Staff

Focus Areas: Facility Membership

Stan Cahill is the senior director of membership development for Practice Greenhealth, America’s leading membership and networking association of healthcare organizations making a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly initiatives. Practice Greenhealth is one of the fastest growing membership organizations of its kind with more than 1,000 hospitals, health systems, businesses and other stakeholders joining in its first three years. Stan also works with organizations seeking to use the Greenhealth Tracker (waste data management) tool, and hosts informational webinars every month, “Ten Reasons to Join Practice Greenhealth” and “Introduction to Greenhealth Tracker” each one on alternating months. Previously, Stan worked for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for more than twenty years as senior director of business development in educational new media.

Focus Areas: Sustainability Strategy and Planning, Program Development, Performance Measure and Benchmarking, Education, Training and Content Development

Cecilia’s role at Practice Greenhealth is to assist the organization in developing programmatic content, tools and resources, developing strategy for new sustainability initiatives and  determining an industry-wide set of appropriate metrics and tracking mechanisms to monitor the success of healthcare sustainability programs. Cecilia provides sustainability content expertise and leadership to Greenhealth Academy’s workshops, trainings, webinars and e-learning offerings as well as the Greening the OR^TM Initiative. She is also an accomplished public speaker and trainer, and builds support and awareness for Practice Greenhealth through targeted speaking engagements, stakeholder engagement and outreach. Cecilia brings more than 14 years of experience working with hospitals and healthcare organizations to create customized sustainability programs and goals, and is working with the Practice Greenhealth team to evolve the next set of sustainability performance resources, metrics and tools. She has an MBA with a focus in corporate social responsibility and healthcare administration, is a LEED-accredited professional, and was instrumental in helping update the Green Guide for Healthcare’s Operations Credits in 2008.

Focus Areas: Greening the Supply Chain with Group Purchasing Organizations and Health Care Facilities

Beth Eckl is the Director of the Environmental Purchasing Program for Practice Greenhealth providing technical support, consulting services and training on environmental purchasing for health systems, healthcare facilities and group purchasing organizations. Beth oversees the development of technical, environmental criteria for dozens of medical and non-medical products used in hospitals. She is also responsible for the EPP Specifications Guide for Health Care, the first and only source for health care supply chain professionals. Beth brings more than 15 years of experience in waste management and environmental purchasing to guide members successfully through all the steps in developing and implementing environmental purchasing to fill a critical part of their journey to sustainable health care.

Focus Areas: Business Membership, Greening the OR

Bob Jarboe is currently the Executive Vice President for Business Development for Practice Greenhealth.  Bob works primarily with Business Members of Practice Greenhealth in the member recruitment area as well in the establishment of special projects, initiatives and programs relevant to both the hospital and business members of the organizations.  Bob has also spent the past four decades in leadership positions in non Profit organizations including local, regional and national associations as both Board Member and staff.  Bob's work over the years has put him in close proximity to government and business representatives and he has served in public office.

Focus Areas: Organization Development, Knowledge Management, Systems Design and Implementation, Organizational Policy

Anna Prow brings nearly ten years of operations management experience to Practice Greenhealth, where she is dedicated to leadership across the financial, operational, and organizational planning functions of both PGH and her sister organization, Health Care Without Harm. Her priorities include contributing to the strategic direction of the organizations, maximizing support of program delivery, increasing organizational efficiencies, developing and deploying effective sustainable business practices, and continuing to define the synergies and distinctions between both Practice Greenhealth and Health Care Without Harm. Anna gained insight into organizational policy and practice with an MS in Urban Policy Analysis from The New School. Her commitment to sustainable growth and change comes in part from service as a Peace Corps Volunteer and a career chapter working at Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, DC. Her commitment to organizational learning comes in part from a background in education and training, including six years as a public school educator early in her career.

Focus Areas: Business Members, Business Listings Directory, Practice Greenhealth Friends, Health Care Suppliers and Service Providers

Lara Sutherland is the go-to person for Practice Greenhealth's Business Members. She provides Practice Greenhealth's Business Members with the tools, resources, and data they need to better reach and better serve their environmentally-minded health care customers, and is constantly striving to improve membership value for Practice Greenhealth's Business Members. Previously, she ran the Environmental Purchasing Program at Practice Greenhealth. Her prior experience also includes working in the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as a cell biology research assistant at Harvard University Medical School, and as an analytical chemist at the Massachusetts Pesticide Analysis Laboratory. She earned her bachelors degree in biochemistry from Amherst College.