HITRUST ALLIANCE - Key Persons


Aman Raheja

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chief Information Security Officer & Head of IT Operations, Humana Inc.

Bimal Sheth

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President, Standards Development & Assurance Operations
Bimal leads the development of the HITRUST CSF and Assurance program. His teams are responsible for conducting research on information protection practices, enhancing the HITRUST CSF by incorporating new or updated authoritative sources, ensuring the Rely-Ability of HITRUST Certifications, and educating the HITRUST community about the CSF through training. Bimal has spent his career working with organizations to provide assurances over their information protection programs.

Blake Sutherland

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President, Market Engagement
With extensive experience in product and solution development, Blake is committed to helping organizations obtain, maintain, and exchange reliable cybersecurity assurances to protect their information supply chains. Blake has a deep understanding of information security technologies and holds patents for vulnerability protection, intrusion prevention/detection system filtering, methodologies for detecting data modification, and other core aspects of cybersecurity.

Brad Almond - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Carl Dvorak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President, Epic Systems Corporation

Caroline Budde

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer, Baxter International

Daniel Nutkis - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chief Executive Officer, HITRUST
Since founding HITRUST in 2007, Dan has set the company's strategy as CEO with a clear vision that established HITRUST as the vanguard in managing information risk and meeting regulatory compliance to secure critical data. Initially focusing on establishing HITRUST programs as the standard for healthcare organizations seeking security and privacy and certification, he is now focused on bringing HITRUST's landmark services to a global audience and paving the path to ensure the company's services are industry agnostic. Dan has been recognized as a top information security influencer by both SC Magazine and Health Information Security Magazine.

Dr. Kevin Charest - CTO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Executive Vice President
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for HITRUST
  • QAS Member
Dr. Kevin Charest serves as the executive vice president and chief technology officer for HITRUST. He is responsible for all aspects of Agile development, IT operations, information security, and engineering for HITRUST. Kevin comes to HITRUST from Health Care Service Corporation where he served as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of IT Infrastructure. Prior to that he served as the VP, IT Security and Cyber Defense Operations for UnitedHealth Group. Kevin also led the Information Security Office for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the CISO and was directly responsible for the HHS cybersecurity technology portfolio. Dr. Charest holds a PhD in Cybersecurity from Capella University. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of West Georgia and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Central Arkansas. He is also a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps and the U.S. Army.

George DeCesare

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • QAS Member

Ken Vander Wal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • QAS Member

Kim Gold

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President, Chief Legal & Risk Officer
Kim leads the corporate legal department and serves as a strategic internal partner by providing advice and oversight for all business units to ensure actions and deliverables are aligned to the legal department's objectives. She provides guidance on all matters related to legal strategies, including human resources, products/marketing, antitrust, litigation, partnerships, licensing, and global compliance/regulations, as well as key business transactions. Kim has a Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law at The American University in Washington, D.C., and Bar admissions in Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, and Texas.

Kimberly Gray

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • CIPP Chief Privacy Officer, Global, IQVIA

Michael Calhoun

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • QAS Member

Omar Khawaja

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Highmark Inc.

Pamela Arora

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, AAMI

Robert E. Booker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • QAS Member / Strategy
  • Strategy Implementation Officer

Roy R. Mellinger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Senior Vice President - Security, Privacy, IT Risk and Compliance and Global Chief Information Security Officer, Aimbridge Hospitality