About Us

Meet Co-Founders


Stacy Hutton Johnson, PhD, MS/MBA, RN, NEA-BC 

Sara Macchiano MS, MBA, RN, NEA-BC


With 30 years of experience across the healthcare continuum, including roles as inpatient nurse directors and senior leaders in large complex organizations,  Sara & Stacy co-founded Canopy Consultants in 2020.  

Canopy Consultants emerged from a job share, that turned into a friendship, which led to the discovery of a shared passion.  A passion for providing others the opportunity to thrive in their leadership practice. 

Our strengths and talents are in establishing systems and processes that support sustainable change through expert leadership. 

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An experienced Nurse Executive with over fifteen years of progressive leadership roles in acute care academic medical centers, higher education, and ambulatory care. Stacy brings her years of operations leadership, curriculum design and vision for nursing ambulatory professional practice. 

Stacy obtained her BSN from Saint Anselm College, her MS in Nursing Administration and MBA from Northeastern University, and her PhD from Boston College. Her dissertation research examined the influence of authentic leadership and structural empowerment on patient quality outcomes at the care unit level. 

Stacy's greatest professional joys come from developing leaders to find their voice and skills in service to patient care excellence and healthcare transformation. 

Recent Experience & Select Publications 

Recent Experience

Publications


Baughman A.W., Hirschberg R.E., Lucas L.J., Suarez E.D., Stockmann D., Hutton Johnson S., Hutter M.M., (...), Palamara K. (2020) Pandemic Care Through Collaboration: Lessons From a COVID-19 Field Hospital. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21 (11) , pp. 1563-1567.  

 

Erickson, J. I., Hutton Johnson, S., Blanchfield, B.B. (2020).  Using Magnet Model Components at a COVID-19–Positive Field Hospital. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 50 (9), 435-437. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000912

Levy, N., Zucco, L., Ehrlichman, R.J., Hirschberg, R.E., Hutton Johnson, S., Yaffe, M.B., Ramachandran, S.K., Bose, S., Leibowitz, A. (2020). Development of Rapid Response Capabilities in a Large COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Using Failure Modes and Effect Analysis with In Situ Simulation. Anesthesiology, 133, 985–996 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000003521

Lyons, K.S., Hutton Johnson, S. & Lee, C.S. (2020). The role of symptom appraisal, concealment and social support in optimizing dyadic mental health in heart failure. Aging & Mental Health, doi: 10.1080/13607863.2020.1711866

 

Presentations

 

Hutton Johnson, S. (2020). Elevating & Empowering Ambulatory Nursing Practice. Podium presented 8/2020 at American Academy of Ambulatory Nursing National Conference, Virtual Conference.

 

Derkazarian, J. & Hutton Johnson, S. (2020). Grand Ole Ambulatory – Strings, Tuning, then Practice Melody. Poster presented 9/2020 at American Organization of Nurse Leaders, Annual Conference, Virtual.

 

Hutton Johnson, S. & Charles, J. (2019). Design & Implementation of a Nursing Orientation Program. Poster presented 5/2019 at American Academy of Ambulatory Nursing National Conference, Palm Springs, CA. 

Sara's desire to support and grow leaders comes from the tremendous mentorship and coaching she has benefited from in her fifteen years as a nurse and administrative leader. She is skilled at finding the commonalities that create shared purpose in diverse teams and in identifying the strengths each member brings to the table.  

Drawn to putting ideas into action and by the expertise and passion of those closest to delivering care, Sara has launched new services, designed new staffing models and implemented care re-design innovations that improved patients' experience of care.  

Sara is a BSN graduate of Wilkes University and received an MS in Nursing and an MBA from Boston College.  Her proudest professional achievements have been when she has witnessed what becomes possible when a leader discovers voice and moves reflection to action.

Recent Experience & Publications 

Publications


Presentations

Featured In

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COVID Field Hospital

Shift Podcast

Stacy Hutton Johnson shares the world of possibilities that open up when policymakers and providers come together to meet community needs. 

Answering a Call to the Moment- SHIFT PodCast

Air Date August 31, 2021

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

This column describes the implementation of a multidisciplinary, team-based model of care within an outpatient psychiatry practice at a large urban academic medical center. Sara and her co-authors outline the process by which the innovative team-based care model was selected, funded, and implemented to address long patient wait times, lack of clinical supports, and dissatisfaction of clinical providers. This column also describes the organizational norms that had to be adjusted or sustained to achieve the intended outcomes of reduced intake wait times and financial sustainability, while ensuring that patients continued to receive high-quality care. 

Published Online:  Psychiatry Online