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WBL - Announcement and Here’s to Us 2010-1
We would like to take the opportunity to announce that Adrienne Colburn, Strategic Relations Coordinator at the WBL Foundation, will be leaving WBL to pursue her career in Austin, Texas. Adrienne has been with the Foundation since October 2007. We will miss working with her as we are sure many of you will as well. Adrienne will be staying with WBL until June 2010 to ensure a smooth transition and will remain a resource to WBL and our Foundation Associates for several months. We hope you will join us in wishing Adrienne all the best for a wonderfully successful career, and we hope that those of you in Austin will consider reaching out to her.
WBL Here’s to Us – 2010 – 1
Congratulations to the following WBL Foundation Associates on their outstanding achievements and the achievements of their companies in the following four categories:
HORIZONTAL ADVANCEMENT™
WBL Foundation Associate Donna Cryer, JD, Chief Executive Officer, CryerHealth has been selected for a five year term to serve as a patient representative and consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and will serve as a member of the Gastrointestinal Drug Advisory Committee.
WBL Foundation Associate and WBL Advisory Board Member Ginger L. Graham, President and CEO, Two Trees Consulting and Former CEO, Amylin Pharmaceuticals has been elected to the Board of Directors of Walgreen Co. effective May 1. Ginger becomes the board’s 10th member. Walgreens is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2009 sales of $63 billion.
WBL Foundation Associate and WBL Advisory Board Member Carrie Harrie-Muller, Chief Administrative Officer, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Region, recently joined the Healthcare Advisory Board of Pinstripe, Inc., a human resources and recruitment outsourcing company. Carrie was introduced to this opportunity through a WBL board search opportunity. WBL Foundation Associate Jill Schwieters, President, Pinstripe Healthcare used WBL as a resource for finding candidates for this board opportunity.
WBL Holds Reception in San Francisco
On January 13, 2010 the WBL held a very successful reception in San Francisco, attended by more than 25 WBL associates and friends of the Foundation with opportunities to learn more about the mission of WBL and meet other senior executive women in the health care industry. This reception was set to coincide with the JP Morgan Annual Conference, the industry’s largest, that featured presentations from approximately 300 companies, over four days of simultaneous sessions. Companies represented at the WBL reception included Prime Therapeutics, Emdeon, GlaxoSmithKline, and J&J. We were also delighted to have WBL Advisory Board members Ginger Graham and Renee Tannenbaum on hand to tell the group more about WBL. Thank you to all who joined us and made the evening a success!
For those of you based in San Francisco, please stay tuned for another upcoming Bay area event. If you frequent the JP Morgan conference and would like to be sure you see notices about next year’s JPM reception, contact Lauren Joyner at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
WBL - Announcement and Here’s to Us 2009-4
We are pleased to announce that, effective January 1, 2010, Eleanor Whitley will be promoted to Executive Director of the WBL Foundation. Eleanor has been with the WBL Foundation for over five years in different capacities. This promotion recognizes her wonderful accomplishments and capabilities.
WBL Here’s to Us - 2009-4
Congratulations to the following WBL Foundation Associates on their outstanding achievements and the achievements of their companies in the following four categories: Awards & Recognitions, Horizontal Advancement, Vertical Advancement, and Publications/In the News.
Here’s to Us: 2009-3
Congratulations to the following WBL Foundation Associates on their outstanding achievements and the achievements of their companies in the following four categories: Horizontal Advancement, Awards & Recognitions, Vertical Advancement, and Publications/In the News.
Skirting the Board
Norway’s law requiring 40 percent of public company board members to be women has begun to take effect. Perhaps it’s too soon to tell if the change has improved boardroom discussions and debate, but this article is an interesting overview of what’s happening in Norway with some of the women—dubbed the “Golden Skirts” in the media—who have been chosen to be members of many boards.
Sponsor Spotlight: Healthways
Congratuations to WBL Platinum Sponsor Healthways for hosting its first ever Well-Being Summit in Washington, D.C.! The Summit was attended by more than 150 executives from the health care industry including many WBL Foundation Associates.