Board of Directors

Mary Armijo, M.S. CIS, PMP - President
Division Sr. Project Manager for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA)
Mary Armijo has a background in distance education, healthcare and project management. Her distance education background started in 2000 with the University of Maryland University College's Asian Division and continued with New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Distance Education program. Transitioning to the healthcare sector as a project manager in 2004, Mary has successfully managed and completed a spectrum of large scale IT healthcare projects. Mary currently is a Division Sr. Project Manager for HCA North Florida Division, managing projects for 23 hospitals within North Florida, South Georgia and South Carolina. Mary also is assisting with the management and development of emerging healthcare technologies to enhance patient care and improve clinical processes. Mary's project management experience encompasses analyzing and improving clinical workflow as well as integrating and managing the implementation of multiple technologies. Mary completed her Blackbelt in Lean Six Sigma and will be completing her MBA Healthcare emphasis this summer. Mary starting her volunteership with the SIG as an Online Education Lead in 2006.

Rami Haddad, PMP - Vice President
Healthcare IT Project Manager
Rami Haddad has over ten years of experience managing complex projects, implementing information systems, defining technology strategy, and analyzing governance structure. He has full life-cycle experience in project planning, execution, quality control, and audit. He compliments project management experience with comprehensive knowledge of technology governance, outsourcing, and integration. He has managed projects nationally across multiple healthcare organizations in medical academic institutions, integrated delivery networks, and hospices. Rami is an engineering graduate from Stanford University. He is an avid cyclist, runner, and swimmer, combining them once in a while for a triathlon.

Michael Allman, RT(R),PMP,CIIP - Treasurer
Senior Project Manager, Exogen
Michael Allman’s background includes over 15 years of clinical experience in Radiology/ Cardiology before he moved into Project Management and Clinical Informatics. He has over 8 years of project management experience with a consulting company he formed before coming to Exogen. Michael has managed a number of large healthcare IT projects at facilities nationwide and has implemented applications from GE, Meditech, McKesson, Fuji, Misys and Siemens to name a few. He has managed budgets ranging in size from $3-$36 million dollars. He was responsible for the finances of 2 companies he founded including payroll and tax filings. Michael is also a member of SC Midlands Chapter of PMI.

Marie Medenbach, PMP, CPHIMS - Director of Development
Grapevine IT Consulting, Principal
Marie Medenbach is a PMP and CPHIMS Certified - Senior Consultant for Grapevine IT Consulting. In the past, Ms. Medenbach has been a Sr. Project Manager responsible for synchronizing and monitoring interface testing efforts utilizing both Cerner and Epic EMRs. Ms. Medenbach has also consulted at Memorial Health Services managing the implementation of over 125 system applications - including Cerner, PACS, Pyxis, Talyst, PICIS, McKesson, and Lawson (to name a few) for the new ‘Memorial - North Hospital’ (an 89 bed acute care facility North of Colorado Springs) which went live in April, 2007. Marie has held the Colorado HIMSS Program Chair position from 2005 – 2007 and will continue on the board as the 2007 – 2008 Colorado HIMSS Communication Chair. In April, 2007, Marie was awarded the ‘Spirit of HIMSS’ honor and was featured in the HIMSS Weekly Insider for her exemplary dedication to industry efforts through HIMSS affiliations. Marie also works within the Project Management Institute (PMI) as the PMI Healthcare Special Interest Group – Strategic Liaisons Lead.

Amy Kentera - Director of Education & Certification
Chief Information Officer, Liberty Management Group
Amy Kentera is a recently minted PMP who has joined the Board of Directors as of January 1, 2008 as the Director of Education. She is currently the Chief Information Officer at Liberty Management Group where she has served for 8 years. In this capacity she directs the computer and telecommunication activities of 3 hospitals and 23 outpatient clinics. One of her special projects is the implementation of an EMR in all of the company's sites. As part of that project she has designed a computer literacy program for staff that are unfamiliar with the computer. Prior to working at Liberty, Amy worked in many areas of the health care industry including: managed care, health care software and training, and general acute care hospitals.

Don Ellis - Director of Events
Healthcare IT Management Consultant
Don C. Ellis is an independent healthcare IT management consultant based in the U.S. Drawing on over ten years experience in the industry, he provides vision development, strategic planning, and project management services to clients in the healthcare provider sector. Don received his Bachelor of Business in Information Management from the University of Texas Tech and holds numerous accreditations, including the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information Management Systems (CPHIMS). Don is a member and volunteer of both HIMSS and PMI and most recently served on the CPHIMS Technical Committee, where he guided the globalization of the certification. Don currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and their newborn son and when not working enjoys playing soccer and travelling.

Raymond McIntyre, PMP - Director of Membership
Senior Consultant - Healthcare Informatics
Raymond McIntyre's experiences progressed from the departmental head of biomedical engineering for cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to design and development project lead at Mallincrodt and then to senior consultant of Healthcare Informatics at Philips Medical Systems. Ray specialized in digital image quality standardization and developed imaging protocols for clinical trials. He also taught the physics of imaging to both radiology and cardiology residents. He contributed to elevating quality standards in both the clinical and vendor environment while responding to FDA audits in both settings. Ray has an engineering degree and has authored and co-authored seven publications in the engineering, medical physics and clinical imaging disciplines. Ray serves his local PMI Chapter as a PMP instructor.

Michele Mills, PMP - Past President
Manager, Project Management Office, University Health Care (University of Utah Health Sciences), Salt Lake City, Utah
Having spent most of her professional career in the healthcare industry, Michele Mills has worked at University Health Care, a division of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, since 1993. Her duties include management of the PMO and handling a wide variety of projects ranging from new building construction to public internet access projects for patients, patient families, and visitors. She has also been involved in many volunteer activities, including PTA President, PTA Regional Leadership Vice-President, and intern for Utah State Legislature Majority Leader Lane Beattie. During her tenure in state government, she helped the Utah Medical Association's president to move several difficult healthcare bills through the legislative process. Michele is currently the President of the Project Management Institute's Healthcare Specific Interest Group (SIG), and on the UHIMSS board as Director-at-Large for Project Management. She is also working on a Master's of Science degree in Project Management at The George Washington University.