Since founding HITRUST in 2007, Dan has set a clear strategic vision as CEO that established HITRUST as the vanguard standard in managing information risk and meeting regulatory compliance for healthcare organizations seeking security and privacy certifications. He is now focused on bringing HITRUST’s services to a global, industry-agnostic audience. Dan has been recognized as a top information security influencer by both SC Magazine and Health Information Security Magazine.

Gregory is an experienced cybersecurity executive and technologist with 20 years of leadership in enterprise SaaS, spanning go-to-market, customer success, and engineering. He has played key roles in multiple successful company exits, including Venafi (acquired by CyberArk), Bromium (acquired by HP), and AppViewX (acquired by Haveli Investments). Gregory holds a PhD from UCLA and was a Fulbright Scholar at Stockholm University.

Earl is a distinguished financial executive whose career spans over five decades of transformational leadership, corporate growth and strategic guidance. He has played key roles in capital raises, strategic partnerships and successful company exits, including XenSource (acquired by Citrix), Bromium (acquired by HP) and AppViewX (acquired by Haveli Investments). Earl has a BBA from the University of Notre Dame and is a CPA.

Myrna Soto is a seasoned cybersecurity, risk management, and technology executive with more than three decades of experience advising boards, executive teams, and investors on business resilience, governance, and digital transformation. Her career includes senior leadership roles across Fortune 500 enterprises and private equity-backed companies, where she led complex technology and cybersecurity programs at scale. She currently serves on several public and private company boards, bringing expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, strategy, and governance. Myrna is known for helping organizations strengthen trust, manage emerging risks, and align technology investments with business objectives.

Bimal leads the development of the HITRUST Framework (HITRUST CSF) and assurance program. His teams are responsible for conducting research on information protection practices, enhancing the framework by incorporating new or updated authoritative sources, ensuring the reliability of HITRUST certifications, and educating the HITRUST community about the HITRUST Framework (HITRUST CSF). Bimal has spent his career working with organizations to provide assurances over their information protection programs.

Sean Foster serves as Chief Revenue Officer at HITRUST, where he is responsible for the company’s global revenue strategy, go-to-market execution, and customer growth initiatives. He brings more than 25 years of leadership experience scaling cybersecurity and enterprise technology businesses and building disciplined, high-performing revenue organizations.

Linda is a strategic HR leader specializing in building and scaling people operations across technology and cybersecurity organizations. She aligns people strategy with business priorities to drive performance, strengthen employee experience, and support organizational growth. She brings experience in transaction readiness across private equity, joint ventures, and acquisitions, with a focus on building scalable HR infrastructure in complex environments. Linda holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management from San José State University.

Marc Solomon serves as Chief Marketing Officer at HITRUST, where he is responsible for the company’s global marketing strategy, market messaging, and demand generation initiatives. He brings more than 25 years of marketing leadership experience, executing and scaling cybersecurity and enterprise technology businesses, and building focused, world-class marketing organizations. Marc has a strong track record of aligning Marketing with other company departments to drive successful go-to-market and accelerate growth.

With more than 20 years of experience in operations leadership, KC is responsible for revenue operations, support operations, the API-based Results Distribution System, and the HITRUST Assessment XChange. In addition, KC and his teams manage business analytic activities that help drive HITRUST priorities and go-to-market strategies. He is passionate about creating process improvements and business efficiencies designed to serve the HITRUST community better.

Crendal Kear is an accomplished business operations executive with extensive experience leading customer success, revenue operations, and business transformation initiatives for high-growth technology companies. She has held executive leadership roles at Sysdig, Talkdesk, and HITRUST, helping organizations scale operations, improve customer outcomes, and drive long-term growth. Crendal holds a BA in Business Communications and Political Science from The University of Findlay.

Ryan Patrick serves as Executive Vice President of TPRM Customer Solutions at HITRUST, guiding the strategy, adoption, and advancement of the HITRUST TPRM Program. With 20+ years in cybersecurity and risk roles at Intraprise Health, Fortified Health Security, MetLife, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering, he also brings a decade-spanning leadership background as a retired U.S. Army Colonel.

Leslie Jenkins is a strategic marketing executive with extensive experience driving go-to-market strategy, demand generation, and pipeline growth for cybersecurity and SaaS organizations. She has held leadership roles at HITRUST, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Trend Micro, building scalable marketing programs that align sales, product, and marketing teams to accelerate growth. Leslie holds an MBA from Texas Woman’s University and a BA from The University of Texas at Dallas.