As the senior director of content and experience for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the leading organization for CIOs and senior health IT leaders, Adele Allison develops, teaches, and manages content programming, speakers, and faculty for CHIME CIO, CISO, and CMIO provider members.  Having served as the co-chair of the HHS ONC Beacon-EHR Vendor Affinity Group, Adele served three years on the federal Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) board of directors and 5 years as co-chair for the WEDI Payment Models Workgroup.  Adele has nearly 30 years of healthcare experience spanning matters of health IT and related legislation/regulations.  A published author, Adele is a member of University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) health informatics advisory board on curriculum development and served on UAB’s HITECH Committee for health IT curriculum development under an ONC grant; teaches policy matters to HRSA FORHP grantees for the Georgia Health Policy Center; and is past president of the Alabama Chapter of HIMSS. 

James Case has more than 26 years of information technology experience working in multiple industries including healthcare and financial with a demonstrated ability to align business strategic goals with regulatory compliance and internal policy requirements while keeping a focus on customer service. James is currently the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Baptist Health in Jacksonville Florida where he provides the strategic vision and leads the information security program. Previously James worked as a VP Information Security Officer at Citibank where he lead the information security program for Global Fraud. He is a graduate of Clemson University where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering and has the following certifications: CISSP, PMP, and GSLC. On the weekends you will find James at the beach with his family, wife Hilary, son Ben, and daughter Anne.

David Finn’s 30+ years in risk management and control objectives of technology (including audit, security, and privacy) equip him with a deep knowledge of healthcare from both the provider and vendor perspectives. He has demonstrated leadership skills in planning, management, and control of enterprise-wide, mission-critical information technology and business processes as a member of executive leadership teams at various organizations. He has a special knack for creatively engaging all types of audiences and conveying messages that even change-resistant users listen to and remember. He is focused on creating and maintaining trust in and value from information and information systems.‪

Finn holds a BA degree from the University of North Dakota and a MA from Angelo State University. He currently serves on the CHIME Board of Trustees. During 2014, he worked closely with CHIME management to create and initiate the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS). In March 2016, Finn was named to the Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force. This HHS task force was a requirement of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA). In 2017, Finn joined the 405(d) Working Group under the auspices of the Office of the CIO at HHS.

He currently serves as VP at CHIME, responsible for providing programs, services and educational opportunities focused on the professional growth and development of leaders within the healthcare security, technology, and application focus areas, including their respective corporate foundations. Previously he served as EVP at CynergisTek, a top-ranked security provider in healthcare; HIT Officer, Symantec; Vice President and CIO/Privacy and Information Security Officer, Texas Children’s Hospital, and Integrated Delivery System;Executive Vice President, Healthlink (formerly IMG). His Board experience, in addition to both CHIME and HIMSS, also includes ISACA Professional Influence and Advocacy Committee member; Healthcare for the Homeless – – Houston; and the Patient Care Intervention Center.

Samantha Jacques, PhD, FACHE, is the Vice President of Clinical Engineering at McLaren Health, a 14 hospital system in Michigan and Ohio. She is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, an Executive Committee member of the Health Sector Coordinating Council, and a board member of AAMI. She also recently published a book titled “Introduction to Clinical Engineering”. She has a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Milwaukee School of Engineering and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University. Prior to McLaren, she was at Penn State Health and Texas Children’s Hospital.

Jackie Mattingly serves as the Chief Information Officer at Owensboro Health.  She is responsible for the development and maintenance of the company’s cybersecurity program.  She has earned her bachelors in Computer Science and her Master’s in Healthcare Administration with an emphasis on Informatics. Jackie holds the CHPS, HCSIPP, GISP and CISSP designations.  She has 20+ years experience in IT and 10 years in information security. She has a passion for mentoring, learning and teaching all things security. She is an Adjunct Professor teaching Healthcare Privacy and Security.  Jackie has published articles in CIOReview and Healthcare Tech Outlook magazines and presented at multiple conferences.  She loves to bring awareness to better information security and privacy practices for the benefit of Owensboro Health’s patients and team members. 

Anahi Santiago, MBA, CISM, is the CISO at ChristianaCare Health System, the largest healthcare provider in the state of Delaware. Prior to CCHS, she spent over 10 years as the information security and privacy officer at Einstein Healthcare Network. In her role as CISO she has overall responsibility for the organization’s cybersecurity and assurance program. Santiago leads a team of information security professionals in supporting CCHS’s strategic initiatives by collaborating with clinical and business leaders, managing cybersecurity risks, implementing policies and controls, generating overall awareness and fostering a culture of security and safety.

She is an active contributor and member of several local, state and federal cybersecurity organizations including the Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group, Delaware Healthcare Cybersecurity Alliance and Philadelphia’s Women and Cybersecurity group.