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PRESS RELEASE: GW Health Services Management and Leadership Alumni Association to Host 19th Annual Gibbs Oration and 3rd Annual Coile Lecture

posted: October 12, 2009, 4:32 PM

updated: October 13, 2009, 10:29 AM

WASHINGTON – The George Washington University Health Services Management and Leadership Alumni Association will host the 19^th Annual Gibbs Oration and 3^rd Annual Coile Lecture on Friday, Nov. 20 at The George Washington University’s Marvin Center. This year’s speakers are founding chairman of Witt/Kieffer, Jordan Hadelman as the Gibbs Orator and Studer Group Executive Coach Jackie Gaines as Coile Lecturer. The event brings together alumni, students, academics, professionals and leaders in the health care field for an afternoon of presentations and networking.

"The Gibbs Oration is an exciting annual gathering of alumni, students, faculty and friends of our program,” said Robert Burke, PhD, Gordon A. Friesen Professor of Health Care Administration and chair of GW’s Department of Health Services Management and Leadership. “This long-established tradition is the cornerstone of our fall programming. It is a value to and a delight for all those who attend."

Jordan Hadelman will give the Gibbs Oration titled "New and Emerging CEO Trends," which will cover the shortage of leadership and death of talent, and strategies to fight these forces. He includes among his clients some of the nation’s most respected leaders in health care. His pivotal role in executive searches includes advising CEOs, governing boards, search committees and executive and medical leaders on strategy, organizational assessment, leadership transition and succession planning. His insight into the leadership demands of healthcare organizations stems from over two decades of experience as an executive search consultant.

Hadelman formerly served as a hospital executive and is currently a board member at a metropolitan Chicago academic medical center. Hadelman received the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from The George Washington University in 2006 for his demonstrated accomplishments in health care.

Jackie Gaines will give the Coile Lecture titled "Leadership Evolution Required," which will cover the battle of health care reform, and the talents needed for leaders who fight the current environment and succeed in bringing high quality care to patients. She has been a progressive champion for high quality health care for over 25 years. She has worked as a nurse practitioner and president and CEO of Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland, serving over 50,000 vulnerable patients each year, and developing the organization into a national model for health care delivery. Her expertise in this field allowed her to consult all over the United States for the U.S. Public Health Service.

In 1999, Gaines was appointed vice president of Community Health Systems Integration for Bon Secours Baltimore Health System. She currently serves as president and CEO of Mercy Health Partners for Northeast Pennsylvania. She recently authored and published her first book, “Believing You Can Fly” in which she offers insight to her career journey hoping to inspire others to pursue their dreams against all odds.

The Gibbs Oration is presented in honor of GW Professor Frederick H. Gibbs, who was first appointed to chair the George Washington University Health Administration program in 1958. Professor Gibbs had a distinguished career as a soldier, teacher, researcher, administrator, and consultant and was a member of numerous health professional organizations. He authored a wide variety of professional papers and articles and is remembered as one of the great pioneers in developing graduate education in health services administration in the United States.

Past speakers of the Gibbs Oration have included Dr. Len Berry, Thomas A. Scully, Dick Davidson, Quint Studer, Dennis O’Leary and John D. Zeglis. Since its modest beginnings, the Gibbs Oration has become a time honored tradition by all who experience it. Bringing together health care professionals from all walks of life, at all stages of their careers to better understand the healthcare climate as well as create relationships throughout the country and world.

Registration is required for this event, which will be held in GW’s Marvin Center from 12:30-4:30 p.m. with a reception immediately following. Further details are available at http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/alumni/hsmlaa/gibbs.cfm.

Please contact Alexandra Piriz, graduate administrative assistant at af_piriz@gwmail.gwu.edu or Linda Miles, administrative manager, at hsmlim@gwumc.edu for sponsorship opportunities or more information.

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