GE Healthcare Greater Milwaukee Community Impact Report First Quarter, 2016

GE Healthcare has been part of the greater Milwaukee

community for nearly 70 years. Our 6,000 local employees

work every day to develop innovative solutions to improve

healthcare. We build things that matter to help solve some of

the most complex challenges and we help build communities.

The culture of our business and the character of our people

compel us to make a difference where we live and work.

Corporate citizenship at GE Healthcare is about giving back

and enabling positive changes by focusing on education,

healthcare, innovation and community building.

This report highlights just a few of the recent community

investments made by our company and employees who

contribute more than 30,000 volunteer hours every year

to area organizations and schools.

Community EngagementGE Healthcare and our employees are engaged in the community in a variety of ways. We join with others to draw attention to critical issues and participate in important community events.

GE Healthcare sponsored the youth art display at the 19th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration breakfast in Milwaukee. The event celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. More than 500 people attended, along with several GE Healthcare employees, who were all asked “what are you doing for others?”.

Mona Theobald (left), general manager of customer experience, and Wendy Harris, general manager of education & IT professional services at GE Healthcare, are passionate about raising awareness of breast cancer. They joined with other local business executives and community leaders, dubbed “BigWigs”, and wore bright pink wigs for several weeks in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Susan G. Komen Southeast Wisconsin. For Mona and Wendy, their interest in donning a pink wig was personal. Both are breast cancer survivors.

Employees of GE Healthcare are part of IT United which is comprised of information technology professionals who have a desire to make a difference in the community through contributions, advocacy and volunteerism. Randy Fox, GE Healthcare chief information officer, (center) served on a panel at the annual CIO Forum to share key technology trends and strategies with attendees.

To help draw attention to the risks of heart disease, particularly for women, and to raise awareness of heart-healthy habits GE Healthcare joined with others across the country and wore red on National Red Wear Day. Hundreds of employees participated by wearing red and got involved in other heart-healthy activities throughout the month of February.

Helping Feed SeniorsEmployees of GE Healthcare, along

with friends and family, volunteered

for the Hunger Task Force. The group

packed 560 boxes with healthy foods

that were provided to low-income

senior citizens free of charge.

Each box contained 16 nutritious items

including rice,

cereal, juice,

beef stew, pasta

and vegetables.

Designing a Future CityMiddle school students

from around the

state participated

in the Future City

Competition, hosted

by STEM Forward,

to design an innovative

citywide solid waste

management system

that would be safe,

environmentally sound,

and energy efficient.

They built a to-scale model of their city

using recycled materials and gave a five

minute presentation to a panel of STEM

professionals that included employees

from GE Healthcare. The contest, which

was also sponsored by GE Healthcare,

develops teamwork, creativity and

communications skills in the students.

Helping Kids Take FlightA personal passion for aviation has led one

GE Healthcare employee to develop an

after school program at Les Paul Middle

School that is enabling students to build

an Air-Bike. Every Wednesday plane parts

get scattered across the cafeteria as the

students work with volunteers on the wings

and engine. The project allows kids to be

involved with real applications of knowledge,

develop critical STEM skills and to learn the

amount of time it takes to build something.

The team is hoping the Air-Bike can take

flight later this year.

Magical MachinesThe challenge for the 2016 Wisconsin High

School Rube Goldberg Machine Contest

was to build an elaborate and hilarious

machine that would open an umbrella in

20 steps or more. The high school teams

were judged by volunteers from

GE Healthcare and other companies on

the creative use of materials, design,

construction, presentation and overall

machine performance. GE Healthcare

was one of the sponsors of the event.

Community Building Innovation

Recognizing Academic AchieversGE Healthcare hosted the regional

competition of the Wisconsin Academic

Decathlon and helped present the awards.

The Decathlon is a statewide scholastic

competition for high school students

from both public and private schools.

The program provides

opportunities for students to

experience the challenges

of rigorous team and

individual competition in

the areas of economics,

literature, math, art, music

and science.

The Power of JA DayMore than 50 employees from GE Healthcare

and GE Power spent their day at three

schools in Milwaukee and Waukesha during

GE Junior Achievement Day. The volunteers

shared lesson plans covering economic

concepts with students at all grade levels.

In total, 440 volunteer hours were

contributed and more than 750 students

were impacted all in one day.

Education

Igniting Math in Young MindsMembers of the Asian Pacific American

Forum (APAF) at GE Healthcare volunteer

their time at Waukesha STEM Academy

every week to share the Igniting Minds

curriculum. The program is designed to

increase student interest in math and

math concepts. On this day the focus

was on understanding and calculating

volume in various containers.

From Backpack to BriefcaseMembers of GE Healthcare’s Information

Technology (IT) organization informed

Washington High School students about

careers in growing IT sectors. The group

discovered first-hand what

IT leaders do, what

opportunities exist and

received hands-on

experience developing

solutions for real-world

challenges. The goal was

to help students see the

transition they can make

from backpack to briefcase. Employees

created this event to help inspire youth

about the possibilities that the future

holds for them in their community.