Anika Gardenhire is the Chief Digital and Information Officer for Michigan Medicine, leading the organization’s IT strategy and operations and guiding the implementation of Michigan Medicine’s multi-year information technology plan. She also spearheads comprehensive digital strategies, leveraging current and emerging technologies.
Gardenhire has more than 20 years of experience leading technology, digital strategy, data, and cybersecurity functions. Most recently, she served as Chief Digital and Transformation Officer for Ardent Health, a system of 30 hospitals and more than 200 sites of care headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Gardenhire is a clinically trained registered nurse and earned a Master of Management in Clinical Informatics from Duke University.