Marty Hatlie is President & CEO for Project Patient Care, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization dedicated to using the experience of the patient to improve care. He also serves as Co-Director of the MedStar Institute for Quality & Safety, which integrates open and honest communication strategies, person and family engagement, and high reliability organization principles into safety and quality improvement. Hatlie has been active in U. S. federal health system transformation work as a consultant on several projects funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Hatlie is a lawyer and former litigator. He served as a lobbyist for the American Medical Association in the 1980s - 90s, coordinated the AMA’s launch of the National Patient Safety Foundation in 1997, and served as its founding Executive Director. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Leapfrog Group, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Smart Patients, the Alliance for Integrated Medication Management and MacNeal Hospital. He also serves on advisory boards for the Joint Commission, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the National Quality Forum, RL Datix and the World Health Organization Patients for Patient Safety Programme.