CHIME Foundation Summit 2022

Aaron Miri joined Baptist Health as the Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer in 2021. In this position, he is responsible for creating the future of Baptist Health from an information technology perspective, with an emphasis on digital strategy, innovation, cybersecurity, and integration of technology across the enterprise. 

Miri has more than 20 years of health care and technology experience. Prior to joining Baptist Health, Miri served as the Chief Information Officer for The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin (Texas). His roles prior to UT Austin include Chief Information Officer for Imprivata, a health care IT company based in Boston, Massachusetts; Chief Information Officer for Walnut Hill Medical Center in Dallas, Texas; and Chief Technology Officer for Children’s Health System of Texas in Dallas. 

Miri received his MBA with distinction from the University of Dallas, and his Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO) through the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, a distinguished Fellow with the Health Information Management Systems Society (FHIMSS), a distinguished Fellow with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (FCHIME), and he is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute. 

Miri is a nationally recognized 2021 “CIOs to Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review, 2020 Healthcare Hero’s Awardee from CHIME, 2019 Constellation Research Business Transformation 150 award recipient and was honored with the 2016 Computerworld Premier 100 Technology Leaders award. In January 2022, Miri joined The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Board of Trustees. 

In 2020, The United States Senate appointed Miri for a second term to the Health and Human Services, federal Health IT Advisory Committee (HITAC) where he serves as co-chairman. In 2016, The Obama Administration appointed Miri to serve on the Health IT Policy Committee established under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. He is an advisor to the National Academy of Medicine and serves on many not-for-profit boards. 

Miri is married to Sasha, a teacher, and is a proud father of two daughters. 

Sarah Richardson is transformative, innovative, and results-driven healthcare and technology executive within large-scale healthcare environments. She attains aggressive goals, catalyzes change and advances sustainability by designing and executing high performance-based strategies. Sarah cultivates top-tier talent, infuses expectations and accountabilities, instills customer-centric practices, accelerates innovation, and forges collaborative cultures.

Through comprehensive, human centered design, she enables digital and organizational transformation of multiple organizational domains utilizing proven methods of engagement resulting in improved experiences across the continuum.

With a B.S. in Hospitality Administration, a Master’s in Business, and a certification in Healthcare Administration, Sarah currently serves as the SVP & CIO for Tivity Health. At Tivity Health®, we work hand-in-hand with members, clients and healthcare partners to create everyday opportunities for long-lasting health and vitality. Our flagship brand SilverSneakers®, along with Prime® Fitness, and WholeHealth Living®, are sought after by consumers and organizations alike. Tivity Health is focused on becoming the modern destination for healthy living, with solutions that help adults live better and improve health outcomes while reducing healthcare costs.

She has built award-winning teams and has been recognized by The Kansas City Business Journal as a ‘Woman Who Means Business’, a “Next Gen Leader’ and ‘Rising Star’ by KC Business Magazine, and an ‘Outstanding Executive’ by Advancing Women in Technology.

Sarah is an active member of CHIME as a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO), board and faculty member, and fellow. Sarah regularly publishes industry relevant content on her website at www.conciergeleadership.com. She is an Associate Certified Coach with the ICF and Distinguished Toastmaster, as well as Vice Chair for the SoCal Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SCSIM). She hosted the HIMSS SoCal Podcast featuring top health information technology and leadership topics with keynote guests from 2017 – 2020. She is an avid scuba diver with a passion for conservation.

Saad has nearly two decades of progressive healthcare-focused technology experience. He has served in leadership roles in the U.S. and abroad with some notable organizations such as Johns Hopkins, UPMC and Gartner. In his current role as the Chief Information Officer at Luminis Health, Saad oversees the digital footprint of a health system spanning 3 hospitals and 85+ ambulatory sites in the state of Maryland.

Saad is a certified healthcare CIO (CHCIO) and a certified digital health executive (CDH-E) through the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). He was also recognized in 2019 as a “Top Future-50 Leader” by Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for his transformational digital healthcare leadership in the Middle East.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Information Systems and a Master of Science in Communications and Information Systems from Robert Morris University. He also holds a Master of Public Policy and Management in Healthcare from Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, Saad is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, teaching graduate courses at the intersection of healthcare, leadership, and technology at the School of Health.

Pete Marks, PhD, joined WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2017 as the VP and CIO. He retired from the US Army after serving for 21 years on active duty. As part of the US Military, he developed a passion for helping the underserved and deployed multiple times to Iraq, Afghanistan and other areas of Southwest Asia to support healthcare operations for those in need.

Pete joined WakeMed team because of the focus on service to the community and servant leadership to the people in and around Wake County, North Carolina. He is honored to be part of the WakeMed team as everyone in the organization is focused on everything they can do to help and support patients and families.

He believes that all organizations should focus on securely sharing health information so patients can receive the best possible care regardless of physical location. He is also focused on the use of population health information to assist in keeping people healthy by understanding the root causes of poor health outcomes that come from environmental factors.