Linda Lybert—Executive Director, Lead | Healthcare Surfaces Institute, ISSA Healthcare

Linda Lybert is a nationally recognized leader and advocate in healthcare environmental hygiene, with more than two decades of experience focused specifically on the science, safety, and performance of healthcare surfaces and their role in the spread of microbes that cause deadly infections. She has dedicated her career to advancing how surfaces are selected, incorporated into product and facility design, maintained, and validated to reduce risk and support infection prevention across care environments.

As founder and Executive Director of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute, a division of ISSA, and ISSA Healthcare Lead, Linda brings experts together to identify gaps and drive sustainable solutions to complex surface-related challenges—from materials and design to cleaning, disinfection, and testing. Through this work, she convenes environmental services leaders, infection preventionists, clinicians, manufacturers, regulators, and thought leaders to align products, processes, and people around evidence-based surface safety.

An international speaker and skilled moderator, Linda regularly presents at conferences and professional forums, shaping global conversations on healthcare surfaces, environmental hygiene, and the role of high-performing EVS programs in reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). She is known for her practical, systems-level approach and her commitment to advancing science-based, real-world solutions that improve patient safety and ultimately help save lives.

Dr. Omrana Pasha-Razzak—Academic Physician and Global Health Epidemiologist | City University of New York School of Medicine
Omrana Pasha-Razzak, MD, MBBS, MSPH, DABIM, is a Medical Professor of Community Health and Social Medicine at the CUNY School of Medicine and an Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine. A physician–epidemiologist and former department chair, she has led global and U.S.-based research on maternal and women’s health, occupational and environmental health, and health equity, with a particular focus on women low resource settings, including women in the cleaning workforce.

Barbara Strain—Independent Healthcare Value Consultant
Barbara Strain is an independent healthcare value consultant specializing in new, emerging, and disruptive technology and established medical modalities and is often a thought partner for provider hospital organizations to reimagine their value analysis programs. She spent more than 20 years as the Director of Value Management at the University of Virginia Health. Earlier in her 40-year career, she focused on clinical laboratory operations, microbiology, disinfection, sterilization, and infection control in provider hospital organizations. She is a founding member and past president of the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP). Barbara is an inductee of the 2021 Bellwether League Foundation’s Hall of Fame for Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership and currently serves at its chairman.

Ken Bodie—President | Inspire
Ken Bodie is President of Inspire, an Augmented Reality training platform for Building Service Contractors and In-House Service providers. He also serves as President of The Keller Group, a holding company with 11 companies spanning distribution, manufacturing, and software. Ken has more than 35 years of experience in the jan/san industry, including his long tenure leading Kelsan, Inc., a Southeast-based distributor. He is a past President of ISSA and a University of Tennessee graduate. 

Mike Reeves—Director of Sales & Marketing | ETI 2.0
Mike Reeves is Director of Sales & Marketing for EIT2.0 germicidal division and a seasoned medical device professional with more than 30 years of experience driving healthcare innovation, growth, and patient-focused solutions. He has built a career around anticipating market needs, navigating regulatory complexity, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results. Known for his strategic mindset and compassionate approach, Mike is committed to advancing safe, effective, and affordable technologies that improve patient care and strengthen the healthcare industry. 

Richard Feczko—President | Elevate Innovation Group LLC
With over 37 years of support service leadership in healthcare, higher education as well as business and industry, Rich brings a wealth of experience in addition to expertise in these core service disciplines. 

After attending Community College of Allegheny County and Penn State University, Rich’s professional career commenced, in parallel, in 1989 at Forbes Health System, now Allegheny Health Network before joining Morrison-Crothall Healthcare in 1991, later becoming Crothall Healthcare, followed by Compass One Healthcare.  Rich held several leadership positions including various Site Management levels prior to overseeing Learning & Development followed by National responsibilities encompassing governance, innovation, business excellence, sustainability as well as non-clinical environmental & patient safety. Outside of the United States, Rich co-led global operational excellence strategies in 11 additional countries including, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Italy, New Zealand and UAE (Dubai).   

After retiring from a successful career with Compass One, Rich joined Virtual Mgr in June 2022 supporting digital transformation strategies, operational excellence optimization, data trends analysis including elevating client labor efficiencies. Furthermore, Rich avails himself to practical expertise, together with engaging key business partners to maximize operational efficiencies, sustainability and value.   Rich is also a member of the Virtual Mgr. Board of Directors. 

In early 2024, Rich founded the consulting firm, Elevate Innovation Group LLC., providing expertise with several healthcare, education and commercial organizational clients related to governance, systematic lean applications, quality, sustainability, best-in-class innovation, as well as digital transformation including intelligent insights, validation & metrics.   

In June 2025, Rich joined the HSI & ISSA Healthcare Advisory Council working closely with industry experts to add expertise and support to global healthcare cleaning compliance.  Rich supports the oversight of the Innovation Task Force alongside industry experts, to assess capabilities in accordance with science, intelligence as well as governance. 

