Astronaut Mike Mullan, USAF officer, Ret., NASA astronaut, Ret.

Colonel Mullane graduated from West Point and completed 134 combat missions in Vietnam.

Mullane was selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in the first group of Space Shuttle Astronauts. He completed three space missions aboard the Shuttles Discovery and Atlantis.

Mullane has been inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame and is the recipient of many awards, including the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit and the NASA Space Flight Medal. 

Pat Harrison, Vice President of System Quality and Patient Safety, Houston Methodist Hospital 

Pat Harrison is the VP of System Quality and Patient Safety. She has over 30 years of healthcare experience, focused on design and implementation of quality and patient safety initiatives, improving accreditation compliance, maximizing access to data and analytics and redesigning processes across multiple facilities.  Earlier in her career she worked in ICU, as an ICP and employee health nurse but spent most of her time in Quality and Patient Safety.  

Craig Clapper, PE, Consulting Engineer 

Craig Clapper is a consulting engineer who specializes in improving human performance in complex systems using evidence-based methods derived from high reliability organizations. Craig has 30 years’ experience improving reliability in power, transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare. He specializes in failure analysis, event analysis, reliability improvement, and safety culture improvement. Craig has led safety culture transformation engagements for Duke Energy, US Department of Energy, ABB, Westinghouse, Framatome ANP, Sentara Healthcare, Sharp Healthcare, and others.