Smeal Exec. MBA Hosts Senior Leadership Forum

The Penn State Smeal Executive MBA Program hosted its inaugural Senior Leadership Forum, an opportunity for current and prospective students as well as program alumni to come together to discuss business and leadership, in June, 2014. In addition to panel discussions on the future for strategy, moderated by Al Vicere, professor of strategic leadership at Smeal; and the future for leadership, moderated by EMBA Program alumnus Tim Quigley ‘04, assistant professor at the University of Georgia, the forum also featured a panel discussion on health care. “Health care is a prominent business issue today, and it affects everyone,” said Vicere. “We have several current and former students in the program who are involved in health care delivery, so we took that opportunity to delve deeper into a discussion about the future of health care and its connection to business.” Moderating the panel discussion on the future for health care was class of 2015 EMBA student Ninad Pendharkar, an associate in dermatology for Geisinger Health System. “There’s been a shift in the way we view the business and delivery of health care,” said Pendharkar. “Health care is changing dramatically, so change management is critical.” Joining the discussion were alumni panelists Mike Consuelos ‘09g, vice chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Children’s Hospital; Jeff Miller ‘10g, associate dean for administration at Penn State Hershey, and Steve Rigo ‘07g, founder of Augusta Healthcare, Inc. According to Pendharkar, the future of health care depends on providers shifting into a more business-oriented way of thinking.

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