Becker's Hospital Review

43 information security at Novant Health, a 15-hospital health system with more than 29,000 team members and physician partners. During his tenure, he has played a key role in growing Novant Health's cybersecurity program. Kevin Hamel. CISO of Baystate Health (Springfield, Mass.) Since 2017, Mr. Hamel has served as CISO of Baystate Health, an organization with nearly 12,000 employees and more than 980 hospital beds. He has a wealth of experi- ence managing IT, cybersecurity and risk management in the financial and health- care sectors. Before joining Baystate, he was chief information security officer of COCC, a financial technology company, and vice president of IT for Peoples Bank. Judy Hatchett. Vice President of Infor- mation Security and CISO of Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis). Ms. Hatchett has more than 15 years of ex- perience in cybersecurity and oversees information security for Fairview's 12 hospitals, 55 specialty clinics and 40 re- tail pharmacies. Before joining Fairview, Ms. Hatchett handled cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance for 3M, Best Buy and SuperValu. Andy Heins. Vice President and Infor- mation Security Officer at LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.). Mr. Heins oversees information security for LifePoint Health's hospitals in 70 commu- nities. Before joining LifePoint, he worked for Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Health- care and Community Health Systems in Franklin, Tenn. Dan Henke. Vice President and Infor- mation Security Officer at Mercy Tech- nology Services (St. Louis). Mr. Henke has over 20 years of experience in infor- mation security. He joined St. Louis-based Mercy in 2013 as the vice president and in- formation security officer responsible for disaster recovery and business continuity of clinical systems. He also is the system's chief HIPAA security compliance officer and has a reputation for building strong technical teams. Preston Jennings. Executive Vice Presi- dent of Information Security and CISO of Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.). Mr. Jennings joined Trinity Health in 2016 and oversees information security for the 92-hospital health system, which has 129,000 employees. Before join- ing Trinity, Mr. Jennings was CISO of PwC for eight years and built the firm's information security program. He's worked as an information security con- sultant on ethical hacking and security solution deployment. Jigar Kadakia. Chief Information Se- curity and Privacy Officer at Partners HealthCare (Boston). Mr. Kadakia has more than 17 years of experience in IT and information security. He joined Part- ners in 2014 aer working as senior man- ager at Deloitte & Touche. In his current role, he is focused on general data protec- tion regulation requirements, medical de- vice security and educational programs. Kris Kusche. CISO of Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Mr. Kusche oversees information security and cybersecurity at Albany Medical Center. He has experi- ence with clinical systems, data architec- ture and leading infrastructure teams. In addition to his current role, he is a mem- ber of the ECRI Institute's advisory board, a past board president of the New York Chapter of HIMSS, and he sits on Alba- ny-based Excelsior College's industry and advisory committee. Tony Lakin. CISO of Children's Hospi- tal of Orange County (Orange, Calif.). Mr. Lakin is responsible for overseeing the quality and security of business part- ner, employee and patient information at Children's Hospital of Orange Coun- ty. Before joining CHOC Children's, Mr. Lakin was the executive director and chief information security officer for Maricopa Integrated Health Systems in Phoenix. He also has experience as director of cyber- security for Archimedes Global, a diversi- fied technology company. ien Lam. Vice President and CISO of BayCare Health System (Clearwater, Fla.). Mr. Lam has more than 25 years of experience in IT. He is responsible for information security and compliance across the 15-hospital health system. Be- fore joining BayCare, Mr. Lam was the director of IT security systems and data security officer for Methodist Hospital System in Houston. Matthew Modica. Vice President and CISO of BJC HealthCare (St. Louis). At BJC HealthCare, Mr. Modica is re- sponsible for the direction, planning and adoption of IT systems, facility defenses against security breaches and business op- erations. Before joining BJC, Mr. Modica was vice president for global client secu- rity with Equifax, where he was respon- sible for a team of information security officers. He serves on the St. Louis CISO board and on the cybersecurity advisory committee for Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. Richard Mitchell. CISO and Direc- tor of IT at Eagleville (Pa.) Hospi- tal. Mr. Mitchell brings 25 years of ex- perience in healthcare and financial services to his role as CISO and director of IT at Eagleville Hospital, a 305-bed independent hospital. Prior to join- ing Eagleville, Mr. Mitchell worked as the manager of technology services at Catholic Health Initiatives' data center in Exton, Pa. Ronald Mehring. CISO and Vice Presi- dent of Information Security for Texas Health Resources (Arlington). Mr. Meh- ring oversees information security for Texas Health Resources, which serves 16 counties and 6.2 million people in Texas. He began his career in the Marine Corps and served for 21 years before he joined the Department of Veterans Affairs and led compliance assessment teams. His ex- perience at the VA was a springboard to his current role at Texas Health Resources. Jacki Monson. CISO and Chief Privacy Officer of Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.). Over the past 12 years, Ms. Mon- son has been responsible for all aspects of privacy and information security at sever- al different organizations. Ms. Monson is a member of the HHS's Health Care In- dustry Cybersecurity Task Force, and pre- viously held the chief privacy officer role at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. William Scandrett. Vice President and CISO of Allina Health (Minneapolis). Mr. Scandrett joined Allina Health in 2016 as CISO aer serving as CISO of HealthEast. He has experience leading information security in retail, finance and healthcare. While at HealthEast, Mr. Scandrett oversaw the organization's cy-

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