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10 Ascension IT leaders
These ten current and former Ascension IT leaders include Ascension's senior vice president and chief information officer, hospital and regional CIOs, and vice presidents and directors of technology. A reader can learn how IT leaders lead technology organizations at Ascension.
Professionals to explore
01—10Daniel Stross
LinkedInExperience: Ascension Mid-Michigan CIO · Ascension
Former Ascension Mid-Michigan CIO at Ascension (2006–2018) and former Cerner EHR Product Line Leader at Ascension (2018–2020). Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Vandalia Health at Vandalia Health since 2023, and former Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Charleston Area Medical Center (2020–2023).
Erica Williams Lankes, MBA, CHCIO, FCHIME, CDH-E, PMP
LinkedInExperience: Regional Technology Officer (CIO) Texas · Ascension
Former Regional Technology Officer (CIO) Texas at Ascension (October 2022 to May 2025), in Austin, Texas, and listed at the C-Level in the Engineering and Technical department. VP, Divisional CIO, Florida at AdventHealth since May 2025, and former Chief Information Officer - Southwest Market at Community Health Systems (2018–2021).
Erik Gallimore MPA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Regional Technology Officer · Ascension
Vice President, Regional Technology Officer at Ascension since March 2022, which the profile describes as a regional CIO role partnering with the Ascension Alabama, Oklahoma and Kansas markets executive leadership team. Former Senior, Regional Technology Director at Ascension (2020–2022).
Gagan Singh
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Chief Information Officer · Ascension
SVP, Chief Information Officer at Ascension since May 2022, a role the profile lists at the C-Level in General Management. Former Chief Data Officer at Ascension (2019–2022). The profile also lists VP, Head of Enterprise Architecture at Zurich North America (2018–2019).
Jeanette Klanow
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · Ascension
Former Chief Information Officer at Ascension (May 2014 to April 2018), where the profile says the role performed the function of a CIO, including strategic leadership and IT governance and oversight. Former Director Enterprise Applications at Ascension (1997–2013) and former Sr. Director IT at Ascension (2013–2018).
Laura Young-Shehata
LinkedInExperience: Chief Applications Officer · Ascension
Chief Applications Officer at Ascension since October 2020, a current role. Former EVP Chief Information and Digital Officer at CommonSpirit Health (2018–2019) and SVP Digital and Innovation there (2019–2020). The profile also lists SVP Enterprise Healthcare IT Services at Dignity Health (2013–2018).
Mary Kay LaChance
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer - Ascension Providence Rochester · Ascension
Former Chief Information Officer - Ascension Providence Rochester at Ascension (2016–2017) and former Interim Chief Information Officer - Ascension Borgess Hospital (2015–2016). Former Vice President Clinical Products at Ascension (2017–2019), which the profile says covered the clinical information technology products portfolio for Ascension Information Services.
Meghan Hendricks
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Technology · Ascension
Vice President of Technology at Ascension since July 2019, based in Milwaukee and listed at President/Vice President level in the Engineering and Technical department. Former Regional Market Information Officer at Ascension (2018–2019) and former Regional CIO at SSM Health (2014–2017).
Patty Tummolo-Konnick
LinkedInExperience: Enterprise Director of Technology Operations · Ascension
Enterprise Director of Technology Operations at Ascension since July 2025; the profile describes driving national technology operations strategy across a multi-market healthcare system. Former Regional Director of Relationship and Demand Management at Ascension (2021–2025) and Director Of Information Technology at HCA Healthcare (2016–2021).
Shankar Ramani
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President IT · Ascension
Associate Vice President IT at Ascension since March 2026. The profile says the role involves managing and optimizing hospital IT operational performance, driving consistency and ensuring measurable value across the organization. Former Vice President, Healthcare IT Delivery at The HCI Group (2023–2026).
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Match the person's scope to your question: system CIO and applications roles suit questions about enterprise strategy and governance, while regional and operations leaders suit questions about running technology for hospitals and markets day to day. Check whether the relevant Ascension role is current or past, and how long ago it ended, before asking about today's practices.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you split IT ownership between a national technology organization and the regional markets it serves?
- 02What does it take to standardize clinical and business applications across many hospitals without disrupting care?
- 03How should a health system IT leader decide which technology operations to centralize and which to leave to local teams?
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