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170 Women in Health IT to Know | 2026

The future of health IT is being shaped by women who are completing the essential work of making healthcare smarter, faster and more effective.

They are untangling administrative complexity, eliminating inefficiencies, standardizing workflows and implementing innovative measures that impact entire organizations.

Meet 170 women in health IT who are driving transformative change.

Note: This list was compiled using nominations and editorial research. This list is not exhaustive, nor is it an endorsement of included leaders or associated healthcare providers. Leaders cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order.

Contact Anna Falvey at afalvey@beckershealthcare.com with questions or comments.

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Alana Isabel

Vice President of Product Management

Greenway Health

Tampa, FL

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Amee Devani

CEO and Co-Founder

WellBeam

Palo Alto, CA

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Amy Leigh Miller, MD, PhD

CHIO

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Cambridge, MA

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Amy Lukowski, PsyD

Vice President of Operations and Integration

Ovatient

Columbus, OH

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Amy Shellhart

Chief Solutions Officer

WellSky

Overland Park, KS

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Anna Schoenbaum, DNP, RN-BC

Chief Digital Applications Officer

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

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Annemarie Eades

CIO

Saint Anthony Hospital System

Chicago, IL

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Ashley Beecy, MD

Chief AI Officer

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

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Ashley Joseph

Chief Innovation Officer

LeanTaaS

Santa Clara, CA

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Ashley Weber

Vice President of Information Systems Ancillary Services

Ochsner Health

New Orleans, LA

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Beth Carlson

Chief Revenue Officer

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, OH

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Beth Cooper

Vice President of Marketing and Sales and Head of AI

KNB Communications

Stamford, CT

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Betsy Castillo

Vice President of Clinical Data Abstraction

Carta Healthcare

San Francisco, CA

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Billie Jean Mounts

Chief Revenue Officer

Bon Secours Mercy Health

Cincinnati, OH

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Breanda Goralski

Vice President of Applications

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

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Carmella Cassetta

Vice President and CIO

Hoag Health System

Newport Beach, CA

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Cathryn Connolley

CEO and Founder

Doctivity Health

Bloomsburg, PA

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Charity Dorazio

CIO

Adventist HealthCare

Gaithersburg, MD

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Charlette Stallworth

Vice President of Business Development and Innovation

Stanford Children’s Health

Palo Alto, CA

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Cheryl Griffin

Vice President of Professional Services

Verato

McLean, VA

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Chevon Rariy, MD

Chief Medical Technology Officer

Visana Health

Minneapolis, MN

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Christine Brutschea

Vice President of IT

St. Luke’s University Health Network

Bethlehem, PA

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Crystal Broj

Chief Digital Transformation Officer

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

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Dana McCalley

Vice President of Value-Based Care

Navina

New York, NY

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Dana Schinasi, MD

Vice President, CMIO and Medical Director of Digital Health

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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Danielle Wilson

Vice President of Transformation and Innovation

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

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Deb Muro

CIO

El Camino Health

Mountain View, CA

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Debra Wong, MD

Vice President of Development and Integration of Clinical Strategy and Medical Director

AccessHope

Duarte, CA

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Deepti Pandita, MD

Vice President for Clinical Informatics and Chief Medical Informatics and AI Officer

UCI Health

Orange, CA

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Delphine Groll

Co-Founder and COO

Nabla

New York, NY

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Dria McCluskey, RN, MSN

Senior Vice President of Innovation and Technology

Sound Physicians

Nashville, TN

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Edith Edwards

Chief Analytics Officer

Buzz Health

Fort Walton Beach, FL

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Edwina Bhaskaran, MSN, RN

Chief Clinical Systems and Informatics Leader

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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Emily Borlas

Assistant Vice President of Enterprise IT Applications

HonorHealth

Scottsdale, AZ

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Emily Flahaven, MSN, RN

Associate Vice President and CNIO

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

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Emily Mata

Vice President of Marketing and Communications

Velatura

East Lansing, MI

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Emily Reyes

CNIO and Director of Informatics

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

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Emily Schmitz, PharmD

President and CEO

ActualMeds

Tampa, FL

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Emily White

Vice President of Revenue Cycle

Sutter Health

Sacramento, CA

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Erica Jain

CEO and Co-Founder

Healthie

New York, NY

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Erin Hash

Vice President of IT

Clarinda Regional Health Center

Clarinda, IA

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Galia Rosen Schwarz

CEO and Co-Founder

C8 Health

Wilmington, DE

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Geri Hansen, MSN, RN

Vice President of Information Systems Applications

Baptist Health

Jacksonville, FL

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Gili Lichtman Kurtz

Vice President of Partnerships

Hyro

New York, NY

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Heather Bassett, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Xsolis

