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10 AdventHealth IT leaders
These ten current and former AdventHealth IT leaders include a senior vice president and CIO, a senior vice president of IT operations and service management, and divisional and regional CIOs, along with directors who have run IT service delivery and technology services. A reader can learn how IT leaders lead technology organizations at AdventHealth.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brian Cope, MSML, CHCIO, CDH-E
LinkedInExperience: IT Executive Market Director · AdventHealth Central Florida
IT Executive Market Director at AdventHealth Central Florida since July 2021, with Director III, Information Technology listed there over the same period. The profile describes the role as responsible for end-to-end accountability of IT delivery, telecom, project execution and procurement at multiple high-capacity hospitals, offsite emergency departments and ambulatory locations.
Carlos Escobar, MBA, CHCIO
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President IT Operations & Service Management · AdventHealth
Senior Vice President IT Operations & Service Management at AdventHealth since January 2025 and former System Vice President, Market IT Operations & Planning at AdventHealth (2019–2025). Former Vice President, Chief Information Officer at AdventHealth Central Florida (2016–2019) and former Vice President, Information Systems at Florida Hospital (2015–2016).
Erica Williams Lankes, MBA, CHCIO, FCHIME, CDH-E, PMP
LinkedInExperience: VP, Divisional CIO, Florida · AdventHealth
VP, Divisional CIO, Florida at AdventHealth since May 2025, a role the profile lists at the President/Vice President level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Regional Technology Officer (CIO) Texas at Ascension (2022–2025) and former Chief Information Officer - Southwest Market at Community Health Systems (2018–2021).
Herb Keller
LinkedInExperience: SR VP CIO · AdventHealth
SR VP CIO at AdventHealth since March 2015, a role the profile lists as current. Former VP CTO at AdventHealth (2013–2015). The profile also lists VP CTO at Florida Hospital from 2005 to 2013 and a separate current Senior Vice President role at AdventHealth since 2019.
James Devlin
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director of Technology Services · AdventHealth
Executive Director of Technology Services at AdventHealth since August 2025, listed at the Director level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Director of Information Services at AdventHealth (2019–2025). Former Regional Director of Information Services (2018–2019) and Market Director of Information Services (2014–2019) at Community Health Systems.
Jerry Ballard, MBA, CHCIO, CDH-E
LinkedInExperience: Regional CIO East Florida Division · AdventHealth
Regional CIO East Florida Division at AdventHealth since February 2026. Former Division Director of Operations at HCA Healthcare (2024–2026), and the profile also lists Senior Director of IT, Osceola Regional Medical Center (2019–2022) and Director of IT, Osceola Regional Medical Center (2016–2019) at HCA Healthcare.
Jon Russell MBA CHCIO
LinkedInExperience: Rocky Mountain Region CIO · AdventHealth
Rocky Mountain Region CIO at AdventHealth since January 2023. The profile says the regional CIO serves as the senior technology and digital transformation leader for a rapidly expanding ambulatory and acute care portfolio. Former Vice President CIO at TMC HealthCare (2021–2022) and former Senior Vice President CIO at MultiCare Health System (2020–2021).
Maureen O'Mara RN
LinkedInExperience: Regional Chief Information Officer West Florida Division · AdventHealth
Regional Chief Information Officer West Florida Division at AdventHealth since August 2024. Former Regional Director Nursing Informatics (2022–2024) and former Director Clinical System Integration (2019–2022) at AdventHealth. The profile also lists Senior Manager Clinical Informatics at Adventist Health System Information Technology (2016–2020).
Sarah Myers
LinkedInExperience: Regional Chief Information Officer · AdventHealth
Regional Chief Information Officer at AdventHealth since October 2025, a role the profile lists at the C-Level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Director of IT at AdventHealth (September 2022 to October 2025) in the MidAmerica Region and former Senior Revenue Cycle Analyst at AdventHealth (2020–2022).
Tony Qualls
LinkedInExperience: Director, IT Service Delivery · AdventHealth
Former Director, IT Service Delivery at AdventHealth (2020–2025), where the profile says the role provided strategy and oversight for technical projects, services and operations. Former Director, Enterprise Technical Services (2015–2019) and Director, Strategic Clinical Applications (2019–2020) at AdventHealth. Great Lakes Region CIO at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth since October 2025.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question: system-wide leaders suit questions about strategy, applications and IT operations across the organization, while regional CIOs and market directors suit questions about supporting hospitals in one area. Check whether the relevant AdventHealth role is current or past, and when it started, before asking about today's practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do regional CIOs and system-wide IT teams divide decisions about applications, infrastructure and service delivery?
- 02What does it take to run IT service management consistently across hospitals in different states?
- 03How should a health system IT leader balance local hospital requests against system-wide standards?
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