2019 Female Leadership Summit

Jointly hosted by Women in Healthcare’s DC and Maryland Chapters, the Female Leadership Summit returned with a new lineup of amazing female leaders in the healthcare industry. Thought-provoking panel discussions allowed the audience to look within themselves to be the change that promotes women in leadership. The panels included informal dialogues sharing personal stories that challenged the audience to eliminate boundaries put on their professional growth. After lunch attendees broke out into sessions that offered both professional development skill sessions and technical topic discussions.

Summit Agenda

7:30am – 8:30am – Registration, Networking and Breakfast

8:30am – 8:40am – Opening Remarks

8:40 – 9:20am – Key Note – Women in Leadership: From Me Too to We Too

9:20am – 9:30am – Break

9:30am – 10:45am – Leadership in Healthcare Panel Part 1

10:45-12:00pm – Leadership in Healthcare Panel Part 2

12:00pm -1:30pm – Lunch

1:30pm -3:15pm – Professional Break Out Tracks

1:30pm – 2:15pm – Track 1A: Healthcare Deep Dive: Patient Safety OR Track 2A: Skill Building: Get More Time Out of Your Day

2:30pm – 3:15pm – Track 2A: Healthcare Deep Dive: Before the Shovel Hits The Ground: Key Considerations & Leadership Skills for Developing a Major Capital Investment OR Track 2B: Skill Building: Get into Action 

3:15pm – 4:00pm – Closing & Social

Summit Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Loree Sutton, MD (Brigadier General – Ret.) Commissioner, NYC Department of Veterans Services

Nancy Kramek Connolly, President, Hammes Company

Diane M. Couchman, MBA, BSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President Clinical Services, CalvertHealth Medical Center

Melody F. Dickerson, MSN, RN, CPHQ; Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Virginia Hospital Center

Tina Ervin, Vice President Strategic Planning & Business Development, Mary Washington Healthcare

Kathleen Chavanu Gorman, M.S.N., R.N., F.A.A.N., Executive Vice President for Patient Care Services and Chief Operating Officer, Children’s National Health System

Stacey McGreevy, CPA, Vice President of Support Services, GBMC HealthCare

Who Should Attend?

Women In Healthcare is an organization geared towards operations, administration and facilities groups within hospitals and those who work with them. Our summit is developed for professional women in the healthcare industry from students to executives interested in professional development, education and the excellence of women in the professional environment.

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