Kathleen is a Health Information Management (HIM) Professional with more than 30 years of experience. In her current role as Senior Provincial Director, Health Information Management, Alberta Health Services, she provides strategic and operational leadership for the provincial Health Information Management Service.

Kathleen is an innovative change agent whose career has been focused on the identification and implementation of leading practice in HIM. She has led staff and key stakeholders through significant change achieving desired outcomes which includes developing and implementing a single provincial HIM Service Delivery Model; leading multiple service locations through business process re-engineering, standardization and implementation; and the development and implementation of an Enterprise Information Management Governance Framework. She has also drafted an Enterprise Information Management Conceptual Model.

Kathleen is a certified member of the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) and is their current Board Chair.