Abby Sears, MBA, MHA

Abby Sears is the president and CEO of OCHIN, a nonprofit leader in health care innovation and a trusted partner to a rapidly growing national provider network. As a business leader and community advocate, Abby has been with OCHIN since its inception, stewarding its growth from a $7 million organization focused on hosting electronic health records for 20 Oregon health centers to a $250 million national consultancy.

Today OCHIN supports more than 300 independent community health organizations with over 2,000 care delivery sites across 42 states and Washington, D.C. with the clinical insights, practice-based research and tailored technologies needed to help more than 7 million rural and medically underserved patients access quality and comprehensive health care. Under Abby’s leadership, OCHIN now employs a virtual workforce of over 1,200 technologists, clinicians, data scientists, and innovators.

A prominent speaker and HIT advisor with over 20 years of health care expertise, Abby is a member of many regional and national boards. In 2023, Abby was recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Oregon. She holds an MBA and MHA, both from the University of Minnesota.