Winstead PC Shareholder Sarah Churchill Llamas has been appointed by her peers to the board of directors of the Austin Healthcare Council.

The Austin Healthcare Council is a non-profit organization made up of healthcare industry leaders in Austin who are working together to establish Austin as a global healthcare innovation center. Winstead was a founding member of the organization.

Churchill-Llamas will serve as secretary on the board and is also the chair of the committee for the Healthcare Transformation Summit, an annual event co-hosted by the Austin Healthcare Council and Modern Healthcare magazine.

“Sarah’s dedication to the growth of the city’s healthcare industry makes her a perfect fit for the board of this fantastic organization,” said firm founder and fellow Austin Healthcare Council member, Pete Winstead.

Churchill Llamas is a healthcare and health information technology attorney and a nationally-recognized expert in health IT solutions, having been appointed a Health IT Fellow by the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Sarah is a Shareholder in Winstead's Austin office, Chair of the firm’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Group and member of the Corporate Securities/Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group.

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