Clare Picked for Student Relations Role at National Association
Brianna Clare, M.H.A. ‘18, has been chosen as the new student liaison for the St. Louis chapter of the National Association of Health Services Executives, a nonprofit association of black health care executives.
“It’s important to see people who look like me in executive positions, where impactful
decisions about the delivery of health care are made. [Health care] is a field in
which minorities are not proportionately represented in leadership roles,” says Clare,
who aspires to a role in hospital operations management upon graduation.
In her role, Clare will help inform and plan the chapter’s programming by offering
suggestions from a student perspective. She will also spearhead the effort to more
proactively engage students throughout the region.
The association, which provides networking and professional development opportunities
to its more than 1,000 members, is also focused on elevating the quality of health
care services rendered to minority and underserved communities.
In St. Louis, the chapter’s ten-person board has already proven to be an important
support network for her. “It has been amazing to have the opportunity to network with
people who are in roles that I aspire to be in,” says Clare, who assumed the liaison
role in December 2016.
As her first initiative, Clare and classmate Kwamane Liddell, J.D./M.H.A. ‘19, planned
a three-session case competition preparation seminar for students. The sessions, scheduled
for March 2, 23 and April 6, are open to all students in the area and feature speakers
from NAHSE and faculty from Saint Louis University’s health management and policy
department.
Additionally, Clare is helping to plan NAHSE’s annual fellowship dinner for graduate
students at the end of April. Among her personal goals for the position, Clare hopes
to increase awareness of the organization and its benefits for current students.
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CPHSJ Communications
Published: February 23, 2017
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