Franklin, TN

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Heather Nelson

Senior Vice President and CIO

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

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Heidi Raines

Chief Strategy Officer

Sentact

Nashville, TN

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Helen Figge, PharmD

Chief Strategy Officer

Medicasoft

Arlington, VA

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Holly Miller

CEO

Collette Health

Noblesville, IN

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India Watson, DSL, MSN, RN

Senior Director of Care Strategies

MCG Health

Seattle, WA

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Jayshree Maurantonio

Senior IT Director

White Plains Hospital

White Plains, NY

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Jennifer Lewis

Vice President of Enterprise Applications and Products

Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

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Jennifer Magaziner

Vice President for Digital Health

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

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Jennifer Ngure, RN

Director of Clinical Informatics

Sturdy Health

Northboro, MA

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Jennifer O’Brien

CIO

Seven Hills Foundation

Worcester, MA

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Jennifer Stemmler

CIO

Adventist Health

Roseville, CA

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Jennifer Tullio

Vice President, Interoperability and Data Transparency

enGen

Pittsburgh, PA

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Jenny Gonsalves

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Lyra Health

Burlingame, CA

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Jessica Collins, DNP, RN

CNIO

UK HealthCare

Lexington, KY

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Jill Evans

CNIO

The MetroHealth System

Cleveland, OH

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Jodi Amendola

Executive Vice President

Supreme Group

Dallas, TX

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Jodi Beichner

Vice President of Product Development for Diversified Solutions

enGen

Pittsburgh, PA

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Joey Cavanaugh, RN

COO

Zotec Partners

Carmel, IN

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Joy Brown

Senior Vice President and CDIO

Boston Medical Center Health System

Boston, MA

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Julia Chou

COO

Abridge

San Francisco, CA

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Julia Garcia

Head of Operations

Pear Suite

Honolulu, HI

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Julia Strandberg

Chief Business Leader for Connected Care

Philips

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Julie Demaree

Chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer

St. Mary’s Healthcare

Amsterdam, NY

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Karen Habercoss

Vice President and Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer

University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

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Kat McDavitt

President and Founding Partner

Innsena

Atlanta, GA

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Katherine McNeill

Assistant Vice President of Information Systems and Technology Business Operations

Jefferson Health

Philadelphia, PA

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Kathleen McGrow, DNP, RN

CNIO

Microsoft

Redmond, WA

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Kathy Bereston

Vice President of Revenue Cycle Performance Improvement and Employed Clinical Network

