Board of Directors

Cathie Brown
Vice President, Consulting Services
Clearwater

President

LinkedIn
Mike Canfield
Vice President, CIO
Augusta Health

President-Elect

LinkedIn
Don DeMarco MBA, PMP
Director, IT Portfolio, Project & Performance Management
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies

Immediate Past-President

LinkedIn
Tom Carr
SVP of Sales
SyCom

Secretary

LinkedIn
McRay Simmons
Healthcare Advanced Technology Executive
Zones, LLC

Co-Treasurer

LinkedIn
Kim Hardesty, MBA, CPHIMS, FHIMS, PMP®
Tech Program Manager, ETAS Delivery Services
Anthem, Inc.

Co-Treasurer

LinkedIn
Collin Stoddard
Client Executive
Sirius

Education Chair

LinkedIn
Terri Ripley, BS, MIT, PMP, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
CIO
OrthoVirginia
Chapter Advocacy Chair
LinkedIn
Thomas West
Regional Sales Director
South Lirio

Membership Chair

LinkedIn
Rob Perry
CISO
Carilion Clinic

Communications Chair

LinkedIn
Matt Snyder
Account Executive
Red River

Sponsorship Chair

LinkedIn
Kyle Fredette, MBA
National Account Manager
Huntington Technology Finance, Inc.

Organizational Liaison

LinkedIn
Leigh Williams
Adjunct Faculty, Health Informatics & Information Management
University of Mississippi Medical Center

SIG Chair, Women in Health IT

LinkedIn
Chris Wargo
Managing Partner
InfoLock

SIG Chair, Privacy and Security

LinkedIn
David Stewart
HLS Enterprise Account Executive
Silverline

SIG Chair, Digital Consumer Experience

LinkedIn
Penny Cooper
Director of Data Science and Governance
Augusta Health

Data Analytics SIG Chair

VA HIMSS Past Presidents

Don DeMarco

Collin Stoddard

Leigh Williams

Keith Perry

Cherie Pardue

Matt Curtin

David Stewart

Kim Hardesty

Kyle Fredette

Terri Ripley

Scott Bateman

Reuben Southall

Shane Danaher

Colin Konschak

Laishy Williams-Carlson