Melissa Cassity serves as Chief of Staff at Velatura, where she leverages over a decade of extensive experience in health information exchange and organizational leadership to drive strategic initiatives and operational excellence. In this pivotal role, she provides executive leadership support while fostering cross-functional collaboration and ensuring seamless execution of Velatura’s mission to transform healthcare through enhanced data interoperability.

Cassity brings deep expertise in health information networks, having spent more than ten years at Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN), where she distinguished herself in progressively responsible leadership positions. As Executive Business Partner and Business Partner Team Lead, she developed and implemented strategic partnerships that advanced MiHIN’s capabilities in facilitating secure health data exchange across Michigan’s healthcare ecosystem. Her role as Lead for the Office of Corporate Culture demonstrated her commitment to building high-performing, mission-driven organizations that prioritize both operational excellence and employee engagement.

Throughout her tenure at MiHIN, Cassity gained invaluable insights into the complexities of health information exchange, regulatory compliance, and the critical importance of stakeholder collaboration in advancing healthcare interoperability. Her experience spans strategic planning, business development, organizational culture transformation, and cross-sector partnership development—skills that directly align with Velatura’s multi-jurisdictional approach to health information exchange and health AI.

Cassity’s proven ability to bridge operational and strategic functions, combined with her deep understanding of the health information exchange landscape, positions her uniquely to support Velatura’s continued growth and innovation. Her leadership style emphasizes collaborative problem-solving, stakeholder engagement, and the development of sustainable organizational practices that drive measurable outcomes for healthcare providers, patients, and communities served by Velatura’s comprehensive data exchange solutions.