Ms. Habercoss leads a unified privacy and security function across the UChicago Medicine academic health system, covering three hospitals, the biological sciences research division, a clinically integrated network, an accountable care organization, occupational and student health clinics, and three self-insured health plans. Since assuming privacy leadership, Ms. Habercoss has built measurable program scale, with incident report capture increasing more than 300% in three years, audits performed increasing more than 200% and training opportunities expanding more than 500%. A former licensed clinical social worker who practiced at UChicago Medicine for 13 years before transitioning into compliance, then privacy, then enterprise information security leadership, she brings a human-centric approach that has defined her national speaking and writing profile, including more than 50 presentations and keynotes since 2021 at venues including Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, ViVE and Gartner CISO summits. She holds nine professional certifications across privacy, security, compliance and AI governance. In addition, she serves as elected chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ compliance officer forum and immediate past chair of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society cybersecurity and privacy committee. In 2025, she received the “A100 Award” from CISOs Connect as one of the top 100 accelerated CISOs nationally.