Rich is known for high integrity, reliability, genuine humility, passion as well as enthusiasm for family, career and those close to him.  Rich has selflessly supported business growth, talent development as well as confidence in his decision-making ability to support positive organizational and fiscal outcomes. 

Over the years, Rich has humbly achieved a variety of honors some of which include: the ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard Green Building accomplishment from 2009 thru 2021; as well as 2020 Sustainable Innovation recognition from Business Intelligence Group; along with 2021 Healthcare Heroes distinction for his work during the pandemic from the Central Penn Business Journal. 

Rich and his family live near Pittsburgh, PA. and support pediatric cancer and unique pediatric illnesses with their Coach Rich 4 Kids charity work contributing to The Mario Lemieux Foundation, St Jude and Make a Wish.   

Zeynep "Z" Ekeman—Managing Partner | Silver Defender
Zeynep “Z” Ekemen is the Founder and Inventor of Silver Defender, a U.S.-manufactured surface technology, and the creator of the “Surface Intelligence” category - continuous antimicrobial protection for high-touch environments. She developed the technology to solve one of healthcare’s biggest gaps: what happens between cleaning cycles. Her work focuses on redefining how surfaces perform in real-world conditions, helping facilities shift from reactive cleaning to continuous protection

Alice Brewer—Sr. Director, Clinical Affairs | PDI
Alice, MPH, CIC, CPHQ, FAPIC, has over 15 years of experience as an epidemiologist in both the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. She has a record of publications and presentations in the fields of infectious disease and epidemiological research methodology and has led programs and teams in the areas of regulatory affairs, surveillance, data analysis, and clinical research. As the head of Clinical Affairs at PDI, she is responsible for driving clinical strategy, evidence generation, and consulting on HAI reduction and Infection Prevention best practice in hospitals across the country. She previously served as the System Director of Infection Prevention for a large urban health system and a surveillance epidemiologist for a pharmaceutical company.  

Alice earned a bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology, a master’s degree in Public Health Epidemiology, and is a PhD candidate in Health Sciences. She is certified in Infection Control and Epidemiology, as a Healthcare Quality Professional, and is a Fellow of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control. She is also an active member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the American College of Epidemiology, and the American Public Health Association. 

Joanna Mills—RN, MSN, CNS, CIC, Director of Infection Prevention, John Muir Health, East Bay Area SF
Joanna is a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Infectious/Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Practitioner with extensive experience in Epidemiology, Program Management, Education, Performance Improvement, Risk Management, Public Health, Case Management, Employee Health, and Emergency/Critical Care.

Joanna is a seasoned professional with over thirty years of nursing and clinical infection prevention knowledge and practice in a variety of health care environments ranging from Ambulatory Care, Home Health, Long Term Care/Rehabilitation to Acute Care, Teaching, and professional organizations. She is also an active community and nursing leader and educator. She is an active APIC member and past chapter board president.

Sarah Wilkerson—System Executive Director | Providence Saint Joseph Health
Sarah Wilkerson, MN, RN, CIC, CNOR(E), FAPIC is the System Executive Director for Infectious Disease Management and Prevention at Providence Saint Joseph Health. She has been a nurse for over 16 years, starting her healthcare career in the operating room and working as a Perioperative Clinical Nurse Educator. She then transitioned into Infection Prevention, where she has worked for the last 11 years. She is Certified as a Perioperative Nurse and in Infection Control as well as a Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). She has experience in acute care, critical access, inpatient rehabilitation, surgical and long-term hospitals, and ambulatory care.

Sarah enjoys the challenges of the profession as well as teaching and mentoring new Infection Preventionists. She has a passion for special pathogen preparedness, standardization, and finding ways for teams to collaborate across different disciplines to care for their patients safely. She has been published in the American Journal of Infection Control, New England Journal of Medicine and Anesthesia and Analgesia. She is a Past-President in her local APIC chapter and remains active on its board.

Iris Lubar—Director of Healthcare Operations | Aramark Healthcare
Iris Lubar is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare environmental services, with over 25 years of experience in hospital EVS operations, infection prevention, compliance, and strategic partnerships.The former Director of Strategic Accounts – Healthcare at KBS, she lead national client relationships across health systems, outpatient centers, and clinics—driving excellence in cleaning performance, survey readiness, and patient-centered outcomes. She is now the District Manager for Aramark Healthcare+.

Iris is a passionate advocate for the frontline workforce and a vocal champion of industry standards, training, and sustainability. She serves as the Delaware State Advocate for ISSA and is a frequent speaker at industry events and panels.

In addition to her operational leadership, Iris is a published author and thought leader. Her work has appeared in Infection Control Today, Healthcare Hygiene Magazine, and ISSA’s own publications, where she writes about environmental services’ role in infection prevention, biofilm management, and aligning EVS strategy with healthcare goals.

As a member of the ISSA Advisory Council, Iris brings a field-informed perspective shaped by decades of experience and a deep commitment to advancing the cleaning industry. Her voice ensures that healthcare cleaning remains central in conversations around safety, innovation, and quality care.