Nomination for Judges
QTF currently has two openings for the Panel Of Judges at the current time due to resignations and tenure expirations.
If you are interested in being considered as a member of the Panel Of Judges, please fill out the Panel of Judges Nomination Form.
Judges should have been a Team Leader at a minimum and have extensive knowledge of how Quality Texas operates regarding the applicant process. It would be helpful if the nominees had served as a process coach but that is not required.
Submit all questions and nominations to Dr. Paul Machen, Lead Judge a PMachen@alamo.edu
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Dr. Mac McGuire
Current Panel of Judges
Dr. Paul Machen – Lead Judge
Dr. Paul Machen is currently employed as Executive Director of the Institute for Professional Leadership with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).
Dr. Machen has 31 years of higher education faculty, curriculum development, and student affairs experience and served 12 years as a college administrator (Dean). He is a highly decorated retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant having performed in top leadership positions such as Command Civil Engineer Chief Enlisted Manager.
Dr. Machen has served on numerous non-profit, school board, and city-appointed positions including Quality Texas Foundation; Equal Enrollment Collaborative (Up Partnership), Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color, and Vice President of the Randolph ISD Board of Trustees.
Dr. Machen’s Baldrige experiences include QTF Board of Examiners as Examiner, Team Lead, Backup Team Lead, Editor, Process Coach, Faculty, Panel of Judges, and Chair, Panel of Judges. He is a 2022 Fellows Award recipient as well.
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Kristi Boyett – Judge
Kristi Boyett is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and an excellence consultant for Oncor Electric Delivery, headquartered in Dallas. She works with team members and senior executives to improve processes and reach performance excellence.
Since 2011, she has been involved with the Quality Texas Foundation in the roles of examiner, senior examiner, team leader, process coach, and trainer. She was appointed as the first junior QTF board member in 2016 and in June 2018, she was presented with the Quality Texas Star Award, recognition for “loyal and dedicated support to the Quality Texas Foundation.”
Kristi has a decade of experience in organizational development, is a Government Division member leader of ASQ and a Distinguished Toastmaster. She holds a master degree in human resource development from The University of Texas at Tyler, a bachelor degree in journalism from The University of North Texas and an associate’s degree in applied sciences.
Lauri Crockett – Judge
Lauri Crockett is a finance professional with over 25 years of experience working with corporate and non-profit teams to innovate, improve, and achieve superior results. Lauri’s involvement with the Quality Texas Foundation began in 2001 and includes the roles of examiner, team leader, process coach, and judge. She is pleased to return in her second appointment to the Panel of Judges. Lauri is an alumna of Oklahoma City University.
Tom Field – Judge
Tom has served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Organizational Improvement at KU Medical Center (KUMC) since September 2012. In this role, he leads KUMC’s strategic planning process, performance improvement initiatives, strategic facilitation, and workforce professional development programs. Prior to this role, he was KUMC’s Associate Vice Chancellor for Compliance, administering regulatory oversight of the human and animal research protection programs; environment, health and safety programs; equal opportunity; and research integrity. He has also worked in association management and the telecommunications industry. Tom has served as a Baldrige examiner since 2012. He holds master degrees in higher education administration and health services administration from The University of Kansas (KU) and bachelor degrees in Journalism and Slavic Languages and Literature from KU.
Santos Marino – Judge
Santos Marino has worked for the City of Austin for 10yrs as the Building Manager for City Hall. He directs and is responsible for maintenance, security, and custodial personnel accountable for performing all services at City Hall. He provides customer service to the Citizens of Austin, The Mayor, City Council, and City Manager. He has conducted several LSS projects for the City of Austin to improve efficiencies and reduce costs to tax-paying citizens. He continually supports and assists The City of Austin’s Performance Excellence journey in deploying a sound management system toward more maturity in building and implementing effective, systematic approaches that lead to positive results and trends essential to the city’s long-term success.
Mr. Mariono has served in several roles over a 10yr span with QTF and Baldridge Performance Excellence Program as an Examiner, Senior Examiner, Feedback Writer, Team Lead, and Process Coach. He is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt, Senior Baldridge Examiner, CIC from the University of Texas, El Paso, and completed his business and energy management studies through North Carolina State University.
He is devoted to assisting organizations in their continuous improvement efforts, helping them to build sustainability in their operations, and providing them with beneficial feedback utilizing the Malcolm Baldridge Framework for Performance Excellence.
Nicci Markos – Judge
Nicci Markos has worked in healthcare administration for over twenty years as a Chief Nursing Officer, Director of Clinical Informatics, Privacy Officer and currently as Chief Nursing Informatics Officer for a large corporation. Her journey with QTF began as an Examiner, Team Leader and Process Coach. As a Registered Nurse, Nicci worked at Blinn College as a Nursing Instructor and has served patients working on Medical and Surgical units, Women’s Services, Orthopedics, Neurology and Long Term Care. Today, she actively serves nurses as a leader in Clinical Informatics where she oversees technology and the impact it has on all patient care providers. She is a member of HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) and ANIA (American Nursing Informatics Association) and holds an Associate Degree in Nursing, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Management.
Keith Simpson – Judge
Keith Simpson is the Chief Strategist for Austin – Travis County Emergency Medical Services. Keith has been in the EMS industry for over 18 years and has been employed by the City of Austin for 23 years. Keith has been involved with developing strategic partnerships and participation efforts with the newly formed Dell Medical School in Austin in the areas of Population Health. Keith has served QTF since 2007 as an examiner, team leader, process coach, scorebook editor and faculty in examiner training. Keith is a certified Improvement Coach from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
Lee Van Dusen – Judge
Lee Van Dusen is the Vice President of Strategic Performance & Continuous Improvement at Logan University in Saint Louis. In this role Lee supports Baldrige related activities and continuous improvement, planning, external reporting, accreditation, and institutional assessment. He has worked with numerous organizations helping them implement Baldrige related programs as well as writing and reviewing state and national applications. In addition to the Quality Texas Foundation, Lee has had the pleasure of working with state quality programs in New York, Arizona, and Missouri. He is a senior Baldrige Examiner. Lee has been working with the Baldrige Framework for more than two decades and loves helping people and organizations on their quality journey.