Jeri L. Koester has been with Marshfield Clinic Health System since 2011. Koester ensures the operational effectiveness and efficient delivery of technology and information services to the Marshfield Clinic Health System.

As the System’s chief information and digital officer, she is an integral member of the senior leadership team and determines long-term information needs and develops the technology vision in providing services to the organization aligning with the System’s goals and strategic imperatives. She develops overall strategies for digital innovation, data and analytics, information technology, software development, and hardware acquisition and integration.

Prior to her current position, Koester was vice president of IT operations for MCIS, Inc., the System’s former for- profit IT subsidiary, from 2015-2017, director of business operations from 2014-2015 and senior project manager at Marshfield Clinic from 2011-2014. Her experience also includes senior project management for Weather Shield and business startup experience from Window Technology Systems.

Koester holds Master of Business Administration in Applied Leadership and Decision-Making from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Koester was recognized as 2022 Wisconsin CIO of the Year Healthcare ORBIE Award, 2022 US CIO 100 Awards, Becker’s Healthcare Women to Watch in Health IT in 2020, 2022 and 2024, Becker’s CIOs to know in 2022, 2023, and 2024 and participated in the Carol Emmott Fellowship in 2017.