Marti Arvin, CHC-F, CCEP-F, CHRC, CHPC
Executive Advisor,
CynergisTek, Inc.

Marti Arvin brings more than three decades of operational and executive leadership experience in the fields of compliance, privacy, information security, research and regulatory oversight in academic medical and traditional hospital care settings to her position in CynergisTek. Arvin leads strategic business development around compliance services and utilizes her industry recognized expertise in healthcare compliance to inform the development of compliance, privacy, and security services to meet healthcare’s under served needs. She is a nationally recognized speaker and contributor to the thought leadership around healthcare compliance, privacy, information security, and research, and contributes to CynergisTek’s industry outreach and educational programs. Arvin has extensive experience in building and managing compliance and programs for large academic medical centers.

Joan Podleski, CCEP, CHRC, CHC, CHPC
Senior Director & Chief Privacy Officer,
Children's Health System of Texas

Joan Podleski has been in the academic health care and research administration field for over 30 years. She is currently the Chief Privacy Officer for Children's Health System of Texas which is the pediatric partner to UTSW. Prior to that, she served as the Director of the Institutional Ethics & Compliance Program at Duke University, where she was responsible for the oversight program related to all compliance issues for the University and also served as the HIPAA Privacy Officer for the academic units of Duke. Prior to that, Joan spent more than 20 years at Washington University at St. Louis where she held multiple positions, including HIPAA Privacy Officer and Assistant Vice Chancellor for clinical affairs.

Valerie Dixon, MBA, CCEP, CHC, CPHQ
Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer,
UC Irvine Health

Valerie M. Dixon is Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer for the University of California, Irvine Health System. Prior to joining UC Irvine Health, Valerie served as Director of Health Sciences Compliance for the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) where she led systemwide initiatives to develop uniform approaches to mitigate compliance risks in the clinical enterprise and related health affairs activities. She also served as Manager, Health Sciences and Research Compliance for UCOP. Valerie served for eight years as Director of the Conflict of Interest Office at the University of California, San Diego. Valerie obtained her BA in Latin American Studies from UCLA and MBA from UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business. Valerie has professional designations as a Certified Healthcare Compliance (CHC) Professional and as a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) and Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ).