Michael Matthews

For over 40 years, Michael has dedicated his career to the enhancement of healthcare efficiency and effectiveness through innovations leveraging information technology and unique partnerships and collaborations. His accomplishments include his leadership in the field of interoperability and health information exchange (HIE), founding chair of The Sequoia Project; chair of the eHealth Exchange Coordinating Committee; founding CEO of MedVirginia, the first HIE to connect to the VA and Department of Defense health record systems and the SSA; and founding CEO of ConnectVirginia, the statewide HIE for Virginia. He was named one of the “26 Smartest People in Health IT” by Becker’s Health IT and was also named Executive of the Year by eHealth Initiative.  Michael received both his B.S. in Mathematics and his M.S. in Public Health from the University of North Carolina. Michael enjoys spending time on the golf course and is the proud grandparent of his five-year old granddaughter, Jocelyn.