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10 Mayo Clinic IT leaders

These ten professionals hold or have held director-level or higher information technology roles at Mayo Clinic, with titles such as vice chair, division chair and director. A reader can learn from them how Mayo Clinic organizes and runs clinical systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity and IT service delivery.

10 professionals2 companiesData retrieved September 28, 2026

Professionals to explore

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  1. April Carlson

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Cyber Defense Director · Mayo Clinic

    Cyber Defense Director at Mayo Clinic since March 2025, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department according to the profile. Her other Mayo Clinic roles shown include Senior Manager, Information Security (2019–2025), Data Protection Officer (2018–2020) and Mayo Clinic (Chief) Privacy Officer (2013–2020).

  2. Chuck Treder

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Vice-chair IT · Mayo Clinic

    Vice-chair IT at Mayo Clinic since December 2013, a role the profile places at the President/Vice President level in the Engineering and Technical department. In the profile he says he is currently responsible for the EMRs and clinical systems across all Mayo Clinic sites.

  3. Dave McGraw

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director · Mayo Clinic

    Director at Mayo Clinic since August 2025; his headline gives the role as Director - Compute, Storage and Hosting Services. At Mayo Clinic he was also Head of Section (2024–2025) and Unit Head - Storage Management (1998–2024).

  4. Eric Steiner

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Technology · Mayo Clinic

    Director of Technology at Mayo Clinic since May 2026, where the profile says he provides strategic and operational leadership for a complex laboratory technology environment supporting a diagnostic and laboratory services enterprise. He was Director of Technology at Eurasia Group (2020–2025) and CIO at Berdon (2001–2018).

  5. Jefferson Lett

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Division Chair, Enterprise IS Service Del · Mayo Clinic

    Division Chair, Enterprise IS Service Del at Mayo Clinic since February 2021; his headline describes the role as leading IT infrastructure, and the profile says the Division Chair oversees a team of over 450 professionals and contractors. He was Director of Infrastructure and Data Services at State of Connecticut (2020–2021).

  6. Kristen Wende

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Vice Chair, Technology Administration & Operations · Mayo Clinic

    Former Vice Chair, Technology Administration & Operations at Mayo Clinic (December 2021–May 2025), and former Division Chair, Information Technology at Mayo Clinic (December 2021–May 2025). Her other Mayo Clinic roles shown are Section Head, Information Technology (2010–2021), Program Manager, Application Engineering Services (2004–2010) and Senior Systems Manager, Technical Engineering Services (2002–2004).

  7. Laura Unverzagt

    LinkedIn

    Experience: IT Vice Chair - Enterprise Applications · Mayo Clinic

    IT Vice Chair - Enterprise Applications at Mayo Clinic since May 2022, a role the profile lists in Rochester, Minnesota, and Division Chair at Mayo Clinic since 2018. Her other Mayo Clinic roles shown are Section Head-IT (2011–2018), Assistant Section Head (2010–2011) and Unit Head (2006–2010).

  8. Mark Henderson

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Division Chair - Information Technology · Mayo Clinic

    Division Chair - Information Technology at Mayo Clinic, a role the profile lists from 1992 with no end date. In the profile he describes leading a team of 300 professionals responsible for enterprise infrastructure architecture, design and service delivery, and calls himself a technology strategist supporting business growth and transformation.

  9. Neal Sanger

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Mayo Clinic Health System - Regional Chief Information Officer · Mayo Clinic Health System in Rochester

    Mayo Clinic Health System - Regional Chief Information Officer at Mayo Clinic Health System in Rochester since 2005, and Administrator, IT Customer Organization at Mayo Clinic since 2015; his headline reads Administrator/Regional CIO at Mayo Clinic. His other roles shown include Vice President, Cerner Consulting at Cerner Corporation (1997–2003).

  10. Ram D.

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Vice Chair - Shields Application Portfolio · Mayo Clinic

    Vice Chair - Shields Application Portfolio at Mayo Clinic since July 2026, reporting to the Chief Information Officer according to the profile, and Chair of the Division of Enterprise Platform Services at Mayo Clinic since October 2025. He was Chair of the Division of Mayo Clinic Cloud Platform (2019–2025), Chair of Enterprise Platform Services (2017–2019) and Section Head - Enterprise API and Integration (2015–2017).

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Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01How does a health system decide which clinical and enterprise applications to standardize across sites, and how are those decisions governed?
  2. 02What does it take to run infrastructure and cloud platforms for a large health system, and where do outside vendors fit?
  3. 03How do you balance cybersecurity and privacy requirements with the speed clinicians and researchers expect from new technology?

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