SJBiz_Who'sWhoinHealthCare_0619v2FINAL_Layout 1 6 / 19 / 19 4 : 10 PM Page 7 Kelly Walenda , Esq . Senior Vice President — Legal Services / Chief Counsel ; Enterprise Chief Privacy Officer , Jefferson Health New Jersey After overseeing the legalities of the merger between Thomas Jefferson University and Kennedy Health , completed in 2017 , Walenda’s role was expanded to oversee the entire Jefferson Enterprise Privacy Office . She says the best name for any legal department would be the “ solutions department , ” be - cause she counsels people in need of guidance through the complicated health care land - scape . Walenda advises on myriad issues , ranging from contracts to identity theft , li - censing , expansion of service lines and privacy . In her role as chief privacy officer , Wal - enda works to set the privacy strategy and navigate the complex and changing land - scape of regulations impact - ing privacy , while advocating to ensure patients ’ personal health information is kept private , safe and secure . Certified in health care privacy compliance , she has been a speaker for the two years at the national Health Care Compliance Associa - past tion Compliance Institute . “ The biggest challenge for health care providers today is keeping pace with regulatory changes and techno - logical advances . Complying with the myriad regula - tions related to documentation of care and services provided , while ensuring interoperability of all of the technology , and keeping pace in the cybersecurity world , is an everyday challenge . The end goal is to en - sure that patient information gets to the right parties to provide the best quality of care to patients in the most efficient and least costly manner , while ensuring compliance with laws and protection of data now housed by the providers . ” William Kocher , MD Pathologist , Associate Dean for Admissions , Cooper Medical School of Rowan University ( CMSRU ) Kocher received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical Col - lege and completed his pathology training at Thomas Jeffer - son University Hospital . In addition to anatomic and clinical pathology , he is board - certi - fied in hematology . Over his career , he has been a practic - ing pathologist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Cooper University Health Care . His true passion lies in medical education and he has been the recipient of nu - merous teaching awards . At CMSRU , he has previously served as chair of the depart - ment of biomedical sciences and as the assistant dean for Phase 1 Curriculum . 32 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | VOLUME 9 ISSUE 6