Our People

Ryan Sousa

Chair

A senior leader with 30+ years of cross-industry success with a passion for partnering with organizations to power data innovation that leverages analytics/AI at scale. Most recently, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Seattle Children’s, raising HIMSS AMAM maturity from level 2 to 7 in four years. Faculty member at TDWI and Healthcare Analytics instructor at the University of Washington.

Stu Gardos

President

Kerri Webster

Vice-Chair

VP/Chief Analytics Officer of Children’s Hospital Colorado since 2017, overseeing the Analytics Resource Center. Recognized by Becker’s Healthcare as a top Analytics Leader in 2022. Achieved HIMSS Analytics Level 7 twice. MS in Informatics from University of Colorado, BS in Nursing from Wichita State University.

Leslie Kian

Treasurer

HDAA member since 2003, representing MD Anderson Cancer Center as Director of Medical Informatics. One of the first five hospital members of HDWA. Built MD Anderson’s first data warehouse and created a centralized data analytics team. 45+ years of experience including 30 in healthcare.

Wendy Soethe

Sponsor Relations

25+ years in healthcare analytics. Senior Director in the Data, Analytics & AI practice at Pivot Point Consulting. 16-year tenure at Seattle Children’s. Also serves as President on the Board of Directors for Public Health International (PHI).

Roopa Foulger

Vice-President

25 years of cross-industry experience in Data and Enterprise Information Management. VP – Digital & Innovation Development at OSF HealthCare System for 14 years. Research Investigator in Data Science and AI working on cancer, health equity, and chronic disease solutions.

Audrey Schmidt

Secretary

Alicia d’Empaire

Past Chair

34 years of experience leading multi-facility healthcare IT initiatives at Baptist Health South Florida, Orlando Health, and Mount Sinai Medical Center. Analytics governance specialist and board-level advisor. MBA and Certificate in Health Administration from University of Miami.

Lynsie Daley

Mentoring Initiative

Data and analytics manager at Intermountain Health with 10+ years in healthcare analytics. Leads work focused on opioid stewardship and reduction. Advisory board member for HDAA’s Women in Analytics group. BS and MS in Statistics from Utah State University.

Chris Donovan

Board Director

EVP and Chief Data and Information Officer at Medical Mutual. Former Executive Director of Enterprise Analytics at Cleveland Clinic with a 30-year career starting in 1992. Co-founder of Community of Hope, serving Northeast Ohio youth aging out of the foster system.

Kris Mitchell

Board Director

Director, Clinical & Revenue Applications and Data Warehousing at Trinity Health. 25+ years of data warehousing and analytics experience. Former Senior Director of Analytics at Virginia Mason and Director of Data Warehousing at Intermountain Healthcare. HDAA member since inception.

Christopher Hutchins

Board Director

SVP and Chief Data Officer for Lifepoint Health. 20+ years developing analytic teams, establishing data governance, and delivering solutions focused on patient experience, outcomes, population health, quality, and revenue cycle.

Andrew Proctor

Board Director

Senior Director of Data & Analytics at The Cleveland Clinic since 1996. Masters in Health Systems Management from Rush University. His team received national awards for the Cleveland Clinic’s COVID prediction model and geospatial surveillance reporting.

Rachini Moosavi

Board Director

Chief Analytics Officer at UNC Health, leading data, analytics, and AI enablement strategy. Degrees in Health Policy & Management from UNC-Chapel Hill, Chief Data Officer Certificate from Carnegie Mellon. 20+ years of experience driving healthcare transformation.