Leadership
Career Resources
This session, a continuation of the successful Women Healthcare Leaders Series, will provide valuable insights to women leaders looking to build a professional community that aligns with and fuels their career goals. Participants will come away with actionable tools for identifying potential colleagues, sponsors and mentors to help build an effective network that will advance their skills in healthcare leadership.
Our engaging thought leaders have built professional communities that have helped them catapult their career goals while defining their healthcare legacy. Dr. Ije Akunyili, MD, serves as the chief medical officer of Jersey City Medical Center, a position in which she oversees the success of multispecialty physician groups, a level II trauma center, and the care of tens of thousands of community members annually. Her track record of leading national emergency physician organizations, hospitals and advocacy groups speaks to her ability to continuously build thriving and successful professional communities in healthcare.
Rachael McKinney, FACHE, currently serves as the president of Sutter Health’s Greater Sacramento Market. She was one of the first leaders named to help guide the integrated network’s new market-based structure beginning in June 2023. She is one-half of the administrator and physician dyad providing operational and strategic oversight for all acute and ambulatory operations while executing service line strategies and increasing patient access.
During the session, Dr. Akunyili and Ms. McKinney will talk through the steps women leaders can take to evaluate their professional communities and make the necessary changes to build a supportive board of directors to take their careers to the next level. The session will be moderated by Dr. Fayola Edwards-Ojeba, the founder and CEO of RechargedMD, an organization dedicated to dismantling clinician burnout by helping hospitals and health systems to develop evidence-based physician peer support programs.
Fayola Edwards-Ojeba, MD
Founder/CEO
RechargedMD
Ije Akunyili, MD
CMO
Jersey City Medical Center
Rachael L. McKinney, FACHE
CEO
Sutter Health in Northern California