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Healthcare Leadership Academy for Women

Healthcare Leadership Academy for Women: From Grit to Great

September 16 - October 9, 2025 
Tuesdays & Thursdays 
12 pm - 2 pm ET
8 sessions | 4 weeks 

An Innovative, Live, Online Professional Development Program for Women in Healthcare

Strong leadership skills are essential to career advancement and personal and professional fulfillment. This four-week live, online professional development program is designed specifically for women to provide them with the tools, resources, and strategies necessary to advance as leaders. 
 

Participants Will Learn To:
  • Lead through uncertainty and learn about the importance of self-care
  • Flex personality preferences and leadership styles using emotional intelligence assessments 
  • Examine how leveraging connections, courage and accountability can influence and develop a team and impact organizational culture
  • Discover the process and benefits of coaching and development planning to advance career opportunities 
  • Identify the importance of leading through a lens of diversity and inclusion 
  • Practice new skills with group discussions, simulations, and storytelling 
  • Effectively prepare, organize and deliver a clear, engaging, and confident presentation to a target audience  
Special Session
Negotiation Workshop for Women in Healthcare
October 29,  2025  
8:00 am - 4:00 pm ET 
Who Should Attend?

This program is designed to support women leaders in various stages of their career. Clinical, operational, and administrative leaders and stakeholders from healthcare organizations will benefit from this program. The sessions are designed for women, taught by women. 

Faculty

Ellen Guarnieri, RN, MHSA, CPHQ, FACHE 
Course Director 
Associate Program Director, Healthcare Quality & Safety
Jefferson College of Population Health 

 

Jeanne Felter, PhD, LPC 
Associate Dean 
Jefferson College of Population Health 

 

Kathleen E. Walls, PsyD
Owner, Founder, G.R.E.A.T.E.S.T Counseling & Consulting 
President, Sisters 4 Harmony Inc.

 

April Taylor, MS, MHA, FACHE, CMQ/OE, CLSSBB, CPHQ, CPPS
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer 
The Johns Hopkins Hospital 
Jefferson College of Population Health

Haley Woznyj, PhD 
Associate Professor 
Longwood University 

Charity S. Watkins, PhD 
Assistant Professor 
North Carolina Central University 
Duke University School of Medicine 

 

Rosangely Cruz-Rojas, DrPH 
Vice President and Chief Diversity & Equity Officer
Main Line Health 

 

Pamela Walter, MFA  
Director of the Office for Professional Writing, Publishing, &  Communication
Thomas Jefferson University 

Denise Hammel,  RN-BC, MSN, CPHIMS, CLSSB 
Course Coach 
Adjunct Instructor
Jefferson College of Population Health 


Sharon C. Kiely, MD, MPM, FACP 
Course Coach 
Certified Life & Career Coach 
Professor, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University 

 

Fall 2025 Schedule

The program is offered in 2-hour sessions, Tuesdays & Thursdays, over four weeks.  All sessions take place 12:00 - 2:00 pm ET. The opportunity to participate in a private Emotional Intelligence Assessment and personal coaching sessions are available to all. 

Date Topic Speaker
September 16  The Connection Between Behavior and Neurobiology: Understanding the Impact of Adversity, Stress and Trauma on the Brain  Jeanne Felter, PhD, LLC 
September 18 Compassionate and Radical Self-Care  Kathleen Walls, PsyD 
September 23  Leadership Challenges: A Case Story April Taylor, MHA, MS, FACHE,  CMQ/OE, CLSSBB, CPHQ, CPPS 
September 25 Organizational Dynamics: Leading in a World of Turbulence, Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity  Hayley Woznyj, PhD 
September 30  Case Presentation - Her Story  Charity Watkins, PhD 
October 2 Leading for Quality Through a Lens of Diversity  Rosangely Cruz-Rojas, DrPH
October 7  Emotional Intelligence: The Foundation of Strong, Resilient Leadership Denise Hammell, RN-BC, MSN, CPHIMS, CLSSB
October 9  Emotional Intelligence: The Foundation of Strong, Resilient Leadership Pam Walter, MFA 
Fees & Registration

Pricing 
$1499 per person 
15% discount for 3 or more attendees from the same organization 
15% discount for Jefferson employees

Contact Eileen.Welsh@jefferson.edu or jcph@jefferson.edu for registration questions. 

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Thomas Jefferson University is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians: This educational activity is designated for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: This activity awards 16.00 nursing contact hours.

Other Healthcare Professionals: This educational activity is designated for 24.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ .

Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For questions regarding the Healthcare Leadership Academy for Women and the Negotiation workshop contact Course Director, Ellen Guarnieri.