Prior to joining PVHS, he was the Regional Deputy CIO and Executive Director of Information Services for Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis, MO.

Before his time in St. Louis, Mr. Branzell served on active duty in the US Air Force and continues to serve in the Air Force Reserves. While on active duty, Mr. Branzell served in numerous healthcare administration positions including CIO for the Air Mobility Command Surgeon General’s Office. In 1996, he was selected for the Air Force Medical Service Fellowship program and completed a CIO Internship at the Unity Health System in St. Louis, MO.

Mr. Branzell is a past member of the CHIME Board of Directors (2004-2008), past Chairperson of the CHIME Education Committee (2004-2008), and past Program Director for CHIME’s Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™ (2006 – 2009). He was instrumental in the development and ongoing success of CHIME’s LEAD Forum and CHIME Foundation Boot Camp education programs, serving both as Program Director and as a member of faculty for both since their inception.

In addition, he has served as Chairperson of CHIME’s Spring and Fall CIO Forum Planning Committees and currently serves on the CHIME Education Foundation Board.

Mr. Branzell is a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO), a fellow of CHIME and HIMSS, and board certified through the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He was awarded the 2005 ACHE Regent’s Award as the Young Healthcare Administrator of the Year for the State of Colorado. PVHS has received numerous industry awards in recognition of its commitment to the advancement of healthcare informatics.

Russ serves on numerous editorial, volunteer, community and management boards. Additionally, he has been a speaker at regional, national, user groups and vendor conferences.

A native of San Antonio, TX, Russ earned an undergraduate degree in business administration specializing in human resource management and labor relations from the University of Texas. In 1995, he earned a Master’s degree in Administrative Science from Embry-Riddle University with an emphasis in management.

As a member of VMware’s Office of the CTO, Frank is responsible for helping align product and technology strategy as well as incubating new solutions.  In 2014 Frank was elected by his industry peers to serve on the board of CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives).   Prior to joining VMware, Frank was the Director of Technology at a national Microsoft Business Solutions partner responsible for application development and infrastructure services. 

Frank holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering/Management from Kent State University, Executive MBA’s certificates in Finance and Healthcare studies. 

Daniel previously led healthcare technology as CIO at Yale and earlier as CIO of the Carilion Health System. He was President of the Carilion Biomedical Institute and Director of Technology for MCI WorldCom. Daniel graduated from Annapolis, began his career as a U.S. Naval officer at sea, and was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for leadership and the Southeast Asia Service Medal for Iraq operations in the Red Sea.

Besides his work as a healthcare executive, he’s spent significant time leading some of healthcare’s top provider associations – he’s served on the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) National Board of Directors, and is the Past-Chair of both CHIME and the CHIME Foundation. He’s also held state HIMSS leadership positions in both Virginia and Washington.

Drex has a couple of masters degrees (Master of Science, Health Informatics from University of Alabama-Birmingham; Master of Public Administration, University of Oklahoma), he’s a Fellow in all the right organizations (HIMSS, CHIME, and ACHE), and he’s also a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO).

Drex now spends his time bringing together trusted health systems, payers, associations, vendors, and investors to solve healthcare’s toughest problems.

Prior to joining Imprivata, Carina served as the Vice President of Solutions Marketing for Nuance Healthcare, a division of Nuance Communications. Prior to Nuance Healthcare Carina held executive roles at Zynx Health (a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation), Philips Healthcare, Sapient, and Impact Innovations Group. Carina received her MBA from Boston College and her BS in Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences from George Mason University.

During her tenure, Moffitt was recognized by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics for achieving Stage 6 of its seven stage model for adoption of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.  Only 27 percent of the more than 5,400 U.S. hospitals tracked by HIMSS Analytics had reached this goal by December 2015.  Achieving this recognition demonstrates to patients and partners that Moffitt is using health information technology in a meaningful way to provide the highest levels of patient safety and coordinated, quality care.

Greenman joined Moffitt in July 2013 as the Center’s Senior Director for Application Services and led Moffitt’s clinical and business systems teams, including the implementation of the organization’s EHR initiatives.

Previously, Greenman worked for Bayfront Health System in a variety of IT management roles, including Chief Information Officer.  Prior to Bayfront, she worked as a Solution Delivery Consultant for Cerner.  She earned an MBA from the University of Florida, and is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

Prior to joining Geisinger, John was VP/CIO for Good Shepherd Rehab Network located in Allentown, Pa. While at Good Shepherd he had the technology responsibility for Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a post-acute hospital and ambulatory clinic network through a joint venture with the University of Pennsylvania Health System located in downtown Philadelphia.

