New Board Members Poised to Shape the Agenda for AEHIS, AEHIA and AEHIT Groups
ANN ARBOR, MI, November 6, 2015 – The Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Applications (AEHIA), Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Technology (AEHIT) and Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS) — and their respective foundations — today announced newly elected members to their boards of trustees.
Launched in 2014 by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the groups offer educational and professional develop programs for senior healthcare leaders in information technology, applications and security. All three groups have experienced sizeable growth during the past two years. Both AEHIA and AEHIT boast nearly 200 members each, while more than 400 security officers have joined AEHIS. The new board members will help guide the organizations as they continue to grow and evolve to meet member needs, as well as help inform policymakers and the public on key issues impacting health IT.
Below is a listing of the new board members, whose terms begin Jan. 1, 2016:
AEHIA
- Josh Kohrumel, chief data officer, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego (two-year term)
- Christopher Jordan, chief applications officer, Orlando Health (three-year term)
- Cyndi Peterson, vice president, chief information officer, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (three-year term)
AEHIS
- Ricky Aldridge, information system security engineer, Akron Children’s Hospital; medical administrative and HIPAA privacy officer, Ohio Air National Guard (two-year term)
- Robert Chaput, CEO, Clearwater Compliance (three-year term)
- Stephanie Crabb, principal, Immersive (two-year term)
- Shane Danaher, national partner, client services, Divurgent (two-year term)
- Erik Decker, chief information security officer, University of Chicago Medicine (three-year term)
- Keith Graat, chief information security officer, Eisenhower Medical Center (one-year term)
- Blaine Hebert, chief information security officer, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego (one-year term)
- John Hummel, chief information security officer, Tahoe Forest Hospital District (one-year term)
- Mac McMillan, CEO and co-founder, CynergisTek (three-year term)
- Deborah Stevens, chief security officer, Tufts Health Plan (three-year term)
- Karl West, chief information security officer and assistant vice president, information systems, Intermountain Healthcare (two-year term)
- Ryan Witt, vice president and managing director, healthcare industry practice, Fortinet (one-year term)
AEHIT
- Mark Amey, chief technology officer, Stanford Children’s Health (three-year term)
- Bill Hudson, chief healthcare strategist, VMware (three-year term)
- Peter Rock, director, ISS technical services, Kaweah Delta Health Care District (two-year term)
- Suresh Srinivasan, chief technology officer, NYU Langone Medical Center (two-year term)
- Raj Toleti, co-founder and CEO, HealthGrid (three-year term)
- Matthew Werder, chief technology officer, Hennepin County Medical Center (three-year term)
About AEHIA
AEHIA is the only professional organization focused on supporting the healthcare industry’s Applications executive community. AEHIA provides professional development and educational resources on important healthcare applications issues, as well as an environment where application leaders can communicate with, inform and educate one another. For more information, please visit aehia.org.
About AEHIS
AEHIS is the only professional organization focused on supporting the healthcare industry’s security executive community. AEHIS provides professional development and educational resources on important healthcare security issues, as well as an environment where /security leaders can communicate with, inform and educate one another. For more information, please visit aehis.org.
About AEHIT
AEHIT is the only professional organization focused on supporting the healthcare industry’s technology executive community. AEHIT provides professional development and educational resources on important healthcare technology issues, as well as an environment where technology leaders can communicate with, inform and educate one another. For more information, please visit aehit.org.
About CHIME
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 1,700 CIO members and over 150 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs; and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and healthcare in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.
Contact
Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.249.8917
[email protected]