicare Beneficiary
Term began July 2008

Patrice Vance, RN, MN, CPHQ
Vice President, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)
Term began July 2008

Rebecca Yackel, BS, MS
Nursing Home Administrator
Term began July 2008

The Board of Directors are compensated for attendance at Board meetings consistent with contractual obligations of the Corporation as determined from time-to-time by the Board of Directors. In addition, members of the Board shall be reimbursed for substantiated, reasonable travel expenses, at a per diem rate, in amounts determined from time-to-time by the Board of Directors and according to contractual obligations of the Corporation.