Agenda

8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9 a.m. Opening Remarks:

Steve Walsh, President & CEO, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

Michael J. Dandorph, President & CEO, Tufts Medicine

9:15 a.m. Brief Address:

Lauren Jones, Secretary, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

9:30 a.m. Keynote: Achieving a Culture of Excellence: The Role of a Healthy Work Environment Framework

Patricia Hickey, R.N., Senior Vice President & ACNO, Cardiovascular, Perioperative, & Critical Care

Boston Children’s Hospital

10:00 a.m. Implementing a Healthy Work Environment Framework – Successes and Lessons Learned

Patricia Hickey, R.N.

Therese Hudson-Jinks, R.N., Senior Vice President of Patient Services and CNO,

Tufts Medical Center

Jean Connor, R.N., Director Nursing Research, Critical Care & Perioperative Patient Services

Boston Children’s Hospital

Donna Bonacorso, R.N., Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care,

Community Medical Center Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health

Kari Mastro, R.N., Director of Professional Practice, Innovation & Research, Penn Medicine,

Faculty, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

10:30 a.m. Networking Break

10:45 a.m. Panel: Innovative Models for Care Teams to Support the Workforce

Moderator: Nancy Gaden, R.N., Senior Vice President & CNO, Boston Medical Center

Panelists:

Joanne Fucile, R.N., Vice President, Hospital Operations, ACNO,

Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care Cambridge

Margaret-Ann Azzaro R.N., Vice President, Patient Care Services & CNO,

Holyoke Medical Center

Puneet Freibott, R.N., System CNO, Beth Israel Lahey Health

11:30 a.m. Strategic Business Partner Spotlight: Recruitment Strategies for the Near Term

Moderator: Valerie Fleishman, Executive Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer,

Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

Panelists:

Sally McAllaster, Vice President, Client Solutions, Global Technical Talent

Matthew Thornett, Head of Permanent Healthcare, GQR

12:00 p.m. Lunch with breakout tables

1 p.m. Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability Update

Jay Prosser, R.N., Executive Director, Nursing Council for Workforce Sustainability,

ForHealth Consulting At UMass Chan Medical School

1:30 p.m. Successful Models to Build the Future Workforce

Nicholas Berardi, Talent Acquisition Manager, Cape Cod Healthcare Inc.

Lyn Ames R.N., ACNO, Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Cristina Haverty, Assistant Vice President, Workforce Development & Global Engagement,

Lasell University

Tracey Weeden, Executive Director, Brockton Behavioral Health Center, Boston Medical Center

Alexandra Parham, Behavioral Health Workforce Initiative graduate, Mental Health Specialist Lead, Brockton Behavioral Health Center

Joanne Pokaski, Assistant Vice President, Workforce Planning & Development,

Beth Israel Lahey Health

2 : 30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjourn

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