KLAS LEADERSHIP
Advisory Boards
Our Advisory Board is composed of some of the most respected and passionate providers and payers in the healthcare IT industry. They guide our efforts to measure and improve the world’s healthcare technology and keep KLAS to the highest standards of honesty, accuracy, and impartiality.
Founders

Kent Gale
Founder

Leonard Black
Founder

Adam Gale
Founder

Scott Holbrook
Founder
Advisory Boards

Hal Baker MD, FACP
SVP & CIO/CDO
WellSpan
Pennsylvania

Scott Barlow
Chief Executive Officer
Revere Health
UT

Rob Bart MD
CMIO
UPMC
Pennsylvania

Jill Buathier
Chief Revenue Cycle Officer
Stanford Health Care
California

Bobbie Byrne MD MBA FAAP
Chief Information Officer
Advocate Aurora Health Care
Illinois

Amy Chaumeton MS, MD, FAMIA
VP LEMC Chief Medical Officer Interim Associate Chief Medical Officer
Legacy Health
Oregon

Cletis Earle CHCIO
SVP & CIO
Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine
Pennsylvania

Priscilla A. Frase MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
Ozarks Healthcare
Missouri

David B. Graham MD
VP & CMIO
LifeBridge Health
Maryland

Nicole Kirkenbush MN, MHA, BSN, RN
Vice President of Education
CHIME
Michigan

Theresa Meadows RN, MS, CHCIO, FCHIME, FACHE
SVP & CIO
Cook Children’s Health Care System
Texas

Albert Oriol
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
California

Donna Roach MS, CHCIO, CDH-E, LFCHIME, LFHIMSS
Chief Information Officer
University of Utah Health
UT

Christopher (Cris) Ross
Chief Information Officer
Mayo Clinic
MN

Christopher A. Scanzera
Senior Vice President and CDIO
AtlantiCare Health System
NJ

Mark Weisman MD
CIO & CMIO
TidalHealth
Maryland

J.D. Whitlock MPH, MBA
CIO
Dayton Children’s
OH

Mansour Al-Swaidan
Deputy CIO
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Saudi Arabia

Augustine Amusu
Chief Information Officer
MEDICLINIC MIDDLE EAST
UAE

Adrian Byrne
CIO
University Hospital Southampton
United Kingdom

Yaron Denekamp MD, MSc
Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Clalit Health Services
Israel

Marco Foracchia
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Reggio Emilia, IRCCS
Italy

Peter Gocke MD
Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany

Andrew Hart
Director of Information Management and Technology
SOUTH TYNESIDE AND SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
UK

Lilian Hoffman
CIO and COO
BP – A Beneficencia Portuguesa de Sao Paulo
Brazil

Aaron Jones
Chief Nursing & Midwifery Information Officer
Sydney Local Health District
Australia

Ho-Young Lee MD
CIO
Seoul National University, Bundang Hospital
South Korea

Dan Prescott
Group Chief Informatics Officer
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
UK

Tamara Sunbul MD
FHIMSS, CPHIMS, PMP
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
Saudi Arabia

Gürhan Zincircioglu MD, MSc, FHIMSS
CMIO
Tire Devlet Hastanesi
Turkey