Healthcare Think Tank

Esmond Kane currently serves as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Steward Health Care, a 35 hospital, multi-state healthcare organization that provides world class care to millions of patients annually. In his role at Steward, Esmond’s focus has been on transforming Steward’s approach to information security, threat, and risk management to comply with industry frameworks, regulations and best practices. Esmond has over 20 years’ experience leading IT and Security programs in multiple industries. Before joining Steward he served as Deputy CISO at Partners Healthcare in Boston, working with executives and advisors on cyber security and business practice

Matt has been focused on IT Security Architecture at Northwell over 4 years……He also has experience with: vendor negotiations & purchasing, web application design, help desk management, network / database / VPN design & management. Northwell manages over 800 care locations in New York state including 3800 physicians and over 78000 employees.

Experienced healthcare executive with strengths in physician engagement, healthcare innovation, and value-based care. MBA and MS in Healthcare Management from Cornell University. I completed my Medical Degree at Boston University, and residency in internal medicine at UCLA. I have over a decade of experience working as an internist with a focus on improving clinical, educational, and research efforts in perioperative care. I have held academic appointments at UCLA, Mount Sinai, Columbia University, and Cornell. At New York-Presbyterian’s Columbia University campus I served as the Director of Medicine Consultation & Perioperative Services. I was subsequently recruited to Hospital for Special Surgery and served as the Medical Chief of the Spine Service for 7 years. In 2020 I moved to Wisconsin to work as Regional Vice President of Medical Affairs at Marshfield Clinic Health System. I also served as Hospital Medicine Service Line Director for the nine hospitals within this organization, and co-chaired the system’s Health Equity Steering Committee. Most recently I transitioned to Ascension to work as the Wisconsin market Chief Medical Officer. Past and current areas of focus include: • Health Equity Initiatives • Health System Strategy Formulation • Risk-Modeling • Early Recovery After Surgery Pathways • Perioperative Management • Value-Based Assessments in Surgical Care • Physician Engagement & Well-Being • Clinical Operations Management

Cheri Glass, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is vice president of Employee Experience for Baptist Health a full-spectrum health system, which employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Previously, Glass served as vice president of Human Resources for Baptist Health Medical Group, which encompasses the system’s employed providers; Baptist Health Home Care; and Baptist Health Community Care, the system’s value based care arm. Glass has more than 25 years of HR leadership and experience in Louisville, most recently as vice president of Talent Acquisition, Human Resources & Benefits for Signature Healthcare. She also has served as assistant vice president of Employee Benefits for BB&T Insurance Services; as the market practice leader, chief human resources and administrative officer for Fetter Printing Company; and as director of human resources for AAA of Kentucky. Glass holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration/personnel administration and industrial relations from the University of Louisville. She and her husband have been married for 36 years have two children and are currently planning for the marriage of their daughter. Living in Kentucky Cheri and her husband Doug also breed and race thoroughbred horses.