One of the founding members of the National Patient Safety Foundation, John was a member of the Executive Committee and served on the Foundation’s board for 9 years. He is a native Texan from Dallas who earned his Bachelor’s Degree from SMU (Southern Methodist University) and his Juris Doctor Degree from SMU School of Law before admission to the Texas bar. Installed as a Distinguished Alumni of Southern Methodist University in 2002, he is also a decorated Air Force officer-pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield—a Lt. Colonel in the USAF Reserve well known for his pioneering involvement in Air Force human factors flight safety education. As a professional pilot, John has piloted a wide variety of jet aircraft, including most of Boeing’s line, as well as the Air Force C-141, and has logged over 13,000 hours of flight time in his commercial airline (Braniff and Alaska ) and Air Force careers.

More important to his leading-edge role in healthcare, John Nance was one of the pioneers of the pivotal safety revolution in professional communication, teamwork, and leadership known in aviation as CRM (crew resource management). His book about safety in human systems entitled BLIND TRUST, published internationally in 1986, is widely credited with helping to spark not only the universal acceptance of CRM principles in aviation, but the earliest infusion of culture-changing lessons derived from aviation into medical practice. BLIND TRUST was pivotal in illuminating serious public issues in aviation safety for the American public, and WHY HOSPITALS SHOULD FLY follows in that tradition as a major wakeup call.
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