Dr. Karen Hunter is a nurse informaticist and health technology leader with over 30 years of experience at the intersection of clinical practice, executive strategy, and enterprise technology. As the first chief nursing informatics officer at Adventist Health, she provided executive oversight of a $500 million EHR transformation. She previously served in the system office of the CNIO at CommonSpirit Health, helping guide a $1 billion clinical technology deployment through the governance challenges of a major health system merger. Across these roles, Karen has consistently operated where clinical expertise, fiduciary responsibility, and technology strategy converge. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, is board-certified in nursing informatics and nurse executive practice, and is active in ANIA at the national level. She currently leads Value Hunter Informatics, a consulting practice focused on health IT strategy and clinical informatics, and is co-authoring a forthcoming playbook on nursing's financial contribution to health system value.