Before joining Marsh in March 2007, Ms Porto was founder and principal of QRS Healthcare Consulting, LLC, a firm that specialized in providing customized consulting support to clients in patient safety, risk management and related areas.  From 1994 to 2001, Grena was employed by VHA, Inc., first as Director of Loss Prevention, working with a 14-member group captive on healthcare loss prevention activities and assisting in overall captive management, and later as Sr. Director, responsible for directing large projects for VHA’s healthcare consulting division.  Grena’s prior experience includes positions as regional claims manager for a large surplus lines insurer, director of risk management at a 500-bed academic medical center and claims analyst for a national third-party administrator.  Grena began her career as a registered nurse.

Ms Porto earned her bachelor of science in nursing and a master’s in health administration from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  She holds the designations of Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM). She has held various leadership roles healthcare risk management and patient safety, having served as President of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) and a member of the board of directors for the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).  She currently serves on the Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Advisory Group, which is responsible for developing the National Patient Safety Goals.  Grena has published and lectured extensively in the fields of risk management and patient safety.