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

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Kathy English

Chief Marketing Officer

Vital

Claymont, DE

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Kathy LeBrew

Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer

Fairview

Minneapolis, MN

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Kathy Young

Interim Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

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Katie Chaffee

Chief Client Officer

NextGen Healthcare

Fredericksburg, VA

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Kayce Degenhardt

Vice President of IT Clinical Applications

Inova Health System

Fairfax, VA

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Keisha Downes

Vice President of Mid-Revenue Cycle

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Cambridge, MA

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Kelly Etnier

Vice President of Data Analytics and AI

Parkview Health

Fort Wayne, IN

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Kelsey Fitzgerald

Director of Strategic Operations for the Department of Nursing

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

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Kem Graham

Vice President of Growth and Strategy

CliniComp

San Diego, CA

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Kerry Bommarito, PhD

Vice President of Enterprise AI and Decision Intelligence

Mercy

Chesterfield, MO

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Kim Gordon

Senior Vice President of Care Delivery Applications

Corewell Health

Grand Rapids, MI

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Kim Malinowski

Assistant Vice President of Regional IT

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

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Kopal Seth, MD

Associate CMIO

Phoenix Children’s

Phoenix, AZ

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Kris Nessa

Chief Technology Officer of Healthcare

SHI International

Somerset, NJ

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Kristen Bates

Vice President of Revenue Cycle Operations

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

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Kristin Myers

Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer

Northwell Health

New Hyde Park, NY

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Kristy Fogle

Clinical Director of the Center for Virtual Care

LifeBridge Health

Baltimore, MD

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Laura Dubay

Vice President of Epic Patient Care Manager

Parkview Health

Fort Wayne, IN

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Lauren Koniaris, MD

Vice President and CMIO

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

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Lavonia Thomas, DNP, RN

Chief Nursing Informatics and Innovation Officer

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

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Lisa Stephenson, MSN, RN

CNIO

Cedars-Sinai

Los Angeles, CA

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LuAnn K. Kimker, MSN, RN

Senior Vice President of Clinical Innovation

Azara Healthcare

Boston, MA

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Lynne Nowak, MD

Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Surescripts

Arlington, VA

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Mandy Grubb Halford, MD

Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and CMIO

Covenant Health

Knoxville, TN

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Mara Lederman, PhD

Co-Founder and COO

Signal 1

Toronto, Canada

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Maria Sexton

Senior Vice President and CIO

University of Tennessee Medical Center

Knoxville, TN

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Maritza Suarez, MD

CMIO

University of Miami Health System

Miami, FL

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Meghan Harris

President and COO

Acentra Health

McLean, VA

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Melissa Ursi

CEO and Founder

Quoris

Lewes, DE

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Meredith Agen

Chief Technology Officer

Imagine Pediatrics

Nashville, TN

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Michelle Blackmer

Chief Marketing Officer

Rhapsody

Boston, MA

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Michelle Castillon

Chief Product Transformation Officer

Vee Healthtek

Plano, TX

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Michelle O’Connor

President and CEO

Meditech

Canton, MA

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Missy Miller

Chief Marketing Officer

Waystar

Louisville, KY

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Molly Kalinowski

Vice President of Managed Services

Pivot Point Consulting

Panama City, FL

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Monique Díaz, MD

Vice President and Regional CMIO

CommonSpirit Health’s California Region

California

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Morgan Beschle

Vice President of Kyruus Product

RevSpring

Nashville, TN

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Myra Davis

Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Innovation Officer

Texas Children’s Hospital

Houston, TX

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Nancy Phillips

CISO

Ensemble

Cincinnati, OH

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Nicole Martinez

CNIO

RWJBarnabas Health

West Orange, NJ

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Nikki Blaze

Assistant Vice President of Information Systems Clinical Applications

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

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Nishi Rawat, MD

Chief Clinical Officer

Bamboo Health

Louisville, KY

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Patty Hayward

General Manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences

Talkdesk

San Francisco, CA

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Penelope Fu, MD

Chief Health Informatics Officer

Michigan Medicine

Ann Arbor, MI

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Pramila Srinivasan, PhD

CEO

CharmHealth

Pleasanton, CA

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Preeti Bhargava

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Arintra

San Francisco, CA

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Priscilla A. Frase, MD

Interim Director of IT and CMIO

Ozarks Healthcare

West Plains, MO

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Rachana Pandey

Associate Vice President of Humana Technology

Humana Inc

Louisville, KY

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Rachel Dunscombe

CEO

HL7 International

Ann Arbor, MI

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Raeanna LeWarne, PharmD

CEO

RxWare

Dover, DE

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Rebecca Mishuris, MD

CMIO and Vice President

Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

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Renee Fosberg

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer

Emerson Health

Concord, MA

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Richa Gupta, MBBS

Vice President of Care Transformation

Ambience Healthcare

San Francisco, CA

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Robin Carver

Senior Vice President of Commercialization

Prenosis

Chicago, IL

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Sally Ann Frank

Global Lead of Health and Life Sciences

Microsoft for Startups

Redmond, WA

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Sandhya Chandrasekhar

Associate Vice President, Enterprise Analytics and Data Engineering

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

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Sandra Powell-Elliott

Vice President and Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

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Sarah Matt, MD

Founder and Principal

Vital Werks

Fayetteville, NY

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Seema Verma

Executive Vice President and General Manager

Oracle Health and Life Sciences

Austin, TX

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Shanna DeLeo

Chief Technology Officer for Sunrise

Altera Digital Health

Niagara Falls, NY

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Shelley Mannino

Executive Director

Florida Trusted Data Sharing Organization

East Lansing, MI

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Shelli Pavone

Co-Founder and President

Inlightened

Alpharetta, GA

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Shubhra Jain, MD

Chief Business Officer

Hippocratic AI

Palo Alto, CA

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Stacey Caywood

CEO and Chair of the Executive Board

Wolters Kluwer

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

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Stacy Fox

Chief Growth Officer

The Garage

Orlando, FL

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Stacy Pur

Senior Vice President of Product

eFax by Consensus Cloud Solutions

Los Angeles, CA

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Stacy Simpson

Chief Marketing Officer

Athenahealth

Boston, MA

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Stephanie Brown

President and Executive Director

CRISP DC

Washington, DC

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Stephanie Hines, RN

Senior Vice President and CIO

Valleywise Health

Phoenix, AZ

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Stephanie Jones

Founder and CEO

iTAV

Hollywood, FL

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Stephanie Rock

Senior Vice President of Product and Client Delivery

IntusCare

Providence, RI

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Stephanie Smith, MD

Vice President of Medical Operations and AI Automation

Accuity

Mount Laurel, NJ

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Suzanne Cogan

President and Chief Customer Officer

WebPT

Phoenix, AZ

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Tamera Hatfield, MD

Associate CMIO

UCI Health

Orange, CA

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Tamra Durfee

Senior Virtual CISO

Fortified Health Security

Brentwood, TN

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Tara Dragert

COO, and President of Surescripts Health Information Network

Surescripts

Arlington, VA

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Teal Heath, RN

Founder and Principal

Equinox Healthcare IT

Colorado

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Tejal Gandhi, MD

Chief Safety and Transformation Officer

Press Ganey

South Bend, IN

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Terri Lefort

President

Nordic International

Madison, WI

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Thomasina Wilkins

Chief Revenue Officer

Sinai Chicago

Chicago, IL

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Tiffany Goralczyk

Director of Clinical Solutions

Elemeno Health

Oakland, CA

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Tina Myers

Vice President of Application Services

Prisma Health

Greenville, SC

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Tracy Donegan

Chief Information and Innovation Officer

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Healthcare

Los Angeles, CA

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Tracy Peffley

Vice President of Revenue Cycle

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

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Trecia Landrum

Vice President of Enterprise Applications

Children’s National Hospital

Washington, DC

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Verlon Johnson

Chief Government and Corporate Affairs Officer

Acentra Health

McLean, VA

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Whitney Eubanks

Vice President of Product Management for Integrated Care

PointClickCare

Toronto, Canada

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