Hospital boards are comprised of leaders from all types of professional backgrounds, and are also primarily responsible for developing the quality and safety plans for their organizations. In this conversation, Sue Ellen Wagner, vice president of trustee engagement and strategyat the American Hosptial and Association, and Jamie Orlikoff, president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc. and national adviser on governance and leadership at the AHA, discusses the role hospital boards can play in building a culture of safety that can reverberate through their organizations.