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40 systems vendor. Dr. Polikaitis earned his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Marc Probst. CIO of Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City). Since 2003, Mr. Probst has served as CIO of Intermoun- tain Healthcare. During his tenure, he has led the 22-hospital system through development and implementation of a system- wide EMR called iCentra in partnership with Cerner. In ad- dition to his work as CIO, Ms. Probst is a member of the Fed- eral Healthcare Information Technology Policy Committee, which assists in developing health IT policy for the U.S. gov- ernment. He is the 2016 chair of the CHIME board of trustees. Jayashree Raman. Vice President and CIO of Cooper Uni- versity Health Care (Camden, N.J.). Ms. Raman has served as vice president and CIO of Cooper University Health Care since 2012. Before joining Cooper, she was vice president of healthcare strategy and CIO of Stanley Healthcare Solutions. She also was previously vice president and CIO of e Read- ing Hospital and Medical Center, now Reading (Pa.) Hospi- tal, from 1997 to 2010, and director of technical operations at e Reading Hospital and Medical Center from 1987 to 1997. David Rapp. Vice President of Supply Chain and CIO of Wheel- ing (W.Va.) Hospital. Mr. Rapp joined Wheeling Hospital in late 2006. During that time, he led a full EHR implementation, the computerization of the cardiology department and the replace- ment of the operating room system, among several other accom- plishments. Mr. Rapp is an active member of HIMSS, serving on the organization's innovation committee, and is active in the local chapter of the Association of Information Technology professionals. Stephanie Reel. CIO of Johns Hopkins University and Vice President for Information Services for Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore). Ms. Reel has been vice president for information ser- vices at Johns Hopkins Medicine since 1994 and CIO and vice pro- vost of information technology at Johns Hopkins University since 1999. During her time with Johns Hopkins, she has led the im- plementation of an electronic patient record and formed a gover- nance structure that supports funding and priority-setting across the organization. Ms. Reel earned an MBA from Baltimore-based Loyola College in Maryland, now Loyola University Maryland. George Reynolds, MD. Vice President, CMIO and CIO of Children's Hospital & Medical Center (Omaha, Neb.). Dr. Reynolds has been CMIO of Children's Hospital & Medical Cen- ter since 2004; he added the CIO role in 2010. During his ten- ure, the hospital received first place in Healthcare Informatics' Healthcare IT Innovators Awards, and the hospital has been recognized at least twice as one of InformationWeek's top 250 innovators. Dr. Reynolds is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care. In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Reynolds holds a master's degree in medical management. Craig Richardville. Senior Vice President and CIO of Carolinas HealthCare System (Charlotte, N.C.). Mr. Richardville joined Carolinas HealthCare System in 1997 and helped the system achieve HIMSS Stage 7 for both acute and ambulatory care facil- ities. Mr. Richardville received the 2015 CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year Award. Mr. Richardville is a fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives and HIMSS; board member of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Foun- dation, CHS CareConnect and Carolinas Shared Services; and a member of CHIME, Wall Street Journal CIO Network and the Health Management Academy CIO Council. He holds an MBA. Ed Ricks. Vice President of Information Services and CIO of Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital. Mr. Ricks has more than 20 years of healthcare information systems experience work- ing with four health systems. Before joining Beaufort, Mr. Ricks was CIO of Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y. He earned a master's degree in health administration from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, is a member of HIMSS and CHIME and serves on several organizations' boards. Bert Robles. Executive Vice President and CIO of Guth- rie (Sayre, Pa.). Mr. Robles has more than 30 years of expe- rience in management and information technology, both in business and healthcare settings. Before his appointment at Guthrie in 2015, Mr. Robles served as senior vice president and corporate CIO for NYC Health + Hospitals in New York. He also previously held the CIO position at State Universi- ty of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Cris Ross. CIO of Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Prior to joining Mayo Clinic in 2012, Mr. Ross served as executive vice president and general manager of the clinical interoperabili- ty business for Surescripts. He has more than 28 years of di- verse experience in healthcare, information technology and government settings. Mr. Ross is actively involved with vari- ous industry innovation committees, including HHS' Health IT Standards Committee and the Markle Foundation Con- necting for Health Steering Committee, and he previously served on the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative. Robin Sarkar, PhD. CIO of Lakeland Health (St. Joseph, Mich.). Dr. Sarkar has held several leadership roles at Lake- land Health, including assistant vice president of information systems and director of information technology. Under Dr. Sarkar's leadership, Lakeland Health received HIMSS' Nicho- las E. Davies Award of Excellence in 2014 as well as Hospitals & Health Networks' "Most Wired" recognition in 2015. Be- fore joining Lakeland in 2013, Dr. Sarkar served as direc- tor of global information systems at Whirpool Corporation. Sue Schade. Interim CIO of University Hospitals (Cincinnati). Ms. Schade has worked in the health IT industry for more than 30 years, serving in CIO positions for 15 of those years. She became

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