The Maine Health Management Coalition's CEO, Elizabeth Mitchell, is a recognized leader in health policy and health system transformation, both in Maine and nationally. She is the Vice Chairperson of the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement and serves on the Board of Governors of the National Business Coalition on Health. She is also a member of the National Quality Forum’s Measure Application Partnership Committee.

In addition to its active participation in NRHI, NBCH, and NQF, MHMC has established national partnerships with both the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI), and the New Hampshire Citizen’s Health Initiative (CHI). TDI is a dynamic force within Dartmouth College, dedicated to improving health care through education, research, policy reform, leadership improvement, and communication with patients and the public. CHI brings together a broad range of citizens, businesses, providers and community agencies. Together they are leading the way to a new era in healthcare where public information on healthcare is readily available and healthcare practitioners’ are reimbursed based on their outcomes.

The Maine Health Management Coalition is also a Leapfrog Rollout State, which is a national initiative to increase the transparency of quality at individual hospitals.  The Coalition is the only rollout participant to have achieved their 100% participation goal, and according to Leapfrog's Executive Director, Leah Binder, the Coalition is "leading the nation in performance improvement."