Brian Lassiter was elected president /CEO of the Performance Excellence Network (Minnesota Council for Quality) in the summer of 2001. Before his election, Brian held positions with the following organizations: Ian Alliott Consulting (Managing Director), Norstan Consulting (Principal Consultant), The St. Paul Companies (Corporate Quality Consultant), Price Waterhouse (Consultant), and Boatmen's National Bank (Quality Manager). In these roles, Brian has worked with hundreds of organizations in a variety of industries to help them improve their performance and competitiveness.
Brian has served nearly 25 years in various roles with the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, including Examiner, Senior Examiner, Alumni Examiner, and on the Board of Overseers (2012-15). Before his appointment as president, he served as a volunteer Senior Evaluator for the Minnesota Quality Award (1996-97), served as a Judge for the Veteran’s Administration Baldrige-based Carey Award (2004-06), served as a judge on the Baldrige-based Army Communities of Excellence (2009-10), and is serving on the Panel of Judges for the American Health Care Association’s Baldrige-based Awards (2013, 2016-20).
Brian serves as Chair of the Alliance for Performance Excellence, the national consortium of all state/regional quality/excellence awards and is on the board and faculty of Communities of Excellence 2026, a nonprofit that is working to apply the principles of Baldrige to solve community challenges and improve community outcomes.
Brian was on the Review Panel for the University of Minnesota Carlson School’s Juran Fellowship program (2003-08), served on the Benedictine Health System Board of Trustees (2009- 2018) serving as chair from 2011-15, and served from 1995-2003 and 2004-2014 on the Board of Directors for Goodwill/Easter Seals of MN.
Connect with Brian:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-lassiter-9309616
Website: https://www.performanceexcellencenetwork.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LassiterBrian
Email: brian.lassiter@performanceexcellencenetwork.org
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