CHIME Honors Pam McNutt and Greg Garcia with Outstanding Service Recognition

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the leading professional organization for digital health leaders, honored Pam McNutt and Greg Garcia with the 2026 Outstanding Service recognition during CHIME Fall Forum, recognizing two leaders whose decades of advocacy, policy leadership, and service have strengthened CHIME's voice and influence on critical issues affecting healthcare technology.

The Outstanding Service recognition is among CHIME's distinguished honors for individuals whose sustained contributions have advanced the organization and the digital health profession. McNutt and Garcia have each brought deep expertise and longstanding commitment to national conversations shaping health technology, cybersecurity, and public policy, strengthening the connection between healthcare leaders and the policymakers responsible for decisions affecting care delivery.

"The most consequential service to our profession often happens beyond the boundaries of any one organization, when leaders choose to lend their experience, credibility, and influence on issues affecting healthcare as a whole," said Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME. "Pam and Greg have done that consistently and with extraordinary impact. Their counsel has strengthened CHIME, elevated the voice of digital health leaders, and helped bring the realities of healthcare into national policy and cybersecurity discussions. This recognition reflects both what they have contributed and the standard of service they have set for our industry."

Pam McNutt, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Methodist Health System, has been a deeply engaged leader within CHIME for more than three decades. She has served on the CHIME Board of Trustees, chaired both CHIME's Advocacy Leadership Team and Policy Steering Committee, and represented the perspectives of healthcare CIOs in discussions with federal policymakers and agencies on issues including Meaningful Use, interoperability, and national health IT policy. She has also served as an educator, speaker, and mentor to fellow digital health leaders.

McNutt's involvement has continued well beyond her formal leadership positions. She remains engaged in CHIME's policy work and has consistently stepped forward as an advisor, bringing the operational perspective of healthcare leadership to issues with national implications. In fact, Pam is a founding member of the Policy Steering Committee and its longest-serving member. Her previous honors include the CHIME Digital Health Leader of the Year Award and CHIME's Federal Public Policy Award.

Greg Garcia has brought a complementary record of public service and cybersecurity leadership to his longstanding work with CHIME. As the nation's first assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and through subsequent leadership roles in financial services and healthcare, Garcia has helped connect policymakers, healthcare providers, and industry leaders around consequential cybersecurity priorities.

Garcia has played a central role in developing the Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group into a coalition representing approximately 500 healthcare organizations across providers, health IT, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, payers, and other sectors. Through years of changing cybersecurity policy, congressional testimony, and engagement across presidential administrations, he has also worked closely with CHIME's policy team to ensure healthcare organizations and technology leaders are represented in national cybersecurity discussions.

Together, McNutt and Garcia demonstrate the enduring value of leaders who contribute their expertise beyond their formal roles in service to an entire industry. Their work has strengthened CHIME's ability to represent digital health leaders on issues with lasting implications for healthcare and reflects the exceptional commitment to the profession that this special recognition was established to honor.

About CHIME 
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is the leading professional organization for digital health executives and leaders. CHIME provides a trusted, collaborative environment where members and partners connect, share best practices, advance professional development, and advocate for the effective use of information and technology to improve health and care in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.

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