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From the President

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7/1/2025 - -

 

Greetings – 

I’m delighted and honored to serve as the WHCMAA’s President after completing my duty as Vice President. I’m also very grateful to have partnered with Katherine Clark '15, who just concluded her two-year term leading the Association’s Board. Under Katherine’s thoughtful, steady, and effective stewardship, the WHCMAA passed the pandemic’s 5th anniversary on an upward trajectory. 

The Alumni Association has been revitalized, now having more dues-paying members than ever and a growing array of sponsors after losing all such support at the height of COVID’s impact. In person and online programming is flourishing, and the Kinney and Kissick scholarship fund balances have continued to grow.

Thank you, Katherine, for your service as President and your many meaningful contributions!

Thanks also to John Winkelman '80 and Marisa Bass '14, both of whom devoted their time and talents over the last six years. Having reached their term limits, we’ll miss them on the Board. Fortunately, John and Marissa will surely find ways to continue contributing.

As part of the largest Board turnover in the WHCMAA’s history, we’ll also miss contributions from Carrie Hiebeler '05, who served as Secretary, and Hannah Plon '22, a two-time Alumni Conference co-chair, as well as Vivien Ho '21, Bhuvan Srinivasan '11, and Charlie Robinson, '15. 

Another noteworthy transition involves the arrival of the eight new Board members, all Health Care Management program alum, who were elected last month. I hope that you’ll have many opportunities to congratulate those listed below as they commence their first two-year term (effective July 1st).

  • Megan Ax, '06
  • Sigal Ben-Ari, '11
  • Edward Chan, '11
  • Cristina Gutierrez, '05
  • Christina Liu, '13
  • Ashish Parikh, '10
  • Scott Shandler, '06
  • Yves Zinggeler, '03

Fortunately, we’ll all benefit from the return of Katie Ellias ‘06 (who’ll now serve as Vice President), Ron Kero '86, Leticia Lazaridis '10, Michael Rovinsky '86, and Kathryn Tong, '07. Each was re-elected in June. Amid his two-year term, Ryan Berger '06 will serve as Secretary, and Vikas Goyal '10 will continue as Treasurer.

I’ll close with a brief announcement and then a reminder. I’m extremely excited to share that a Strategic Plan for the next four years is being created. Based upon input from both current and prospective members as well as the previous and recently elected Directors, the Board will soon finalize the priorities and tactics that will govern how the Association’s time and other resources are devoted. I’ll provide an update in next quarter’s “The President’s Desk” column.

Finally, given the large number of alumni who expressed in their Membership Survey responses their willingness to assist, I wanted to remind you that serving on the Board is but one of many ways to contribute. Wharton alumni (and graduates of other Penn schools and programs) are welcome to:

  1. Be a “Class Ambassador” and engage fellow alumni from your graduating class.
  2. Recommend prospective Association sponsors to the Sponsorship Committee.
  3. Help organize a regional event, ideally in conjunction with one or more Board members.
  4. Co-host a reception in conjunction with an industry conference that you’ll attend.
  5. Identify prospective speakers for webinars, the annual alumni conference, or other events.
  6. Regularly contribute to or facilitate a WhatsApp interest group.
  7. Recommend and help organize new WHCMAA programming.
  8. Serve on a Board Committee.

To learn more, please contact Ryan Berger ([email protected]).

Best wishes to all throughout the summer!

Bryan Bushick, MD, MBA (WG'89)
President, Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association

 

Contact Bryan at: [email protected].