Sue Schade

Sue Schade is a Principal at StarBridge Advisors. A nationally recognized health IT leader, she recently served as interim CIO at Stony Brook Medicine on Long Island and at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a founding advisor at Next Wave Health Advisors. Sue has more than 30 years’ experience in HIT management and was recognized as the CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year. Sue served as CIO for the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers and for Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Her previous experience included increasing responsibility at a large integrated delivery system in the Chicago area. She led the software division for a start-up healthcare software and outsourcing services vendor for several years and worked as a senior manager in the HIT practice at Ernst and Young.

Sue has served on the CHIME Board and on the HIMSS and CHIME steering committees. Sue achieved fellow status with both HIMSS and CHIME. She is currently serving on the board and executive committee of AAMI and the CHIME Education Foundation Board. She is a regular speaker and writer within the HIT industry. She earned an MBA from Illinois Benedictine College.