From the publisher: Women in Healthcare Symposium to raise awareness of gender parity in the workplace

On July 11, Columbus Business First is hosting a brand-new signature event for our audience in partnership with the Columbus Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA). I’m excited about this event for a number of reasons, not the least of which is because my wife happens to be a healthcare businesswoman.

Let me tell you how this event came together.

Since 1977, the HBA and its corporate partners have served women in healthcare by providing a platform to network and exchange industry information, career advice and resources. The first HBA chapter was launched in 2000 in Atlanta. Today, HBA has chapters in major markets across the United States and in Europe. Its mission is to advance the achievement of gender parity in leadership positions and enable organizations to realize the full potential of their female talent.

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About the Author: DrStefanieKJohnson

Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Management at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. from Rice University and is particularly interested in the effects of unconscious biases in the evaluation of women and minorities, with the goal of finding ways to mitigate those biases. Dr. Johnson brings bias to light with an engaging and humorous approach to advanced scientific research, which has earned her numerous accolades and invitations to present her work at meetings around the world, including the White House for a 2016 summit on diversity in corporate America on National Equal Pay Day, and the 2016 Harvard Negotiation and Leadership Conference. She has published over 70 journal articles and book chapters in outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Applied Psychology and The Academy of Management Journal. She has extensive consulting experience and has created and delivered leadership-development training with an emphasis on evidence-based practice. In recognition of her unique research, Dr. Johnson has been awarded nearly three million dollars in external funding to study leadership and create leadership development programs aimed at increasing safety. Media outlets featuring her work include: The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and CNN. Stefanie lives in the Boulder Bubble in Colorado with her Biology Professor husband, two young kiddos, and two old kitties.