Speaker
Laurie K. Baedke, FACHE, FACMPE
Laurie Baedke is a faculty member, director of healthcare leadership programs and assistant dean of physician leadership education at Creighton University. A well-regarded speaker and author with broad experience building companies and leading organizational change, Ms. Baedke has specific expertise in emotional intelligence, well-being and strengths-based leadership. She is an active mentor to senior executives, physician leaders, early careerists and entrepreneurs and hosts the weekly podcast The Growth Edge. Ms. Baedke holds a bachelor’s degree in human services and business administration and a master’s degree in healthcare administration. She is also a board-certified fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives and has been certified by The Gallup Organization as a Strengths Performance Coach since 2006. Her first book, The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide, was published by ACHE’s Health Administration Press in 2015. She contributed a chapter, “The Clinician Entrepreneur,” to a book published by Oxford Press in April 2017 titled The Handbook of Private Practice. Ms. Baedke lives just outside of Omaha, Neb., with her husband and two children. She is board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow.