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The 10th Annual NAAHP Conference is being held November 7-9 in Atlanta  Learn More and Register

Marie Myka Texas, MS, MBA

Director of Project Development and Award Management, NAAHP

Co-Director of Conference Planning & In-person Events, NAAHP Conference (2024)

Myka Texas is a Healthcare IT Professional specialized in the field of Electronic Health Records and Practice Management Technology. She is currently an IT Consultant at Overture Partners implementing a multi-hospital Radiology solution across the state of Rhode Island. Prior to that, she served as a Solutions Manager at Altera Digital Health with a focus on Market Segment Management, Value Realization and Organizational Readiness. She has worked on health innovative software for companies such as GE Healthcare, Microsoft, and Partners Healthcare Corporate IT in Boston. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and French from UMASS Amherst, studied abroad at the University of Grenoble in France, holds a master’s in software engineering from Brandeis University, and MBA from George Washington University. She has also attended the IAE Business school in Argentina, focusing on the Latin American landscape for Emerging Markets.

Myka is an advocate at heart and believes in the power of collaborations of the Diaspora to have greater impact towards the restoration of her beloved country Haiti. She serves as Director of Program Management on the NAAHP Executive Management Team and has been working with NAAHP as conference staff since 2014. She was the Co-Chair of the Miami conference and gala in 2015, Washington DC in 2016, New York City in 2017, Miami in 2018, and Boston in 2022. Myka has led the USAID Haiti Invest Diaspora Engagement initiative in NY in 2021 with the goal of attracting additional private-sector partners for short- and long-term development in Haiti through the USAID-funded Haiti INVEST project. Myka has also Co-led a 2-day conference for USAID Haiti INVEST in FL, to facilitate exposure of investment-ready Haitian SMEs with impact investors, and members of the Haitian Diaspora.

Myka seeks opportunities where she can contribute towards the development of Haiti through empowerment and all-around systematic reforms. She is a supporter of various groups and entities with focus on advocacy and economic growth through action driven initiatives with concrete ground level impacts.