Michael Matthews has over 30 years experience in public health, health information technology, care management, healthcare administration and research and evaluation. Mr Matthews received his B.S. in Mathematics and M.S. in Public Health from the University of North Carolina. Mr Matthews' accomplishments include serving as: Principle Investigator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded Rural Virginia eHealth Collaborative (RVEC); Principle Investor for CenVaNet's Medicare Care Coordination Demonstration (MCCD) project with CMS; and Project Executive for MedVirginia's participation in the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). MedVirginia was the first HIE to go into production on the NHIN, in partnership with the SSA and Mr Matthews serves as Chair of NHIN Coordinating Committee. Governor Timothy M.Kaine selected Mr. Matthews for the role of Senior Advisor Commission. In January 2010, Mr Matthews received the prestigious "eHealth Advocate of the Year Award" from eHealth Initiative, the nation's leading HIE industry association.