Associate Vice President Of Employee Health & Lifework Strategies
Current♦ Strategic Alignment of Employee Health Functions: Created a unified Employee Health department by merging benefits admin, occupational health, and LifeWork Strategies; lead team of 45 to create a continuum of employee care that enhances workforce safety and well-being♦ Manage all benefit offerings, including AHC’s self-insured health plan with a budget of $55M/yr and 7K+ members♦ Reversed a $6M deficit in Adventist HealthNet: added high-deductible option, aligned coinsurance with regional market, and adjusted cost-sharing, resulting in a 2023 budget surplus of $3.7M and sustained annual operating income $1.7M better than budget thru Q2 2024♦ Oversee HR team responsible for acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures, managing people elements of transactions including total rewards, HRIS management, data collection and analysis, reporting, and project management♦ Executed response to union petition from behavioral health therapists by leading an education and engagement campaign: Assembled an interdisciplinary team, deployed a multichannel education strategy, and trained HR business partners and managers on unionization warning signs; while the union prevailed, this outcome was not unexpected, and led to my pursuit of a labor relations certification through Cornell’s ILR School♦ Led union and management leaders to tentative agreement during negotiations by proposing an optimized joint staffing committee to address staffing shortages, avoiding a potential strike and unfavorable staffing ratios and penalties in the collective bargaining agreement♦ Deputy Planning Chief under the Hospital Incident Command structure to support AHC’s COVID-19 pandemic response♦ Lifeworks Strategies: Lead a separate $3M profit center offering well-being and EAP services to AHC employees and national/international clients
