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.
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
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.