Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Information Officer

Advocate Health

Katie Barr, MSN, RN, is the senior vice president and chief nursing informatics officer at Advocate Health, where she leads clinical and nursing informatics, informatics innovation, and technology training for the enterprise. She has more than 30 years of health care and IT experience with a strong background in clinical applications and electronic health record systems. Her leadership focuses on advancing nursing practice through technology and improvement of clinical workflows and processes that enhance patient care.  Barr has the pleasure of working with clinical partners across the enterprise to evaluate augmented intelligence and emerging technologies as ways to ease administrative and cognitive burden, in turn contributing to the well-being of our clinicians. Barr is a member of AONL, ANIA, HIMSS, and CHIME and has loved the opportunity to present on various topics at the national level.  

Senior Analyst of Market Research

MEDITECH

Chair, Adult Health Department

West Virginia University School of Nursing

Professor and Dean

University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, serves as Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, serves as Core Faculty in the Institute for Health Informatics, and is the Knowledge Generation Lead for the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. She served as Associate Director of the Clinical Translational Science Institute –Biomedical Informatics, and Acting Director of the Institute for Health Informatics (IHI) in the Academic Health Center from 2010-2015.  She serves as an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Nursing at the University of Iceland, where she received the Doctor Scientiae Curationis Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing) in 2011. She is an elected Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, American College of Medical Informatics, and National Academies of Practice. Delaney is the first Fellow in the College of Medical Informatics to serve as a Dean of Nursing. Delaney was an inaugural appointee to the USA Health Information Technology Policy Committee, Office of the National Coordinator, and Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She is an active researcher in data and information technology standards for nursing and health care, and big data knowledge discovery. Delaney is past president of Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) and past Vice-Chair of CGFNS, Inc. She holds a BSN with majors in nursing and mathematics, MA in Nursing, Ph.D. Educational Administration and Computer Applications, postdoctoral study in nursing & medical informatics, and a Certificate in Integrative Therapies & Healing Practices.

Assistant Professor and Director of Innovation

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Florence Doo, MD, MA, is an abdominal radiologist, clinical informaticist, and AI researcher. Dr. Doo serves as Director of Innovation at the University of Maryland Medical Intelligent Imaging Center or UM2ii (pronounced "you-me"), and she also leads the medical imaging AI research team as Faculty at the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC). Her research focuses on translating technologies into clinical patient benefit, with a focus on climate health, sustainability, and application of AI tools in healthcare.

Associate Professor and Co-Specialty Director, MSN Nursing Informatics Specialty

SINI 2025 Co-Chair

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Cheryl A. Fisher, EdD, MSN, RN, is an associate professor and specialty director for nursing informatics at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She has a research background focused on teaching with technology, translating evidence into health care practices and evaluating the integration of technology into practice. She developed new programs for a clinical setting to meet identified learning needs using computer-based training and competency validation. Dr. Fisher has taught nursing informatics at undergraduate and graduate levels for 10 years and has mentored many graduate students in evidence-based practice projects using technology in the clinical setting. Dr. Fisher developed a fellowship in evidence-based practice and led the UMB faculty in the redesign of the new nursing informatics graduate program.  

Director, Healthcare Leadership & Nursing Informatics Programs and Professor

University of South Carolina College of Nursing

Chief Digital Health Officer, UR Medicine

Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical Nursing, and Data Science

University of Rochester

Michael Hasselberg, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, is a professor of psychiatry, clinical nursing, and data science at the University of Rochester (UR) in New York. He is the first chief digital health officer at UR Medicine and is the co-director of the UR Health Lab, the health system’s digital innovation incubator. He was named to the “Top 50 in Digital Health” list by Rock Health in recognition of his work to improve health equity through technology innovation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Board certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, Hasselberg earned his PhD in Health Practice Research at UR and a postdoctoral certificate in health care leadership at the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University in New York. His expertise expands health and technology as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar Fellow and committee member for the National Academies Standing Committee on Primary Care. He has been an advisor on digital health modalities to the New York State Department of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He also serves as an independent consultant to several digital health start-up companies, private foundations, and health systems across the country.

Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital

Xiamen University

Clinical Informatics Nurse

WellSpan Health

R. Murray and Annabel Davis Jenks Endowed Professor

Family, Community and Health Systems Science Department

University of Florida College of Nursing 

Gail is a Professor in the Family, Community, and Health System Science Department at the University of Florida, College of Nursing, holding the R. Murray and Annabel Davis Jenks Endowed Professorship in Nursing Excellence. With nearly 3 decades of experience leading multidisciplinary teams, Gail’s main vision has been to provide nurses with the tools they need and love to achieve high-quality patient outcomes. She has led more than $15 million of NIH and Foundation-funded research which has supported the evolution of her team’s latest innovation, Moxie. This new technology expands the scope of the earlier HANDS care planning system to enable anytime, anywhere, hands free documentation and communication.  Moxie combines the capabilities of voice to text, wearables, artificial intelligence, and a central processing platform to support the nurse in bidirectional communication with the electronic health record.  A system like Moxie has the capacity to revolutionize healthcare communication but this will only happen with nurses demanding such products.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Affinity Expert

Associate Professor of Nursing

School of Nursing, The University of Michigan-Flint

National Health Mission Area Deputy Executive
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Sheri Lewis is a global disease surveillance expert and the Deputy Mission Area Executive for Global Health at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). Ms. Lewis leads efforts to develop novel capabilities that can rapidly detect and respond to changes in health status to better predict and prevent illness, injury and disease. Notably, Ms. Lewis led the team responsible for the data pipeline behind the nationally acclaimed JHU Coronavirus Resource Center COVID-19 dashboard, which was recognized with Fast Company’s 2021 Innovative Team of the Year. She was also integral to the development of the nationally and internationally recognized disease surveillance systems ESSENCE and SAGES. A renowned expert in disease prediction and response, Ms. Lewis has been an invited reviewer for several journals, served as an editor and contributor to numerous textbooks, and co-edited a disease surveillance textbook focused on the role of technology in global health security.

Ms. Lewis is a member of the JHU inHealth Strategic Committee and the Board of Trustees for Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center. She earned her B.S. in biology from Loyola University Maryland and Master of Public Health from George Washington University. 

Global Chief Nursing Innovation Officer

Microsoft Health & Life Sciences

Kathleen McGrow, DNP, RN, PMP, FHIMSS, FAAN, serves as the Global Chief Nursing Innovation Officer at Microsoft. She provides guidance on digital transformation issues, including workforce challenges, consumer and patient engagement, and cognitive computing for a learning health system. Dr. McGrow holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. With experience in trauma critical care and IT, she specializes in the intersection of clinical care and technology. Her work includes publications on AI in healthcare, such as “Foundation Models, Generative AI, and Large Language Models: Essentials for Nursing” and “Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Nurse Managers.”  Dr. McGrow’s latest publication is the book “Empowering Nurses with Technology: A Practical Guide to Nurse Informatics,” released in January 2025.

Dr. McGrow co-chairs the HIMSS Nursing Innovation Advisory Committee and serves as an adjunct clinical instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.

The Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing and Professor

Over the past 15 years at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), Ogbolu has held various leadership roles, including chair of the University of Maryland School of Nursing’s (UMSON) Department of Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice, director of the UMSON Office of Global Health and co-director of the UMSON Center for Health Equity and Outcomes Research and the UMB Global Learning to Advance Health Equity Network. Ogbolu's research and scholarship at UMB have focused on advancing health for all and nurse capacity both locally and globally. Her projects focus on improving culturally and linguistically appropriate care in hospitals, addressing social determinants of health, hypertension, and social isolation in marginalized communities. She has secured over $20 million in funding from various agencies and foundations. Currently, she leads a national network to advance global learning for health equity under a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a community grant to reduce cardiovascular health disparities in Baltimore. Ogbolu is known for her collaboration across disciplines and within the community, including co-directing UMNursing, an academic practice partnership with nurse leaders at University of Maryland Medical System. Nationally, she has worked with the American Association of Nursing, National Quality Forum, National League for Nursing, and the U.S. Office of the Surgeon General, and she has consulted internationally with the World Health Organization. She is an elected fellow of the National Academies of Practice and of the American Academy of Nursing. Ogbolu is a three-time graduate of UMSON (BS, MS, PhD), a native of West Baltimore, and a wife and mother of four.

Ernest Opoku-Agyemang, PhD, MA, RN, is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and a nurse informatics specialist with over 15 years of experience across healthcare, finance, e-business, and e-commerce. His expertise spans systems analysis, implementation, and testing, with notable roles on high-impact projects such as the Defense Health Administration’s Designated Provider Program (DHA/DPP), Michigan’s CHAMPS Medicaid system, and financial systems for NASDAQ and Thomson Reuters. His work bridges technical and operational domains, with a focus on improving healthcare delivery through advanced information systems.

In addition to his technical background, Dr. Opoku-Agyemang is a Registered Nurse with direct patient care experience and has held clinical management roles with United Healthcare, Health CareFirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Signify/Advanced Health. His research interests lie at the intersection of usability design, mobile health, and patient-centered technology. He received his PhD from the University of Maryland School of Nursing, where he developed and tested a mobile health game for older adults on Warfarin therapy. He is also a recipient of the British Government’s Drummond Wolff Award and UMSON’s Excellence in Nursing Informatics Award.

