Speakers Bureau

Our leaders are available for speaking engagements, media interviews or other projects that require expertise in health information technology.

Contexture leaders are sought-after speakers at national conferences and events, including the annual HIMSS conference, the annual Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Annual Meeting and the annual Civitas Networks for Health conference. Our speakers have years of experience in healthcare and the healthcare information technology space.

Topics Include:

Advance directives
Care summaries
Consent management/opt out
Health data analytics
Health data security
Health data technology, such as FHIR, blockchain, Application Program Interfaces
Health information exchange
Health information service provider
Hierarchical condition coding
HITRUST
Interoperability

Advance directives
Care summaries
Consent management/opt out
Health data analytics
Health data security
Health data technology, such as FHIR, blockchain, Application Program Interfaces
Health information exchange
Health information service provider
Hierarchical condition coding
HITRUST
Interoperability

Selecting and implementing a new electronic health record system
Social determinants of health
Master patient index
Medical home recognition
Patient matching
Public health reporting
Quality improvement
Quality Payment Program/MIPS
Quality reporting
Transitions of care

Selecting and implementing a new electronic health record system
Social determinants of health
Master patient index
Medical home recognition
Patient matching
Public health reporting
Quality improvement
Quality Payment Program/MIPS
Quality reporting
Transitions of care

Melissa A. Kotrys, MPH
Chief Executive Officer

Expertise: Health policy, health information exchange, social determinants of health and interoperability

Through Melissa’s vision and leadership, Contexture is celebrated as a collaborative partner of hospitals and health systems, health plans, healthcare providers, healthcare associations and other stakeholders.

In 2007, Melissa joined Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC) as an associate director before assuming the role of CEO in 2010. In 2014, AzHeC merged with the statewide HIE, Health Information Network of Arizona (HINAz) and in 2017, the organization became Health Current. In 2020, Health Current announced it would join CORHIO, the largest Colorado HIE, forming the regional HIE Contexture in 2021.

Prior to joining Contexture, Melissa worked as a consultant and health policy analyst at Deloitte Consulting. She holds a Master of Public Health in health policy from The George Washington University and Bachelor of Arts from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Melissa serves on many boards and advisory councils, most notably on the Board of Civitas Networks for Health — a national collaborative of HIEs and other health data stakeholders. Melissa serves as a Civitas Networks for Health board member and was the inaugural board chair from 2021 to 2023. She also serves as a member of the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI) Board of Directors, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Americas Advisory Board, the Employers Council Board of Directors, the Arizona State Medicaid Advisory Committee and the Advisory Council of Solari Crisis & Human Services.
Melissa enjoys spending time with her family, especially on off-road and fishing adventures throughout Arizona, and keeps an impressive catalog of those memories thanks to her love of photography.
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Marc Lassaux
Executive Director & CEO at QHN

Expertise: Health data exchange, health information technology infrastructure and architecture, community-based data sharing and community resource networks

Marc Lassaux is the Executive Director & CEO at QHN. He enjoys helping lead the team into a new era of health data exchange as we provide and expand solutions to connect people and information for better health.

In his previous role at QHN as Chief Technology Officer, Marc worked on planning for technology infrastructure and architecture, enabling innovation, and understanding the health information technology solutions that create business value. He helped QHN utilize advanced technology to facilitate community-based data sharing and community resource networks, enable innovative risk stratification/predictive modeling tools and support new payment models.

Marc previously served on the Colorado eHealth Commission with an appointment by Governor Hickenlooper. Marc was also the Technical Director for The Colorado Beacon Consortium and has served in chairing roles for an Ofﬁce of the National Coordinator (ONC) Community of Practice and a Colorado State Innovation Model (SIM) workgroup.

Marc and his wife Nikki moved to Grand Junction in 2005 to raise their two now teenage boys. They love to hike and explore and especially enjoy flying through the canyons of the Colorado Plateau.
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Scott Bennett
Chief Legal Officer & Privacy Officer

Expertise: Compliance, privacy, healthcare, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence law

As Chief Legal Officer, Scott Bennett leads the team that provides legal guidance and support to Contexture and oversees the organization’s compliance program.

Before joining Contexture, Scott was a partner at the Phoenix law firm Coppersmith Brockelman. In private practice, Scott helped hospitals, healthcare providers and health technology companies navigate a variety of legal issues, including U.S. and international privacy laws; data breaches; government investigations; litigation; and healthcare-specific laws and regulations like the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute.

Scott has earned certifications in both U.S. and European privacy law from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (CIPP/US and CIPP/E).

Scott received his law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University. (Go Devils!)

Outside of work, you are most likely to find Scott hiking on a Phoenix trail, camping in the woods or baking in his kitchen (his specialty is macarons).
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Matthew Isiogu
Chief Revenue Officer

Expertise: Health policy and finance, data analytics, strategic planning, legislation and regulation

Matthew Isiogu leads Contexture’s initiatives to develop breakthrough innovations and business strategies that leverage data and technology to support value-based care, advance health equity and control costs.

In a variety of public administration and healthcare management roles, he’s led strategic planning and financial management for organizations adapting to growth and change, including during the Great Recession, implementing the Affordable Care Act and responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Before joining Contexture in 2021, Matthew served as assistant director for finance and data at the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona’s Medicaid agency serving 2.2 million members with an annual budget of $18 billion. At AHCCCS, he oversaw actuarial analysis, data analytics, reimbursement rates and budget. Previously, Matthew managed human services programs at the Arizona Department of Economic Security. In Michigan, he served in the governor’s State Budget Office and as assistant to the chair of the Michigan Public Service Commission.

Matthew is a 2016 Fellow of the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy. He received his Bachelor of Arts in political theory and social policy from James Madison College at Michigan State University. His volunteer work includes project coaching for fellows from Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa, Togo and Zambia through the Mandela Washington Fellowship program.

He enjoys hosting murder mystery parties with his wife, who is also his high school sweetheart.
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Deanna Towne
Chief Information Officer

Expertise: Health IT, strategic planning, security risk assessments, capabilities-based planning, data security, project management, executive IT leadership

Deanna Towne oversees Contexture’s team of information technology professionals, as well as the development of new products to meet the needs of the Colorado and Arizona healthcare communities. All of Contexture’s vast IT functions fall within the CIO’s purview -- including network support, security, system administration, server management, data management, development, project implementation and management, and security. She oversees all IT systems required to support Contextures’ objectives and goals, as well as leads the digital transformation of the organization.

She joined CORHIO, Colorado’s largest health information exchange, as CIO in 2019. In 2021, CORHIO formalized a merger with Health Current, Arizona’s HIE, to become Contexture and Deanna assumed the CIO role for the larger organization.

Prior to Contexture, Deanna was the deputy chief customer officer and IT director for the Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology. She has also served as the budget director for the Colorado Department of Revenue and the deputy director of the Colorado Governor’s Office of Homeland Security.

Deanna received her MBA and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree from Regis University in economics and politics. She also graduated from the Executive Leaders Program for the Center of Homeland Defense and Security and completed coursework for a Certificate in Public Administration from the University of Colorado. She’s also an EMC Certified Expert Cloud Architect and brings Lean/Six Sigma training to her role.

She resides in Castle Rock, Colorado, with her husband, Marc, and young son. In her free time, she loves being outside and spending time with family, including a family dinner every Sunday night. In August 2022, Deanna was honored as CIO of the Year in the Corporate category of the ORBIE awards.
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