On September 1, 2011 Shirley Anderson retired from the position of OSA Executive Director. Since 2003 Shirley has been involved in the development of the Oregon Simulation Alliance. She was a founding member and advisory committee member of the OSA when it was a part of the Governor’s Healthcare Initiative. When the OSA Governing Council was formed she served as a member. And then, in 2006 she became the Executive Director. Shirley worked with the Governing Council to expand OSA offerings, implement a website, added subscription services and to obtain Oregon nonprofit organization status and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization status from the Federal Government.

The Governing Council has appointed David Giles as the interim Executive Director.

David Giles – bio
With both a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Business minor from Seattle University, David began a long career in medical sales with Johnson & Johnson. During his 30 plus year sales career, he progressed steadily from selling healthcare commodities to representing medical devices and eventually advanced to selling medical capital equipment. While with a major medical simulator manufacturer, he learned of the OSA mission and vision, and shared this passion for advancing medical simulation with his accounts in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. In 2010, David enrolled in the Institute of Nonprofit Management at Portland State University and is on track for completion of a graduate certificate in Nonprofit Management and Development at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year. He has served as an independent business consultant to medical simulation organizations since early 2010.