Devin A. Jopp (born 1974) is an American writer and nonprofit healthcare executive who is the chief executive officer for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).^[1][2][3][4] Jopp has been acknowledged from Healthcare Management International Magazine as one of the top 100 healthcare leaders with significant influence.^[5]

Early life and education

Devin Jopp was born and raised in Greensboro, located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. His father, Harold D. Jopp Jr, and mother, Margaret Jopp, are both retired educators. Jopp completed his Associate's Degree from Chesapeake College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer information systems from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.^[1][5][2] He also went on to receive a Master of Science degree in computer and information sciences from Hood College,^[6] and a Doctor of Education (EdD) in human and organizational learning from the Executive Leadership Program at the George Washington University.^[1][5][2]

Career

Jopp began his career in technology, holding positions in higher education at Chesapeake College and briefly engaging in manufacturing at Celeste Industries. He moved into the nonprofit sector, starting in Washington, D.C., as the IT manager at the National Paint and Coatings Association (American Coatings Association). Later, he assumed a position at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation as the director of IT. In the healthcare sector, he was the chief information officer and then chief operating officer of Business Programs at the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) from 1999 to 2003, before its merger with the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) to form the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP).^[2] During his tenure, Jopp led the development of the Chief Information Officer Council, composed of CIOs from leading national health insurers.^[2] Jopp served on a panel with the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) that led to the development of a health website accreditation program to address content trustworthiness on health websites.^[7][8]

Jopp was chief administrative officer at the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) from 2004 to 2005, focusing on healthcare management accreditation.^[1][5][2][7] Jopp went to work as the chief operating officer for the Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE), a national nonprofit organization funded by the Small Business Administration (SBA). He spearheaded the development of two public/private consortium during the Obama administration as part of President Obama’s Startup America’s Initiatives.^[9] 

Jopp returned to the healthcare sector, serving as the CEO of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) from 2011 to 2015.^[10] Jopp worked with the Honorary Chair of the 2013 WEDI Report Commission, the former Secretary of HHS, Louis W. Sullivan, in shaping the content of the report.^[11]

In 2015, Jopp led efforts to try to eliminate the traditional “paper clipboard” in physician offices and automate and standardize the elements used for patient check-in.^[12] Jopp also led efforts to help launch the nationwide implementation of ICD-10. In partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, he provided guidance and developed a tracking system to identify challenges and solutions to the deployment of ICD-10, in the article "How WEDI, CMS Are Easing the ICD-10 Transition".^[13] Jopp led the partnership with EHNAC to build an accreditation program for practice management systems used in physician offices.^[14] His tenure at WEDI also included serving on the board of directors for The Sequoia Project.^{[15][16][2][17][18]}

From 2016 to 2020, Jopp served as CEO of the American College Health Association (ACHA), a leadership organization for health and wellness. Jopp implemented an organizational membership model that allowed unlimited memberships to ACHA for each university member and initiated the College Health & Wellness Professional certification program.^[19] He also launched the Connected College Health Network, a data warehouse initiative in college health and wellness.^{[20][21][22][23][24][25]}

As the CEO of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), Jopp has played a key role in advancing infection prevention and control and led efforts to help address the COVID-19 pandemic.^[26][27] He led the development of the "Building Infection Safe Communities" initiative.^[28] Jopp also led the effort to build the first Infection Preventionist Academic Pathway (IPAP).^[29][30] Jopp serves as a member of the Global IPC Network (GIPCN) with the World Health Organization and contributed to the development of the first WHO Global Strategy on Infection Prevention & Control.^[31][32]

Jopp is a contributor to Forbes and author of a book entitled Boardcraft: Building Corporate Board Intelligence.^[33][34]

COVID-19 pandemic response

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jopp led efforts by the American College Health Association to develop guidelines for reopening colleges that had closed due to the pandemic.^[35] Jopp's contributions laid the groundwork for the subsequent establishment of the Campus COVID-19 Vaccination and Mitigation (CoVAC) initiative.^[36][37]

Jopp initiated a partnership with Argentum, the trade association representing assisted living facilities, to develop training programs for front-line workers focused on Infection Prevention and Control Training for Assisted Living Centers.^[38]

Jopp led efforts to develop the report titled "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Balancing Patient Safety & Pandemic Response", presenting a series of recommendations to enhance pandemic readiness.^[39] Additionally, in partnership with Ohio State University, Jopp commissioned a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) that investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infection prevention.^[40][41]

In August 2023, Jopp joined the National Health Council (NHC) Board of Directors.^[3]

Recognition

Jopp received recognition as a top association executive from DCA Live in 2022 and holds membership in the Forbes Nonprofit Council.^[1][34] He was included among the Top 100 most influential Healthcare Leaders worldwide in 2020 and was recognized as one of the Top 50 Health IT Experts in 2015.^[5]

Personal life

Jopp is married to Sandhya Jopp, and together they have three children.

References

External links

• Devin Jopp's profile on APIC
• URAC/CWW Stakeholder Summit attendees
• Devin Jopp: Hood College Board