Polly Todd Alexander

Polly Todd Alexander currently serves as the Director of Metadata and Taxonomy at WebMD Ignite and WebMD since November 2021. With a strong background in knowledge management, Polly previously held multiple leadership roles at HealthStream, including Director, Senior Manager, and Taxonomy Specialist from October 2014 to November 2021, where contributions included vision for information architecture and expertise in taxonomy and metadata application. Prior experiences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center featured positions including Program Coordinator and National Library of Medicine Bioinformatics Research Fellow, complemented by a focus on staff training at Eskind Biomedical Library. Polly holds a Masters in Public Health from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelor of Science in Anthropological Science from the University of Toronto.