Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Mid-Atlantic New Member Orientation 2015

Ann Field Director at Large, Membership Engagement HBA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Board annfield@retr.org

Welcome New Mid-Atlantic Members! New members Jan – April 2015

Diane Fitzgerald Kristin Bailey

Monica Korrell Chera Poulin

Valerie Thomas Nikki Casey Nina Pruitt

Courtney Breece Cynthia Westbrook

Sarah Conley Kathryn Mallari

Leeann Bonaventura Amy Swers

Fenwi Ghogomu Haylee-Kym Hoekstra

Joy Lee Lexa Robeson

Megan McDonald Dawn Earnest

Stephanie Geis Leslie Wicks

Adrienne Higgins Jennifer Matthews Melissa Johnston

Erin Wilson Ina Kamenova

Rose Pimpinella

HBA Vision and Mission

VISION To empower more women as business and thought leaders in healthcare.

MISSION To further the advancement and impact of women in healthcare worldwide. The HBA accomplishes this by focusing on: •  Networking •  Thought Leadership •  Educational Programs

A Global Organization

HBA Chapters: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Europe, Florida, Greater Philadelphia, Indiana, Metro (CT/NY/NJ), Mid-Atlantic (DE/MD/DC), Research Triangle Park, Ohio, San Francisco, Southern California, St. Louis, and Texas

The HBA is a global, nonprofit professional organization in our 4th decade, serving over 7,000 individual members and 109 corporate partners across 15 chapters

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter Ø Includes VA, DC, MD, and DE Ø Founded in 2004

Ø About 280 members Ø Representing biotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, healthcare

products, managed care, publishers, marketing, medical education, business owners, and consultants

2015 Mid-Atlantic Chapter Board

Benefits of HBA Membership

§  Networking, leadership development, mentoring

§  Learn and practice new leadership skills in a safe environment.

§  Discounted registration fees for events and exclusive member-only events

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HBA Corporate Partners*

HBA Mid-Atlantic Corporate Partners

Chapter Events for Development & Networking

§  Dine Arounds •  Restaurant setting •  Smaller group (about 35 attendees) •  Optimal for networking

§  Evening Programs •  Corporate Sponsor or hotel location •  Larger group (50+ attendees) •  Networking during cocktail hour and after program •  Presenter or panel to seminar audience

•  Webinars •  Online content – take advantage of learning with HBA

without leaving your desk!

HBA is Member Owned and Operated

§  Enhance your leadership skills through volunteering

§  Meet members across the chapter, establish relationships, and showcase your talents

§  Learn new functions through hands-on experiential learning

§  Gain new perspectives and problem solving techniques

We want you… to volunteer!! Make a direct contribution to the success of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter through volunteering. Opportunities available for different levels of commitment. Contact Sherilyn George, Director at Large for Volunteer Engagement: sherilyngeorge@gmail.com

Membership- Enhance overall member experience and execute strategies that grow & retain membership Corporate Relations- Work with Corporate partners to ensure HBA Chapter events and programs meet their interests Programming- Creates educational programs and events. Market Research - Analyze data generated from post-event surveys, global & chapter surveys, membership database and apply research to address needs of chapter functions

Committees

Marketing- Raise awareness about Mid-Atlantic HBA events. Help manage Facebook, Linked In, and Twitter. Mentoring- Plans and executes HBA Mid-Atlantic annual mentoring program Women In Science (WIS) – Develop programming and educational events geared towards the WIS affinity group. Plans and executes WIScience Scholarship program focused on trainees and early career scientists and engineers Interested? Contact Sherilyn George from Volunteer Engagement (sherilyngeorge@gmail.com)

More committees !!!!

Women In Science (WIS) – Provides support for career advancement through professional development programming and facilitation of networking. For women in scientific roles – MDs, PhDs, PharmDs, RNs, RPhs or other medical/scientific degrees working in research, medical, biomedical engineering, regulatory, and other functions. Executive Affinity – Links executive level women with peers for networking and professional development on a higher level.

Mid-Atlantic Affinity Groups

Signature events – HBA

v  Woman of the Year •  May 14, 2015 , New York City

v  Annual Conference •  Tues-Thurs, Nov 3 – 5

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Annual Recognition

The Woman of the Year: Award presented to one extraordinary woman who has achieved marked success in business, exemplifies leadership and supports the advancement of women in the healthcare industry.

2014 Women of the year:

Shideh Sedgh Bina

Shideh is a founding partner of Insigniam and editor in chief of

Insigniam Quarterly.

Annalisa Jenkins

Annalisa is an executive vice president and head of global

research and development for Merck Serono.

Patricia A. Maryland Patricia is president of healthcare

operations and chief operating officer of Ascension Health.

Annual Leadership Conference

•  Dynamic, inspirational, educational 3-day meeting

•  Open to all members and chapters

•  Great venue for networking and leadership education

•  Presentations •  Workshops •  Interactive sessions

Atlanta GA: November 3-5, 2015

Upcoming Chapter Events

•  May 20 Networking Event – Iron Hill Brew Pub, Wilmington, DE •  June 17 Leading with Intent, Creating Coaching Cultures,

AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE •  June TBC – co-sponsored BioBuzz networking event, Montgomery

County, MD •  July 20 Dine Around with Gina Wilkerson, President Mid-Atlantic

Chapter, Venue in DC •  October 6: Dinner with Executives •  November 4: Mentoring Program Celebration

Resources & Additional Information •  The Mid-Atlantic Chapter web site: http://www.hbanet.org/chapters/midatlantic

•  National Association link to all geographic chapters www.HBAnet.org •  Leverage HBA Chapter Directory-in Membership Profile

•  Friend us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hba.midatlantic?fref=ts

•  Leverage us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/grp/home?gid=3977016

•  Tweet us on Twitter: •  HBA Mid-Atlantic: https://twitter.com/HBAnetMA •  HBA Global https://twitter.com/HBAnet

For additional questions, contact

Ann Field, Director at Large, Membership Engagement: annfield@retr.org