Improve your visibility in the healthcare field and build your professional brand by sharing career updates with ACHE. Have you started a new job or been promoted recently? Are you planning to retire? Let ACHE know and possibly be listed in the “On the Move” section of Healthcare Executive magazine. All you have to do is email both your former and new job titles, organizations, locations and a high-resolution head shot to he-editor@ache.org.

Congratulations to the newly elected Regents, who will serve a three-year term on the Council of Regents, beginning in March 2022.

Regent-at-Large for District 3
Kris M. Drake, FACHE

Air Force
Lt Col Amanda M. Phlegar, FACHE

Alaska
William E. Sorrells, FACHE

Arkansas 
Greg Crain, FACHE

California—Northern & Central
Philip Chuang, PhD, FACHE

Connecticut
Kimberly A. Lumia, RN, FACHE

Florida—Eastern 
Neil A. Mangus, FACHE

Illinois—Central & Southern
Nicole Radford, FACHE

Illinois—Metropolitan Chicago
Georgia Casciato, FACHE

Indiana
Chad Dilley, FACHE

Iowa
Samuel T. Schone, FACHE

Kentucky
John J. Murrell, FACHE

Maine
Tyson J. Thornton, PharmD, FACHE

New York—Metropolitan New York
Paul D. Vitale, FACHE

Rhode Island
Mark S. Johnson, FACHE

South Dakota
Mark Longacre, FACHE

Texas—Central & South
Cristian H. Lieneck, PhD, FACHE

Veterans Affairs
Alfred A. Montoya Jr., FACHE

West Virginia & Western Virginia
Kristi M. Snyder, FACHE

We’ve recently received an increased volume of inquiries regarding FACHE® recertification. We recognize our leaders are balancing numerous priorities and want to ensure we keep Fellow benefits available during this critical time. We are extending the recertification deadline for the 2020 and 2021 classes to April 30. This will allow Fellows to earn ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits toward recertification at the 2022 Congress on Healthcare Leadership and the Virtual Leadership Symposium.

Registration is open for the 2022 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 28–31. Featured faculty for the 2022 Congress includes:

• Jon Meacham—Opening Session: Parker B. Francis Distinguished Lecture on Monday, March 28.
• Ashish K. Jha, MD—Arthur C. Bachmeyer Memorial Address on Monday, March 28.
• Nancy Snyderman, MD—Malcolm T. MacEachern Memorial Address on Tuesday, March 29.
• Hakeem M. Oluseyi, PhD—Leon I. Gintzig Commemorative Address on Wednesday, March 30.

As a developing leader in an industry experiencing fast-paced and disruptive changes, the ability to lead effectively has never been more critical nor more marketable. Today’s leading healthcare organizations require the talent and skills of strong leaders to influence others in realizing the vision of the organization. The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) – Wisconsin Chapter Leadership Development Program combines site visits, educational sessions, networking activities and events, coaching and mentorship to prepare emerging leaders with the skills to influence others and immediately impact their organizations. The program will enlighten the emerging leader about their leadership strengths and abilities, enhance their knowledge of the healthcare industry, and provide them with the opportunity to immediately apply what they have learned for personal and professional growth. In addition to the core curriculum, the program also offers the emerging leader the opportunity to interact with peers from across the state, receive coaching from successful early careerists and executives, increase exposure in the Wisconsin Chapter of ACHE, and the ability to network with Wisconsin’s leading healthcare executives.

Learn more and apply.

Dear ACHE-WI Members,

I write today to express my gratitude for allowing me to serve as your president during the 2021 calendar year. This past year certainly brought about its challenges, at the same time, it led our chapter to further innovate and offer valuable educational and networking events for our members, among them

• 1st Virtual Conference
• 11 Coffee with the College Podcast Episodes
• 16 Educational Webinars and networking events
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion efforts leading to the support of establishing NALHE & NAHSE Chapters
• 9 LDP Program graduates
• 11 members obtained their FACHE status
• 189  participants in our Career Development Academy Series

As we look forward into 2022 I am thrilled to introduce Christina Orr and Aaron Budd, long time colleagues and friends as your new ACHE-WI President and President-Elect, respectively. I also thank Teresa Lindfors for continuing as our Chapter Treasurer. Thank you to all of our ACHE-WI 2021 Board Members for volunteering your time, talent, and expertise to serve leaders across our state! The chapter is poised for continued success!

I truly cannot believe that my time as president has come to an end– I’ve spent 9+ years on the Board of ACHE-WI and loved every minute of it. I am looking forward to continuing to contribute to the chapter through committees and as your immediately past president.

It’s been a great privilege.

I wish everyone a year full of hope and prosperity!

Alexandra Urrutia-Comas, MHSA, FACHE
Vice President, Operations

Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Aurora Health Care – Greater Milwaukee

In our last episode, we discussed how a supervisor can directly impact employee wellness in times of stress by allowing time away from duties or by being a listening ear.  This month we scale up and discuss how organizational leaders can prepare their enterprise for the unexpected.  In this episode, we chat with Ted Uczen, former President and CEO of FEI Behavioral Health, a workforce resilience company that partners with organizations to protect and enhance workforce effectiveness and organizational resiliency.  Ted explains how organizations should have a “People Plan,” similar to an Emergency Preparedness Plan, to be ready for when “life happens” to employees.  Employees experience life events every day and while Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) can guide staff to therapy services, EAP should be tapped for much more.  Ted makes it clear that EAP goes beyond post-trauma counseling; it’s about managing through the little things and providing meaningful education and training.  Listeners can use Ted’s tips to improve long-term resiliency and effectiveness of employees through daily support.  Ted suggests we slow down and “create the time to think about what’s next.”  We hope you enjoy!

Many of us are doing our best to support the emotional resiliency of our teams over the last couple years, but not all leaders have the experience and tools to effectively manage through an ongoing crisis. Today, we get some help from Gina Kangas, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who serves as the Mental Health Outpatient Manager and back-up Employee Assistance Coordinator at the Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee. Gina explains how a collective sense of community can help us fight through these experiences together. Similarities in our experiences help us relate to each other and in times of stress, we just need someone to listen and understand. Gina tells us to be “that person” . . . that listening ear . . . for our employees. She also provides other stress-relieving tips and ways to integrate new staff in a virtual environment. We hope you enjoy.

Mark your calendars for the 2022 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 28–31, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

This year’s Congress agenda has more than 150 education and networking sessions. Featured faculty for the 2022 Congress includes:

• Jon Meacham—Opening Session: Parker B. Francis Distinguished Lecture on Monday, March 28.
• Ashish K. Jha, MD—Arthur C. Bachmeyer Memorial Address on Monday, March 28.
• Nancy Snyderman, MD—Malcolm T. MacEachern Memorial Address on Tuesday, March 29.
• Hakeem M. Oluseyi, PhD—Leon I. Gintzig Commemorative Address on Wednesday, March 30.

Some new additions to Congress this year:

• Joint Federal Sector Day—Thursday, March 31.
• Ignite Stage in the Solutions Center.
• CEO-Exclusive sessions.
• Expanded networking reception options.

Registration opens on Wednesday, Dec. 1.