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(OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – August 19, 2009) Health care executives Nancy Howell Agee and R. Timothy Rice have been appointed to The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners by the American Hospital Association for three-year terms beginning January 2010.
Nancy Howell Agee is the chief operating officer and executive vice president for Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia. Her primary responsibility is serving as the chief executive officer of Carilion Medical Center, an 825-bed tertiary care teaching hospital, which serves as one of five Level I Trauma Centers in Virginia, and co-leading the development of an organized medical group. In addition to her work at Carilion, Agee was appointed by the governor of Virginia to the Radford University Board of Visitors, and she currently chairs the Board of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association and the Foundation of Roanoke Valley. Agee earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia, received a master’s degree from Emory University and participated in postgraduate studies at the Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University.
R. Timothy Rice, F.A.C.H.E., has served as president and chief executive officer of the Moses Cone Health System in Greensboro, North Carolina since 2004. He earned a bachelor of science in pharmacy from Washington State University and a master’s in health administration from Duke University. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and chair-elect of the board of directors of the North Carolina Hospital Association. Rice is active in the community serving as a board chair for the Greensboro Partnership, the Central Atlantic VHA Board, and the United Way of Greensboro Campaign.
The Board of Commissioners serves as The Joint Commission’s governing body. Joint Commission Board members have diverse experience in health care, business and public policy. The Board consists of 29 voting members, including physicians, administrators, nurses, employers, a labor representative, health plan leaders, quality experts, ethicists, a consumer advocate and educators. Commissioners serve three-year terms that are renewable for up to three terms. The Board’s composition includes representatives from each of The Joint Commission’s corporate members: American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American College of Surgeons, and American Dental Association, six public members, one at-large representative of the nursing profession, and, as an ex-officio member, Mark R. Chassin, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H., president of The Joint Commission