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Kathy Young

Interim Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Ms. Young provides strategic technology leadership and enterprise architecture oversight across Hackensack Meridian Health’s 18 hospitals and more than 500 patient care locations, leading a team of more than 200 engineers, technicians, project managers and support personnel with a focus on infrastructure, operations and digital transformation. Among her most significant achievements, Ms. Young directed the healthcare industry-leading transition to ChromeOS, which improved security, reduced costs, streamlined support and created a consistent end-user experience for clinicians and the hybrid workforce. She is currently overseeing the data center migration to Google Cloud Platform, the standardization of unified communications platforms, and the modernization of infrastructure through technical debt elimination. A consultant for more than 20 years prior to joining the system, she supported major health systems including Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and the Dubai Health Authority in EHR implementation and C-suite advisory. Hackensack University Medical Center ranked No. 1 in the New York Metro area and No. 1 in New Jersey in 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings and earned multiple Joint Commission certifications, including the first sustainable health certification in the U.S.

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