Pat Becker is responsible for building and managing information systems and services supporting the program needs of UHC an organization of 107 academic medical centers; she provides leadership and advisory services to member CIOs. Previously, she was employed by University of Chicago Hospitals and Health Systems; in 1993 she was appointed VP of Information Systems and CIO. Ms Becker is a HIMSS fellow and a CCHIT commissioner. She is adjunct professor at Northwestern University in the Masters of Medical Informatics program. Ms Becker has a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Illinois and an MBA in management systems from DePaul University.