Monica Berry, BSN, JD, LLM, DFASHRM, CPHRM, is the Chief Operating Officer for the Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety (CQPS) of Chicagoland. She is responsible for developing, implementing and managing a federally-certified Patient Safety Organization (PSO) to permit local healthcare providers to collect and analyze data to support shared learning and improvement.

Previously she was the director of Patient Safety and Risk Management at Loyola University Health System in Chicago, Illinois where she was responsible for creating and implementing a patient safety educational program for all staff, residents and physicians.

Monica served as President of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) in 2002. She has represented the voice of risk management and patient safety on several national boards, including the National Coordinating Council on Medication Error Reduction and Prevention (NCCMERP), United States Pharmacopeia, and ASHRM's National Advisory Council for Patient Safety. She is a faculty member of ASHRM's Patient Safety Curriculum, the Barton Certificate in Healthcare Risk Management Program, and is the team lead for ASHRM's CPHRM Examination Preparatory Course.

Monica has over 20 years in the healthcare industry and is a well recognized national speaker on various patient safety and risk management topics. She has authored several articles in both the national and international healthcare and insurance market as well as a chapter in a patient safety book.

In July 2009, Ms. Berry was retained as the CQPS Chief Operating Officer.