Dr. Betty Tonsing is an accomplished researcher, writer, senior executive manager and visionary change agent. As an educator and international development specialist, she and her husband whom she still calls her "special guy" lived and worked in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia for thirteen years. She is a passionate advocate for patient safety, prevention and wellness and regards access to dignified, affordable and medical sound hospitalization and long term care as a matter of economic and social justice and good business sense.