Senior Staff

NACHRI staff works within general program areas to develop specific child health projects, research, education and advocacy activities to support member hospitals. This work is guided by the president and chief executive officer and four vice presidents. 

Lawrence A. McAndrews
President and Chief Executive Officer

Jackson Bain
Vice President, Public Affairs

Mary Gorman
Vice President, Education, Member Services and Management Information Services

James Kaufman
Vice President, Public Policy

Marlene Miller
Vice President, Quality

John Muldoon
Senior Fellow/Vice President, Classification Research

NACHRI members may access a full NACHRI Staff Directory.

About Lawrence McAndrews
A hospital executive since 1971, McAndrews was president and chief executive officer at The Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO, for six years before coming to NACHRI. McAndrews previously served as administrator of the Prentice Women's Hospital and, before that, of the Institute of Psychiatry, both components of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, the teaching site for Northwestern University. Previously, McAndrews was vice president/professional affairs at Lafayette General Hospital in Lafayette, LA, and administrative assistant at MacNeal Memorial Hospital in Berwyn, IL.

He is the past chairman of the Governing Council of the Section for Maternal and Child Health of the American Hospital Association and has served on the boards of the Missouri Hospital Association and the Kansas City Area Hospital Association. He also served as a preceptor for the University of Missouri and Northwestern University. McAndrews is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives.

McAndrews holds a master of health administration degree from The George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Vanderbilt University. He served two years as an officer in the Army. McAndrews, a resident of Alexandria, VA, is married and has two adult children.