David B. Finkelstein studied criminal justice at Temple University and went on to Widener University School of Law. A year after graduating law school in 2007, David decided to pursue his lifelong goal of entering the United States Army as an Officer. On September 11, 2009, David was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corp branch, responsible for maintaining all Army technology, information security, and communications. He spent the next five and half years on active duty responsible for the IT infrastructure and Information Security. David is now in the U.S. Army Reserves and is currently with the 78th Training Division. In his military career, David has been accountable for more than 10,000 soldiers across many states, to include Alaska, Kansas, Colorado, Virginia, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

David has spent the last 17 years in cybersecurity and technology. He is passionate about making a difference and effecting change through security best practices that have an impact to any business. In 2014, with encouragement from friends, colleagues, and family, David decided to take on the biggest challenge of his career and go into healthcare. David has been with St. Luke's since 2014 and is enjoying every aspect of his career and professional growth. Over the last 11 years, David has seen St. Luke’s go through many changes in the way they think about Information Security, cyber protection, managing data, handling attacks and cyber threats, and understanding the overall need for Information Security maturity in the organization.

In his free time, David is an avid outdoorsman, avid fly fisherman, hunter, hiker, and family man. He enjoys going on long hikes, traversing waterfalls, and taking amazing vacation adventures with his fiancé’ Jodi and spending time with his seven children in all their activities. He loves to teach his family to hunt and fish and the value of nature and living off the land.