CHIME Celebrates 2025 Baldrige Foundation Leadership Award Recipients Making a Lasting Impact on Health and Care

Ann Arbor, MI, April 1, 2025 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the Baldrige Foundation Leadership Awards. This esteemed honor recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and dedication to advancing healthcare, innovation, cybersecurity, and public service.

CHIME is proud to celebrate all the 2025 awardees and especially honors several remarkable leaders whose work has had a direct impact on CHIME and the broader digital health community:

• Lisa Gallagher, National Cybersecurity Advisor, CHIME – For her tireless commitment to strengthening national healthcare cybersecurity and for advising digital health leaders across the CHIME ecosystem.
• Edward J. Gaudet, CEO and Founder, Censinet – For pioneering innovative cybersecurity risk management solutions that protect patient safety and bolster provider trust.
• Nitin Natarajan, Former Deputy Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – For his steadfast leadership in driving public-private partnerships that enhance national healthcare infrastructure resilience.
• Eugene Woods, CEO, Advocate Health – For his visionary leadership in health system transformation and his role in advancing innovation and digital modernization in care delivery.

"These leaders embody the spirit of transformation and resilience that defines CHIME’s mission,” said Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME. “Their achievements remind us that bold, purpose-driven leadership is essential in navigating today’s healthcare challenges. We are proud to call many of them friends, collaborators, and champions for a better, more secure, and more connected healthcare future."

As the digital health landscape rapidly evolves, CHIME remains committed to supporting and celebrating those who lead with integrity, innovation, and unwavering dedication to improving health and care for all.

About CHIME

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs), chief nursing information officers (CNIOs), chief innovation officers (CIOs), chief digital officers (CDOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 3,000 individual members in 58 countries and two U.S. territories and 200 CHIME Foundation healthcare IT business and professional service firm members, CHIME and its three associations provide a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate, exchange best practices, address professional development needs, and advocate for the effective use of information management to improve the health and care in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.