Contributor: John Harris, WG'88
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Dear Friends,
The Wharton Health Care Alumni Association is the leading network for the business of healthcare. The alumni association achieves this status in two ways:
- supporting the leading MBA program for the business of healthcare – the Wharton Health Care Management Program
- connecting all Wharton alumni in the business of healthcare with each other and with students
Supporting the Healthcare Management Program is an awesome responsibility for the Alumni Association. It is also an outstanding opportunity. Every alumnus or alumna can have a profound impact on the lives of others. In fact, having a strong and vibrant alumni network is, itself, the best way we can make the program stronger and help attract outstanding students who appreciate the alumni network. And we help students learn, find jobs, launch ventures, and succeed.
We also recognize that some alumni connect to healthcare after graduation, and we welcome all Wharton and Penn health professional alumni who are in the business of healthcare to join our alumni association.
The Alumni Association recently completed a strategic plan to set a clear direction for how we will support alumni to connect with each other and support current students. You can find a copy of the strategic plan under “About” on our website whartonhealthcare.org. Here are some highlights:
Our Vision is: The Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association is the leading network for the business of health; providing meaningful engagement, lifelong learning, and career guidance; connecting leaders with students, faculty, and fellow Wharton alumni in the business of health.
Key initiatives include:
Interest Groups: We are setting up Interest Groups to provide the most relevant information and opportunity to each alumna/us. In the coming months, we will be asking you to choose an Interest Group so we can connect you with the right colleagues via social media and at conferences. The first Interest Groups we will launch include:
- Provider/Payer
- Life Sciences
- Digital Health/IT
Career Development: We are redesigning our Career Development program to enhance and build upon the incredible personal support we have each received over the years from June Kinney.
Communication Platform: We will be selecting social media and other communication tools that will support effective interaction within the Interest Groups, for Career Development, and more broadly.
Connecting/Reconnecting: We will be reaching out to all eligible WHCMAA members, including alumni of Wharton and WEMBA as well as Health Care Management program alumni who have lost contact with this amazing network of alumni.
There are so many opportunities for us to strengthen our community. If you want to be part of any of this, please contact me so you can get plugged in.
Warm regards,
John Harris
President
Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association
To contact John:
877.676.3600