Brenda Barker, MEd, MBA

Executive Director

Brenda is the Executive Director of TIPQC and is one of the founding staff members having started in 2008.  She received her Improvement Advisor Certificate in 2010 from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. Brenda received a Master of Education from the University of North Texas and a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare from Lipscomb University in 2016.  Brenda serves on the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Advisory Council,  Infant Mortality Strategic Plan Advisory Committee, Maternal Health Task Force, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Task Force (PRAMS), previous Chairman of the Board for ONE Tennessee, and the Executive Committee for the National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (NNPQC).