Ms. Stika serves as vice president and CISO at INTEGRIS Health, where she leads the system’s cybersecurity strategy with a mission rooted in protecting patients and caregivers. She began her career as a medical assistant, an experience that continues to shape her belief that security is most valuable when it enables safe, compassionate care. Ms. Stika transitioned into IT to work on Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health’s Epic EHR implementation project, where she developed a reputation for aligning security and innovation. She has since led transformational initiatives in risk governance, identity management and enterprise security strategy, building resilient frameworks. She currently serves as the INTEGRIS health system CISO, where she is a recognized advocate for responsible innovation and is focused on the safe adoption of AI in healthcare.
