Chris Queram has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) since November 2005. WCHQ is a voluntary consortium of organizations working to improve the quality of health care in Wisconsin through the public reporting of comparative performance information.  In addition to his responsibilities with WCHQ, Mr. Queram is a member of the board of commissioners of the Joint Commission and serves on the board of Delta Dental of Wisconsin.  He serves as a member of the Quality Alliance Steering Committee and as a principal of the Hospital Quality Alliance.
 
Mr. Queram previously served as chair of the Purchaser Council and board member with the National Quality Forum (2000–2005), as the Treasurer of the Leapfrog Group (2002–2005), and as chair of the board of the National Business Coalition on Health (1998–2000).  He served as a member of two Institute of Medicine Committees – the Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Benefits, Payment and Performance Improvement Programs and the Committee on the Consequences of Un-insurance.   He also was a member of President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry.
 
Prior to his current position, Mr. Queram was the CEO of the Employer Health Care Alliance Cooperative in Madison, Wisconsin and also previously served as a hospital executive in both Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Mr. Queram holds a master’s degree in health services administration from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.  He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.