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be effective as change agents in their
roles,” says Zaman.
Participant Danielle Robey,
director, business development,
RightSourcing, Irvine, Calif., had a
valuable experience in the LIPPS
program.
“As someone in the human resources
field, it was interesting to learn the
bigger picture and see the way we
tackled policies and how they affect
the workforce,” says Robey. “It was a
wonderful program, and the attendees had enough experience to contribute to the discussion.”
Michael W. Wilson, director, communications, Los Angeles County
Department of Health Services, also
learned a great deal from the program and appreciated the diversity of
the group’s job roles and organizations, which provided a variety of
perspectives.
“It was a great experience to come
together with different backgrounds
and talk about solutions to the
complex health policy issues where
there are no easy answers,” says
Wilson. “The advocacy training,
where we learned best practices to
shape policy directly, was a particular highlight.”
The program provided added benefit
to HCE and to LIPPS participants
both in leadership development and
networking. The chapter appointed
two attendees to its board, and one
participant obtained a new position
through another.

and scale it into a more formal, sustainable program for Southern
California members. The chapter,
with the help of the Regents
Advisory Council of Kim Athmann
King, FACHE, Regent for
California—Southern, is pursuing
a collaborative program with the
Hospital Association of Southern
California. This will help further
raise awareness of the program and
more broadly engage CEOs and
their early careerist nominees from
local hospitals and healthcare organizations. The plan is to promote
the program in fall 2013 and
launch it in 2014.
“The chapter continues to work to
bring value to members in meaningful
ways,” says Zaman. “We are committed to professional development.” s
Editor’s note: To view all ACHE
policy statements, visit ache.org/

Policy/policy.cfm. We hope these
Statements, which are regularly
reviewed and updated, are helpful as
you advance in your career and address
increasingly complex and challenging
issues. Updated policy statements
appear throughout the year in
Healthcare Executive. See this issue’s
statements on Ethical Issues Related to
a Reduction in Force and Board
Certification in Healthcare
Management on pages 92 and 94,
respectively.
To find your ACHE chapter, search the
online Chapter Directory at ache.org
by entering your ZIP code on the left
side of the page. Then contact the chapter officials listed for information on
how you can get involved. To discuss
your ideas for chapters, contact the
Chapters Committee’s ACHE staff liaison, Desmond J. Ryan, FACHE, CAE,
associate director in the Division of
Regional Services, at (312) 424-9325
or dryan@ache.org.

Additional Grants Awarded
Health Care Executives of Southern
California developed its Leaders in
Policy and Practice Series through
funding from ACHE’s Grant
Program for Chapter Innovation.
Additional grants were awarded
to two chapters for new programs
implemented in 2012:
Indiana Healthcare Executives
Network

San Diego Organization of
Healthcare Leaders
Engage students by encouraging attendance at the chapter’s
educational programs, developing
opportunities to make contacts
with local healthcare executives
and establishing a chapter-coordinated interviewing event for
internships.

Recruit new early careerist members and engage them further in
networking activities and a mentoring program.

Plans are under way for the chapter
to build from the 2012 program
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