Jody Cook

Ms. Cook brings over 30 years of passion and rich experiences as a health care risk manager. Currently, she is the Director of the Office of Risk Management at the Brody School of Medicine @ East Carolina University. In this role, she directs a comprehensive risk program with the goal of identifying and mitigating risks to individual patients and families, providers and staff, and the institution that will promote patient safety. She administers the commercially purchased professional liability insurance program, which includes active participation in claims management. Prior to 2005, she was Director of Risk Management and Patient Safety at Kaiser Permanente, North East Bay Service Area in Northern California for 9 years. Prior to Kaiser Permanente, she was a regional risk manager for The Doctors’ Company, a professional liability insurance company in Napa, California. She also brings field experience in the areas of medical staff affairs, quality management and performance improvement, and utilization management. Her clinical background as a surgical critical care nurse in major academic centers and nursing administrator in the United States Air Force was the springboard for transitioning to health care risk management. She retired from the United States Air Force Reserves with the rank of Colonel and received two Meritorious Service Medals and two Air Force Commendation Medals. Ms. Cook holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina and a Master of Science in Healthcare Risk Management from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago, Illinois. She is a past Certified Critical Care Nurse and Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality. She has been a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management since December 2001.