Chief Nursing Informatics Officer 

Moffitt Cancer Center

Marc Perkins-Carrillo, MSN, RN, NI-BC, NE-BC, HACP, serves as the chief nursing informatics officer and director of clinical informatics at Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC), bringing more than three decades of progressive nursing experience to his leadership role. His career, which he began as a licensed practical nurse, has encompassed significant contributions to leadership, quality improvement, regulatory accreditation, and clinical informatics. Throughout his various clinical informatics leadership positions, Perkins-Carrillo has consistently prioritized delivering high-quality patient care and reducing the documentation burden for clinicians. His experience at multiple Magnet-accredited organizations nationwide has provided him with a unique perspective on implementing value-driven processes. Since joining MCC in May 2019, Perkins-Carrillo has been instrumental in shaping the organization’s strategic digital health initiatives. His dual expertise as a clinician and informatician enables him to collaborate effectively with clinical teams and the Center of Digital Health to drive successful organization-wide implementations and new product deployments. Perkins-Carrillo holds triple health care board certifications, demonstrating his commitment to professional excellence. He is also a graduate of the inaugural cohort of the Rising CMIO, CNIO, CTO, & CIOs program, cosponsored by The Healthcare Management Academy and Amazon Web Services. The fellowship focused on leveraging technology to address critical health care challenges.

Senior Director 

Nursing Catalyst at The Health Management Academy 

Lauren Rewers, BS, is senior research director of Nursing Catalyst at The Health Management Academy. In this role, Rewers leads a research-backed collective of over 50 U.S. health systems, in which leaders share early findings and insights on cutting-edge nursing innovations. Her work to date examines virtual nursing models, nurse manager span of control, and communicating with the front line about next-generation care delivery models. Prior to the Academy, Lauren led research for Advisory Board’s nursing research program and developed a specialized set of services for system-level nursing executives of large provider organizations. Rewers’ enthusiasm for all things health care workforce stems from her multigenerational nursing family. Other than listening to inpatient family lore, Lauren loves to read, listen to podcasts, and hike. 

Vice President and Chief Nursing Information Officer

Johns Hopkins Health System 

Adjunct Faculty

University of Maryland School of Nursing

April Saathoff, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMSS, is vice president and chief nursing information office at Johns Hopkins Health System and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She has 24 years of nursing experience, with 21 years focused on nursing informatics. She is certified in health care information management systems and nursing informatics. She was the president of Maryland’s Chapter of the American Nursing Informatics Association through 2020 and the recipient of the Zynx Clinical Improvement Through Evidence Award in 2015, and she is a peer reviewer for the Applied Clinical Informatics Journal. She has authored numerous presentations and publications related to health care technologies and has extensive experience in large- and small-scale health care technology implementations, management and strategic planning, nursing evidence-based practice/research projects, championing the use of innovative technologies, workflow redesign, and fostering interdisciplinary relationships.

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership

University of Michigan School of Nursing

Charlotte Seckman, PhD, RN, NI-BC, CNE, FAAN, is a board-certified informatics nurse with a PhD in nursing informatics, a master’s in nursing administration and education, and a master’s certificate in Aging and Thanatology. As a leader in nursing informatics, with over 30 years of practice experience, Dr. Seckman’s work to explore ways to improve care using innovative and emerging technologies has been disseminated, published, and recognized nationally and internationally. She has extensive experience in the analysis, design, testing, implementation, and evaluation of a variety of EHR and digital health systems in both the government and private sectors. Her recent endeavors involve the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare to include invitations as an expert speaker at international conferences. As an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Dr. Seckman coordinates, develops, and teaches nursing informatics courses at the masters and DNP level, mentors and advises graduate level students, and prepares future generations of nurses to leverage informatics competencies for leadership roles in health care. 

Nursing Professional Development Lead
WellSpan Health

Assistant Professor 

SINI 2025 Co-Chair

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Cory Stephens, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, NI-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMS, is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Previously, he worked at the National Institutes of Health as a nurse consultant - informatics. Throughout his career, Stephens has developed custom clinical decision support in support of clinical research; modernized an in-person electronic health record (EHR) training program to one that is role-based and accessible anywhere in an online learning management system; implemented a mobile EHR application; designed another mobile app for nurses and other clinicians to access reference materials; guided the development of a homegrown telehealth program at the start of the pandemic; pushed the organization forward in its adoption of Microsoft 365 applications by teaching nurses, other clinicians, and staff how and why to use modern communication and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, Bookings, and Forms; and taught nurses and other information technology staff how to optimize and automate workflows using Power Automate. Stephens has enjoyed precepting nursing informatics graduate students and preparing them for successful careers. Stephens completed his DNP focused on strategies for nurse leaders to promote the integration of information and communication technologies like Microsoft Teams into nursing practice.

Chief Executive Officer

Nina Nurses Continuing Education and AI Nurse Academy

The Johns Hopkins Health System