Ms.Townsend is the senior vice president and CIO for LCMC Health and its nine-hospital system. In her capacity with LCMC Health, she is charged with leading the consolidation, integration, and enhancement of information technology environments into a shared services model across the five-hospital system, strategically and effectively leading the delivery of high-quality healthcare services through technology. She is a subject matter expert on multiple topics including diversity, strategy, healthcare equity and community health. She is a common speaker at national industry events and sits on advisory boards for technology firms such as NetApp, VMWare, Fortified Health Security and CHIME.
