Richard A. Mendola

Richard Mendola, Ph.D. is Vice President of Information Technology and CIO for Emory University. In this role, Dr. Mendola is responsible for all IT activities across Emory University and Emory Healthcare. His current focus is on implementing a series of foundation initiatives that will enable an agile, cost-effective IT organization that is aligned with the world-class ambitions in Emory’s strategic plan. Dr. Mendola serves on the board of the OpenEAI software foundation and is a member of several corporate advisory boards.

Prior to assuming his current position, Dr. Mendola spent ten years at the University of Illinois, first as CIO of the UIC Medical Center, and then as Associate VP of Administrative IT for the University of Illinois three-campus system. Under Dr. Mendola’s leadership, the UIC Medical Center implemented the core components of their Electronic Medical Record, which would later receive the Nicholas E. Davies award and CIO Magazine’s Enterprise Value award. As Associate VP, Dr. Mendola was the executive responsible for the successful implementation of a single ERP system across the entire University of Illinois system.

In addition to his administrative roles, Dr. Mendola has served as a faculty member in the health sciences at the University of Illinois and the University of Connecticut.