WHCM

Welcome Summer Networking Event

Please join your friends and colleagues of WHCM for our Welcome Summer Networking Event. Be part of this exciting “WHCM Women Connect” event by joining old friends and new at Joe’s Bar & Grill in Dedham. Appetizers are included with a cash bar available. We look forward to seeing you there!

Please join us for the Women in Health Care Management Spring Leadership Forum to hear four distinguished leaders in health care share their strategies and professional experience as they navigated their career paths through challenging times. As they share their “stories”, you will not only hear about how they advanced their careers, but also the techniques they used to manage the stress of change and how they created their individual brand.

Register now for the event.

Moderator
Wendy Weitzner, Chair of WHCM Nominating Committee is VP with Innova Group in Boston, a healthcare planning consultancy.

Panelists
Amy McNulty, President if MacNulty Consulting, L.L.C., a healthcare consulting firm that provides strategy and planning services to healthcare organizations. She is currently Project Director for Community Links.
Linda Battaglini, Healthcare Strategist working with Emerson Hospital and other organizations to develop the structures and policies to enhance Professional Board leadership.
Afsana Akhter, Chair of WHCM Technology Committee, is the Vice President of Business Development at Medullan,Inc, a rapid-growth technology services firm for the Healthcare Industry.
Jennifer Groves,WHCM Board Member, is the Process Improvement Specialist with Umass Memorial Healthcare in their Center for Innovation and Transformational Change

Dinner and Networking will begin at 5:30pm.

Over 80 women attended and learned how three successful Health Care Executives made major career transitions. The event brought together Valerie Donnelly, President/CEO at Donnelly Associates, Christine Shuster, President and CEO, Emerson Hospital and Lynn Malloy Stofer, Senior VP/CEO Medical Center Operations at Lahey Clinic to share their career paths, their career expertise and their passion for their work.

Valerie spoke about what one must know in order to make a successful career leap. First, know thyself. Valerie stressed the importance of knowing one’s goals, understanding one’s strengths and weaknesses and remaining true to one’s values and vision. Second, successful “leapers” are willing to grow by constantly challenging their limits of knowledge and experiences. And third, successful people are willing to take the time to reflect and learn from their experiences. These are the keys she used to leap and start her own consulting business

Lynn spoke about how leaping should not be a solitary activity. She successfully changed career paths with help and support from someone in her existing WHCM network. Seeking advice from people knowledgeable about your field of interest helps to identify the best possible and interesting opportunities that you may not have initially considered.

Christine described how her career leaps were the result of always being open to new possibilities. She built her skills and interests in each position she held but also had the insight to explore promising new options as they presented themselves. She also spoke of the importance of seeking out and connecting with others who can offer advice, insight and support as well as finding ways to contribute to the success of others. Christine acknowledges that her success would not have been achieved without the support of her WCHM peers

The advice from these talented women can guide each of us as we step closer to our future career leap.