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R. Norris Orms, FACHE, CAE

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R. Norris Orms is the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of HIMSS, the largest U.S. cause-based, not-for-profit healthcare association focused on the optimal use of information technology and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. He is also Executive Director of the HIMSS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the association.

With more than 25 years experience as a CEO and director of non-profit associations, Orms manages the Society’s corporate services departments of communications, publishing, human resources, marketing, meeting services and global initiatives, plus its headquarters, other U.S. and European offices, and the HIMSS Foundation.

Before joining HIMSS in November 1997, he was Executive Director of the National Safety Council’s Foundation for Safety and Health, a U.S. philanthropic organization located in Chicago.

Orms holds a Masters of Business Administration degree. He is board-certified in healthcare management, a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a Fellow of the American Society of Association Executives, and a Certified Association Executive (CAE). He is also an ASAE Business Services Inc. Board member.