Amy Gibson, MS, RN

Senior Vice President, Policy and External Relations

Ms. Gibson joined ABMS in 2021, bringing 20 years of experience and leadership in policy, practice transformation, and patient engagement. She serves as the ABMS lead on developing relationships with federal agencies, representing the organization in national policy debates, establishing national strategic partnerships, and expanding outreach to patients and hospitals. Ms. Gibson also assists the ABMS Health Policy and Strategy Committee in creating positions on national quality and safety issues rooted in medical professionalism and its values.   

Ms. Gibson came to ABMS from Booz Allen Hamilton, where she served as lead faculty for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) National Learning Network contract. She worked with 2,900 participating primary care practices, along with commercial payer partners, health information technology vendors, and other key stakeholders to identify and share high-impact care delivery strategies in value-based payment arrangements.

Previously, she spent six years at the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative as Chief Operating Officer, working with national health care leaders and patient advocates to improve primary care and strengthen relationships between patients and physicians. For the American Academy of Pediatrics, Ms. Gibson directed all activities, national programs, and staff in the Division of Children with Special Needs Department of Community Pediatrics and served as the Director of the National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs. Additionally, she spent her early career leading child health learning collaboratives in Nebraska and providing hands-on nursing care to pediatric patients in Illinois and Ohio.

Ms. Gibson earned her master’s degree from the Northern Illinois University School of Nursing in Dekalb, Illinois and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a Certified Change Management Practitioner.