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Our Leadership

The NAIO Institute is governed by a board of clinical experts and a patient voice seat, ensuring that every decision is rooted in clinical authority and human-centered design.

1
Elena Vance, PhD

Board Chair & Clinical Director

2
Marcus Thorne

Patient & Family Voice Seat

3
Sarah Jenkins, MD

Physician Director

4
David Chen

Allied Clinician Director

Independent. Open. Non-profit.

The NAIO Institute is a distinct entity from our sister organizations NIN and FMN. As a non-profit in formation, we operate with a commitment to transparency and clinical integrity. We publish our refusal posture and governance standards to build trust through structure, not assertion. Our mission is to design the human-led control layer for healthcare AI, ensuring that nurses and physicians remain the ultimate architects of patient safety.

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