Corrigan is synonymous with healthcare quality-improvement efforts in America today. As president and CEO of the not-for-profit National Quality Forum, Corrigan, 54, leads the agenda-setting for national priorities and goals in healthcare quality. Before joining the NQF in 2006, Corrigan was senior board director at the Institute of Medicine and provided leadership on the IOM's landmark To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm series of reports, drawing nationwide attention to medical errors.