Conference Speakers

David Pierre is the Director of Water Safety Programs at LiquiTech and is a thought leader and expert in areas of water safety and management plans, including Legionella and waterborne pathogen risk management. He is an ASSE/IAPMO/ ANSI 12080 Certified Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist and Instructor and has published peer-reviewed studies in the American Journal of Infection Control, the Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, Pathogens, and Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. He has conducted hundreds of Legionella and waterborne pathogen risk assessments, developed more than 300 water safety and management programs for healthcare, hospitality, commercial, and industrial facilities, and delivered more than 40 presentations throughout the United States on topics related to building water safety. Before joining LiquiTech, Pierre served as Vice President of Consulting at Special Pathogens Laboratory, where his research was instrumental in advancing the industry’s understanding of Legionella and other waterborne pathogens in building water systems

Dave McCormick is the Director of the Indiana Immunization Division at the Indiana Department of Health.  In that role, Dave leads a team of public health professionals committed to eliminating vaccine preventable diseases by working with approximately 925 healthcare providers to deliver over $80,000,000 of publicly funded vaccine.  In July 2015, Dave was elected to the Executive Board of the Association of Immunization Managers, serving as chair in 2019.  In 2016, Dave was elected to the Executive Board of the American Immunization Registry Association and has served as President and chair of the Governance Committee

A career registered nurse with over thirty-seven years of experience in acute care and public health settings, Annette Handy encourages a boots-on-the-ground approach in which stakeholders collaborate to advance the delivery of care for improved outcomes. Utilizing a holistic approach that balances data-driven best practices and innovation, she holds various certifications including Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Fellow, TeamSTEPPS® Master Trainer, and Certified Health Care Environmental Services Technician Trainer (CHEST-T). Having served in urban, suburban and Critical Access Hospital settings, Handy joined the Indiana Hospital Association in 2014 and serves as the Clinical Director of Quality & Safety where she advocates for relationship-based environments that encourage creative problem-solving of challenges facing patients, caregivers, staff, and communities. 

Lori Getts graduated from Purdue University with her ASN and BSN.  She began her nursing career during her college years and has worked with Parkview Health ever since amounting to over 45 years of service.  Critical care areas of nursing were her early years of service followed by many years as a house superver before she joined the Infection Prevention and Control team in 2005.  She covered inpatient units until the mid 2010's when she was asked to transfer to a new role as an Infection Preventionist for ambulatory care within Parkview Health System.    Lori is married with 4 grown married children and blessed to be the proud grandmother to 11 grandchildren.  When not traveling with her husband, Bruce, or spending quality time with her grandchildren, she loves to read, scrapbook, and sew.