He is a member of CHIME, Health Information Management System Society (HIMSS), and American Telemedicine Association (ATA), as well as serving on the Central Pennsylvania HIMSS Chapter Board, KINBER Board, which provides fiber optic connectivity throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Sharp HealthCare, Kara was VP, CIO at Methodist Hospital, where she provided vision and leadership on I.T., Informatics and telecommunications to the organization. She was a change agent for H.I.T. transformation for eight plus years. Previous to that Kara worked as a senior consultant with several consulting firms including IBM and First Consulting Group where she had the opportunity to engage with many leading health care organizations across the country to contribute to their strategic goals. Additionally, Kara has experience working with a major pharmaceutical vendor, and a global health care IT software vendor. This work has exposed her to healthcare venues across the country. Kara has held many different roles during her time with the aforementioned organizations which further expanded her unique background of clinical practice, consulting & software implementation. 

Kara is a Registered Nurse, holds a Masters Degree in Healthcare Sciences from the New School of Social Research, in NY and is a Fellow with HIMSS and ACHE. As a RN Kara spent many years providing patient care in the ambulatory and acute care setting in the Upstate New York area. During this time she also held management positions establishing new service offerings to the community.

Kara is actively involved in many industry organizations including HIMSS, CHIME, HFMA and ACHE. She frequently speaks at National Industry Conferences and is published in several trade journals. Kara has participated on several Advisory Boards including KLAS Research and Quest Diagnostics. Additionally, Kara has participated in the Cal State Fullerton Advisory Board for HIT and has instructed at USC, Price School of Public Policy.

Ms. Meadows has led the organization through extensive improvements and modernization. In 2012, the organization received recognition as one of the “Most Improved Hospitals” as part of the Healthcare’s Most Wired™ award program and recognized as one of the “Information Week 500 innovators.” In 2013 and 2014, Cook Children’s received Healthcare’s Most Wired™ designation. Cook Children’s was recognized by Computerworld’s Honors program for their state-of-the-art distributed antenna system implementation. In addition, Ms. Meadows was also named one of Computerworld’s “Premier 100 IT Leaders” for 2013. Ms. Meadows’ department has been recognized as one of the “Best Hospital IT Departments to Work” by Healthcare IT News in 2013.

Ms. Meadows has 20 years of experience leading efforts for incorporating information systems as a mechanism for facilitating process improvement and efficiency. Prior to joining Cook, Theresa was a Director for Ascension Health Information Services. In that role she leads the strategic direction for clinical information solutions that cross care settings for 10 facilities within Ascension Health.

Ms. Meadows currently serves on the NetApp Healthcare Advisory Board and is a member of the McKesson Innovation Leadership Council. She served as chair for the North Texas Healthcare Information and Quality Collaborative (NTHIQC). Ms. Meadows has published several articles and her organization was the first to participate in the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) case study publications on their successful implementation of bar-coded medication verification.

Ms. Meadows has a master’s degree in healthcare informatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham; a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is an active member of the Children’s Hospital Association CIO Council; is a Fellow in the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS); is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and is an active member of the CHIME. Ms. Meadows is a graduate of the CHIME Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™ and is a credentialed by CHIME as a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO).

Dr. Rab is a nationally recognized inspirational and visionary health information technology executive who has been named the Innovator of the year by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). He is a clinically and technologically trained executive with over 16 years of successful CIO experience leading the transformation of healthcare systems in becoming integrated care technology organizations in partnership with the organizations’ affiliates, new mergers and acquisitions.

As a technology evangelist he specializes in consensus building between and amongst staff, physicians and stakeholders within complex and disparate environments by instilling trust and confidence. His specialized skillsets in leadership, governance, customer service and development of high performing teams results in creating organizational capacity to scale IT innovation and health care delivery.

Dr. Rab is an unconventionally technically savvy consecutive “Becker’s Top 100 Hospital CIO’s to Know” with a unique blend of deep technical knowledge as well as excellent information technology and healthcare leadership skills. He is among the few CIOs that have successfully led two different hospital systems to attest and receive federal funding for meaningful use stage 1 as well as to achieve Stage 6 of the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model. Dr. Rab is on the forefront of healthcare cloud technologies and mobile health as he leads HackensackUMC into the services model for platform, data center and mobile healthcare software with the implementation of HackensackUMC’s private cloud delivering EHR as a service with a full complement of mHealth applications.

