Hosted by Cynthia Myers-Morrison, EdD, CFAP, Board Member, FAI Webinars

Mark Cheren, EdD, who serves as Executive Director for the HISC Collaborative, is a continuing professional development consultant in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He earned his doctorate in Postsecondary Education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where as a planning doctoral candidate he helped redesign the School of Education’s curriculum, initiated two undergraduate degree programs, and co-founded the New England Clearinghouse for Student Initiated Change in Higher Education. His background includes work in continuing professional development, higher education administration, performance improvement and in organizational learning. For six years he served as Director of Continuing Medical Education at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Other roles have included: Coordinator for Program Advisor Affairs and Administrative Coordinator (ceo) for Campus-Free College; Assistant Director, National Office of Training and Development, American Red Cross; Director, Cleveland Center, Capital University Adult Degree Program; and Director, Center for Professional Development, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Dr. Cheren is interested in practice-based, outcome-focused interventions in healthcare; the development of on-line resources to support the improvement initiatives of healthcare professionals; and broadly, the design and development of learning environments in healthcare settings that tend to stimulate and support improvement.