Hospital-hosted event focused on important lessons for women as they advance their careers.
May 10, 2018, Toms River, NJ –More than 60 people attended the Women’s Leadership Conference on May 7 at Community Medical Center. The event, sponsored by Community Medical Center and Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity, focused on women building their careers. The organizations partnered with RWJBarnabas Health’s Women’s Leadership Alliance to discuss leadership, mentoring, women empowerment, as well as work-life balance and self-care.
Reverend Barbara Miles provided the invocation, and Michael Mimoso, MHSA, FACHE, President & CEO, Community Medical Center, gave opening remarks, discussing the partnership between Community Medical Center and Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity. As part of RWJBarnabas Health’s goal to keep people healthy, ensuring they have a safe place to live and access to quality health care is important; working with Habitat for Humanity, is helping Community Medical Center achieve this goal in Ocean County. Teri Kubiel, DNP, MSN, NE-BC, Vice President, Patient Experience & Community Affairs, Community Medical Center, emceed the event. Opening speakers included Suzan Fichtner, Executive Director, Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity, and Emily Siciliano, Human Resources Director, Lowe’s Home Improvement.
The program’s keynote speakers were Michellene Davis, Esq., Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, RWJBarnabas Health, and Deanna Sperling, MAS, RN, NE-BC, President and Chief Executive Officer, Barnabas Health Behavioral Health Center, who shared personal work and life experiences, as well as advice for women advancing their careers. Ms. Davis discussed RWJBarnabas Health’s commitment to improving social determinants of health in NJ, and how those elements factor into chances of success. Ms. Spearling shared the importance of networking, supporting colleagues, and work/life balance. During the panel discussion, Ms. Davis and Ms. Sperling were joined by Maria Romano, a longtime Habitat for Humanity volunteer, and her daughter, a recipient of a Habitat for Humanity home, Maria Lawson.
The event coincided with National Women Build Week, a Habitat for Humanity event that invites women to devote at least one day to help families build strength, stability and independence through housing. Community Medical Center has worked on several projects with Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity as they seek to help qualifying low-income families purchase or repair homes in northern Ocean County, including building portions of a home in the Ocean County Mall parking lot during the organization’s first “Building Homes from the Heart” event, and building and repairing several homes in Northern Ocean County.
Members of RWJBarnabas Health leadership were presented with tool belts and hardhats to thank them for their efforts by Habitat for Humanity. From left: Michael Mimoso, MHSA, FACHE, President & CEO, Community Medical Center; Deanna Sperling, MAS, RN, NE-BC, President and Chief Executive Officer, Barnabas Health Behavioral Health Center; Teri Kubiel, DNP, MSN, NE-BC, Vice President, Patient Experience & Community Affairs, Community Medical Center; Donna Bonacorso, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President for Patient Care Services, Community Medical Center; Emily Siciliano, Human Resources Director, Lowe’s Home Improvement; Suzan Fichtner, Executive Director, Northern Ocean Habitat for Humanity; Jean Flaherty, Director, Marketing & Communications, Community Medical Center; Michellene Davis, Esq., Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, RWJBarnabas Health, and Barbara Mintz, MS, RD, Vice President for Healthy Living and Community and Employee Engagement, RWJBarnabas Health.
About Community Medical Center
Community Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is dedicated to advancing the quality of life and health of the greater Ocean County region. Community Medical Center is a fully accredited acute care hospital and maintains national accreditations in multiple specialty areas. Highly sophisticated services, not typically found in a community hospital, include advanced cancer, cardiac, emergency, maternity and neurology care, as well as cutting edge surgical care. Patients have access to advanced technology including the daVinci Xi robotic surgical platform, Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery System for joint replacement procedures and state-of-the-art imaging technology. In addition, the cancer center features one of the most sophisticated linear accelerators used for radiation therapy, a CyberKnife for treating inoperable tumors and holistic therapies to care for the whole person. Community Medical Center provides a broad array of health and wellness programs designed to help people achieve and maintain healthy lifestyles and optimal health. Visit rwjbh.org/community for more information.
For additional information, contact:
Stephani Reynolds
732.557.2297
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