He is an authentically compassionate and respectful relationship builder and an extraordinary motivational team builder with a passionate propensity for coaching and mentoring as evident in the successful development of several technology and healthcare leaders. His high-energy visionary personality is bent on business, technical and clinical alignment in fast-paced and agile environments with remarkable persistence and increased intensity in the face of adversity.

Dr. Rab is a founding member and the current president of the New Jersey chapter of HIMSS. He is also an ONC Health IT Fellow as well as an active board member of the Jersey Health Connect HIE, a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO), a member of the CHIME board of trustees and a CHIME fellow, the American Health Information Management Association, and the New Jersey Public Health Association.

Sarah is one of those people who ‘gets things done’ and has a penchant for bringing out the best in people. With an enthusiastic and genuinely friendly attitude, Sarah radiates a sincere passion for delivering value and benefits to the teams she leads and serves. 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 a ‘Rising Star’ by KC Business Magazine.

With a B.S. in Hospitality Administration and a Master’s in Business, Sarah spent six years in the hotel and casino industry in Las Vegas, NV, before making the purposeful decision that she could create more meaningful results for more people if she moved into the healthcare industry. Her first 5 years in healthcare began as an IT Administrator at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV, where she then began her ten-year career with HCA (Hospital Corporation of America).

Promoted three times in her ten-year tenure with HCA, culminating in a Division CIO position, Sarah’s contributions centered on leading the development and delivery of IT in a shared service model along with scalable operational programs and improvement activities. She is most proud that her work focused on building long-lasting, loyal relationships across the continuum, resulting in collaborative strategies to meet project delivery needs, productivity gains, and the use of technology to advance patient care resulting in better outcomes. Her ability to coordinate teams of technology experts, strategic business partners, physicians, and clinicians, has enabled her to repeatedly deliver programs, services, and tailored solutions in the healthcare setting.

Currently, Sarah serves as the California Market CIO for DaVita Medical Group in El Segundo, CA. Since 1992, HealthCare Partners has been committed to developing innovative models of healthcare delivery that improve their patients’ quality of life while containing healthcare costs. Their strength is in their steadfast commitment to their guiding principle of coordinated care. Their physicians strive daily to bring the benefits of coordinated care to more than 600,000 managed care patients in California, who represent the diversity of cultures, socioeconomic groups, ages, and health statuses in the communities they serve.

An active member of CHIME as a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) and current Vice President of Marketing & Communications for the Southern California chapter of HIMSS, Sarah regularly publishes industry relevant content on her website at www.conciergeleadership.com. She also volunteers her time as a board member with the Children’s Bureau and is currently enrolled at UCLA Extension, seeking a certification in Healthcare Management. She is an avid scuba diver and scuba diving instructor with a passion for conservation.

With more than 30 years’ experience in the healthcare industry, Roach has focused on healthcare information technology for the past 25 years. Before joining Ascension, she was CIO/VP of Information Services for Bronson Health in Kalamazoo, Michigan and previous to this the CIO/VP of IT at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois. Her past experience includes W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital, Adventist Health System, Resurrection Health Care, Central DuPage Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration.

Roach earned her Bachelor of Science Degree, Health Administration, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and her Master of Science in Health Systems Management from Rush Medical College in Chicago. She completed her Fellowship at the North Chicago Veterans Administration.

Roach is a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer, a Fellow within the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, a Board Member for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and active as a StateNet CHIME coordinator. Previously, she was the President of the Michigan Chapter of Healthcare Information Management Systems Society and Chair for the Michigan Hospital Association Technology Board.

She has taught at the University of Illinois – Circle Campus, Rush University, Department of Health Systems Management, and UCONN, Health Administration.

Through Tim’s leadership, Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been awarded one of the 100 Most Wired Hospitals for 12 years. In December 2012, he received the Legacy Award from the Board of Trustees of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) for his decade of commitment to training over 875 emerging technology leaders as Program Director and faculty member of the Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™. Tim is the recipient the John Gall CIO of the Year award co-sponsored by the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and CHIME in 2003. He was named the 2008 CIO of the Year by the Executives’ Club of Chicago along with the Association of Information Technology Professionals. Tim serves on the Board of Trustees for the Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Notebaert Museum. He is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Executives’ Club of Chicago.

In the 2014 ranking of the nation’s “Best Hospitals” published by U.S. News & World Report, Northwestern Memorial ranks 10th among hospitals to make this years Honor Roll.

Tim and his wife Jodi have been married 23 years and have one son Barret. Tim is a cyclist with VisionQuest Coaching Team and races locally and nationally.