Vincent Bennekers

Vice President of Quality

Vincent leads the HITRUST Compliance Program. He is responsible for overseeing the integrity of the HITRUST CSF Assurance Program, which provides centralized reporting and oversight for all HITRUST CSF Assessments and reports. He is also responsible for championing continued improvements to the integrity, transparency, and ultimately the rely-ability of HITRUST reporting. Vincent has spent a significant portion of his career in the Netherlands and Belgium, supporting clients to achieve their IT assurance and cybersecurity goals.

Dominic Boamah, Ph.D.

Director, Office of Research & Analysis

KC Chewning

Sr Director of Operations and Process Improvement

Bryan Cline Ph.D.

Chief Research Officer

Bryan provides thought leadership on risk management and compliance and develops the methodologies used in various components of the HITRUST Approach. This includes a focus on the design of the HITRUST CSF and the assessment and certification models used in the HITRUST CSF Assurance Programs, for which he provides technical direction and oversight. He’s also responsible for addressing emerging trends impacting risk management and compliance to ensure the HITRUST Approach sets the bar for organizations seeking the most comprehensive privacy and security frameworks available. Bryan previously served as HITRUST’s Vice President of Standards and Analysis.

Maria Christina Comas

Director of Project Management

Matthew Datel

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Gladys Evans

Chief of Staff

Marc Fitzpatrick

Director of Product Marketing and Corporate Communications

Michael Frederick

Director of Professional Services

Monique Henderson

Director of Third-Party Risk Management

Monique has more than 15 years of expertise in Third-Party Risk Management, Cybersecurity/Continuous Risk Monitoring, and Vendor Contract Negotiation. In past positions, Monique stood up entire GRC programs as well as matured existing TPRM functions. Monique serves as a TPRM consultant to HITRUST clients offering suggestions on how to best leverage HITRUST certifications throughout their vendor populations, as well as counsel on how to mature other TPRM functions. Monique holds a BS degree from North Carolina Wesleyan College.

Jacob Hill

Director of Lead Generation and Marketing Communications

Pat Long

Director of Information Technology

Eric Moriak

Director of Assurance Services & Lead Instructor

Iddah Mwaniki

Director of IT Audit

James Nutkis

Sr. Director, Product Management

Dennis Palmer

Director of Customer Experience

Michael Parisi

Vice President of Adoption

Ryan Patrick

Vice President of Adoption

Joshua Perlow

Vice President, Business Development & Adoption

Eric Rozier

Director of Client Development

Andrew Russell

Vice President of Standards

Andrew leads the HITRUST Standards group. With deep levels of expertise in information security controls mapping, controls testing, automation, and data analytics. Andrew is responsible for development enhancements and ongoing maintenance of the HITRUST CSF framework. Andrew has a decade of “Big 4” audit experience covering a wide range of standards and a diverse mixture of projects.

Fernando Sarife

Director of Sales Operations

Becky Swain

Director of Cloud Assurance Innovation