Advisory Board Members

The Advisory Board provides consultation to N.C. Health Information Exchange Authority on the advancement and operation of NC HealthConnex, the state-designated HIE. The board has eight members appointed by the N.C. General Assembly, in addition to four ex-officio members.

 

Dr. William G. Way, Chair

Former Director of Diagnostic Imaging Radiologist, Wake Radiology
Representative of Licensed Physicians

 

Donette Herring, Vice Chair
Chief Information Officer, Vidant Health

Representative of Critical Access Hospitals

 

Dr. Neal Chawla
Chief Medical Information Officer, WakeMed
Health System Representative

 

Dr. Tammy Kiger
Physician, Carolina Family Health Centers

Representative of Federally Qualified Health Centers

 

Brent Lamm
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, UNC Health

Individual with Technical Expertise in Health Information Technology

 

Dr. Richard Pro

Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Cone Health
Representative of Technical Expertise in Data Analytics

 

Carolyn D. Spence
Chief Information Officer, Alexander Youth Network

Representative of Behavioral Health Providers

 

Lauren Wiggs
Regional Sales Manager, Ontarget

Patient Representative

 

 

Ex-Officio Members

 

Secretary James A. Weaver

N.C. Department of Information Technology

 

Secretary Kody Kinsley

N.C. Department of Health and Human Services

 

Carol Burroughs

Director, Government Data Analytics Center, N.C. Department of Information Technology

 

Dee Jones

Executive Director, North Carolina State Health Plan

 

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