Virginia Tesser

As External Affairs Manager, Virginia works to strengthen the Quality Institute’s vital engagement with our members. Virginia supports our longstanding memberships, including many with the Quality Institute for more than 15 years, and also welcomes our newest members. Virginia makes sure, through the newly implemented Quality Institute Ambassador Program, that we continue as we have been doing for the last 20 years, convening our members at the table when discussing, planning and implementing our program and policy work. She also provides support for our Executive Management Program and our Mayors Wellness Campaign partnerships.

She understands the importance of building relationships to further our mission to improve safety, quality and affordability of health care in New Jersey. Virginia began working and building relationships in New Jersey 25 years ago. Her experiences include working for the state of New Jersey as an aid to the Governor, where she worked with various departments and the Legislature. Later she worked at NJ ELEC, where she helped prepare analytical data on campaign financial trends. She was part of the team that created the forms and instructions for candidates, lobbyists, and political action committees to comply with campaign finance reporting requirements.

Virginia received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of New Jersey.