Board & Staff

Board of Trustees

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  • Russell Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO

  • President & CEO
  • CHIME
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  • Zane Burke

  • President
  • Cerner
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  • Marc Chasin, MD, CHCIO

  • Former System VP, CIO
  • St. Luke's Health System
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  • Cletis Earle, CHCIO

  • Chair, CHIME Board; SVP, CIO Information Technology
  • Kaleida Health
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  • Steve Eckert

  • President & COO
  • Divurgent
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  • Carina Edwards

  • Sr VP of Customer Experience
  • Imprivata
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  • Dennis Gallitano

  • CHIME General Counsel
  • Gallitano & O'Connor LLP
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  • Liz Johnson, MS, FAAN, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO, RN-BC

  • Chair, CHIME Foundation Board; CIO, Acute Care Hospitals & Applied Clinical Informatics
  • Tenet Healthcare
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  • John Kravitz, CHCIO

  • Corporate CIO
  • Geisinger Health System
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  • Michael Martz, CHCIO

  • SVP/Chief Information Officer
  • Mount Nittany Health
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  • D. Sheree McFarland, MS, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO

  • Division CIO
  • West Florida Division, HCA Healthcare
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  • Theresa Meadows, RN, MS, CHCIO, FHIMSS, FACHE

  • Sr VP & CIO
  • Cook Children's Health Care System
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  • Frank A. Nydam

  • Healthcare VP & CTO
  • VMware
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  • Shafiq Rab, MD, MPH, CHCIO

  • Chair, CHIME Technologies Board; Sr VP & CIO
  • Rush University Medical Center
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  • Donna Roach, CHCIO, FHIMSS

  • CIO
  • Via Christi Ascension Information Services
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  • Will Smart

  • CIO
  • NHS England
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  • Rusty Yeager, CHCIO

  • SVP & CIO
  • Encompass Health

CHIME Staff

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  • Russell Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO

  • President & CEO
  • CHIME
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  • Susan Aldrich

  • VP & Chief of Staff
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  • Amber Auge

  • Manager, Education
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  • Melissa Boobyer

  • Administrative Assistant
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  • Heidi Bauders

  • Legal Counsel
  • Gallitano & O'Connor LLP
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  • Tammie Bruneau

  • Specialist, Digital Marketing
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  • Chris Cook

  • VP, AEHIS, AEHIA & AEHIT Memberships
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  • Edwin P. Czopek CPA, CAE, CGMA, FHFMA

  • EVP, Chief Financial Officer
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  • Zach Donisch

  • Director, AEHIS, AEHIA & AEHIT Membership
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  • Adrienne Edens, MA, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO

  • Executive Programs Advisor
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  • Keith Fraidenburg

  • Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer
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  • Jessica Hadley

  • Executive Director, Education Foundation & Fundraising
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  • Leighann Hibbard

  • Specialist, Membership
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  • Ashley Jester

  • Specialist, Membership & Professional Development
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  • Caitlin Kelly

  • Director, Strategic Partnerships
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  • Christy Kenyon

  • Associate, Meetings and Events
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  • Raina Kuptz

  • Specialist, Web Services & Graphic Design
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  • Leslie Krigstein

  • VP, Congressional Affairs
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  • Rose Lucas

  • Specialist, Foundation
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  • Arika Lycan

  • Specialist, Foundation
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  • Summer O’Neill

  • Director, Education
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  • Cameron Orr

  • Accounting & Administrative Services
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  • Michelle Patterson

  • Vice President, Operations
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  • Amy Proffitt

  • Director, Marketing
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  • George Reynolds, MD, MMM, FAAP, CPHIMS, CHCIO

  • Clinical Informatics Executive Advisor
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  • Mari Savickis

  • VP, Federal Affairs
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  • Rebecca Scholten

  • Specialist, Business Development
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  • Bradley Simonich

  • Coordinator, Public Policy
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  • Barbara Sivek

  • Chief Operating Officer, CHIME Foundation
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  • Spenser Staebler

  • Specialist, Membership & Professional Development
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  • Candace Stuart

  • Director, Communications & Public Relations
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  • Tim Stettheimer Ph.D. CHCIO, FCHIME, LCHIME, FACHE

  • Vice President, Education
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  • Gretchen Tegethoff, FCHIME, CHCIO

  • VP, Business Services
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  • Michelle Vibber

  • Executive Assistant to CEO
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  • Erin Waggoner

  • Specialist, AEHIS, AEHIA & AEHIT Foundations
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  • Chris Werth

  • Administrative Assistant
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  • Shawn Wilhoite

  • Director, Finance