WASHINGTON, DC / January 24, 2024 / First Health Advisory, a leading digital health risk assurance firm, today announced the official launch of its Strategic Advisory Board, comprised of six preeminent industry thought leaders, executives, and advocates. These principals will ensure First Health's vision for securing digital healthcare and protecting patient safety, at scale, is executed with clear objective and purpose.

The six members of the Strategic Advisory Board include Lisa Gallagher; Mac McMillan, Major General Elder Granger, MD (retired), CEO and President of The 5Ps; Drex DeFord, Executive Healthcare Strategist at CrowdStrike; Michael Loria, Managing Director of Height of Land Strategies; and M.K. Palmore, Cybersecurity Director of Google Cloud's Office of the Chief Information Security Officer.

This diverse team of executives each hold decades of healthcare, technology, and cybersecurity experience, bringing a breadth of knowledge and perspectives that will provide tremendous benefit to First Health and the entities the company serves. The board will guide First Health after an accelerated growth trajectory in 2023 that saw restructuring of leadership and aligning of business units with critical service offerings to reflect high demand and digital innovation trends in the healthcare sector.

"The addition of the Strategic Advisory Board will further bolster First Health's positioning as the most experienced security and digital efficiency consultants in healthcare," said Carter Groome, First Health Advisory CEO. "I'm in awe of the individuals that have graciously agreed to affiliate their reputations with First Health's future."

Lisa Gallagher

Renowned independent consultant and former Managing Director in PwC's Cybersecurity, Privacy and Forensics Practice, and Vice President of Technology Solutions and Senior Director of Privacy and Security for HIMSS, Gallagher's previous roles include Co-Chair of HHS ONC's Healthcare IT Standards Committee & Co-Chair of the HITSC Privacy and Security Work Group/Transport and Security Standards WG. ​

Mac McMillan

McMillan's senior executive experience spans over 40 years. He's the retired Co-Founder/CEO of CynergisTek, specializing in consulting and managed privacy, security, and audit services for healthcare. His former roles also include Director of Security for two Defense Agencies (OSIA/DTRA) and the Serving Chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force.​

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