Ruth Nawotniak, MS, C-TAGME, is cofounder and first president of The National Board for Certification of Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education (TAGME). She also served as the training program administrator for the general surgery residency program at the University at Buffalo-State University of New York. In addition to developing and facilitating coordinator workshops at the University of Buffalo and working with program development for TAGME, she has presented at teaching hospitals and academic centers across the country on the topics of coordinator professionalism, coordinator certification, and GME oversight. Nawotniak was also an instructor for the HCPro Residency Coordinator Boot Camp and has published several books with HCPro, including The Residency Coordinator’s Handbook, Third Edition. She currently does consulting for program development and management, and provides group and one-on-one coaching.