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Healthcare Businesswoman’s Association Ohio: “Have We Moved the Needle?”

The Healthcare Businesswoman’s Association Ohio will hold its second annual signature event “Have We Moved the Needle?” Tuesday, Feb. 21, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom.

The discussion will focus on policy and women’s professional development: What’s worked, what hasn’t and where do we go from here?

The organizers’ goals for the event are to:

  • Foster a supportive network for women in science and medicine throughout Cleveland;
  • Increase frank, open discussion regarding issues that impact women in sciences and health care; and
  • Share solutions so that women in science and medicine can thrive.

Featured speakers are:

  • Brian Donley, chief of staff and chief of clinical operations of Cleveland Clinic;
  • Jeffrey Duerk, dean of the Case School of Engineering and the Leonard Case Professor of Engineering;
  • Stephanie Harrington, founder and CEO of Matrix Medical Device;
  • Janet L. Kavandi, director of NASA’s John Glenn Research Center;
  • Cynthia Kubu, neuropsychologist at Cleveland Clinic and professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine;
  • Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs at CWRU;
  • Marilyn Sanders Mobley, vice president of the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity; and
  • Lynn Singer, deputy provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Tickets and more information are available online.