Joy Keeler Tobin, MBA, FHIMSS Health IT Program Manager

As the health IT program manager in MITRE's Center for Transforming Health, Ms. Tobin plays a lead role in the health information technology activities of the company. She provides operational management of health IT initiatives with the public and private sectors, including projects across the federal government and MITRE-funded research initiatives to advance health interoperability. She oversees MITRE activities in support of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Federal Health Architecture Program.

Ms. Tobin has served in national advisory roles, including the HIMSS Board of Directors, chair of the Nicholas E. Davies Award Committee, Joint Commission Expert Panel on Health Information Technology, National Rural Health Conference Planning Committee, and Advance for Health Information Executives Editorial Board. She was recognized by the WITI Chicago Regional Network with its 2004 Excellence in Corporate IT Leadership Award.

Prior to joining MITRE, Ms. Tobin was deputy director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) National Resource Center for Health Information Technology. Ms. Tobin was central to developing the strategy, operational infrastructure, and partnerships, and overseeing daily operations of large and complex multi-year projects to support the deployment of health IT.

Prior to joining AHRQ, Ms. Tobin was associate vice chancellor for health affairs and chief information officer at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she led the six-year strategic and technical drive to implement an advanced clinical information system. The Medical Center's electronic health record received the 2001 Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence and the 2003 Enterprise Value Award by CIO magazine. She is a member of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) Board of Commissioners, and holds a BS in biological sciences from the University of Central Florida and an MBA from Rollins College.