WINTER 2011-2012
Public Health
DIRECTIONS IN THIS ISSUE: A Message from Richard J. Cohen (2)… Born a Social Worker: Q&A with Wayne Pendleton (3)... Targeted Solutions: Building a Sustainable Organizational Strategic Plan (4)... PHMC’s Goals: Excerpted from the 2011–2013 Strategic Plan (5)... From the Boardroom: Q&A with the Honorable Renée Cardwell Hughes (6)... Save the Date for MOSAIC (7)... Where Creating Careers Meets Workforce Needs (8)... CHDB Report (10)... The Public Health Bracket (12)
PHMC UNVEILS New Strategic Plan
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hirty-nine years ago, J. Douglas
the Honorable Renée Cardwell Hughes,
so it’s important to look five and 10 years
MacBride joined a small group of
Ana Pujols-McKee, Kenneth Veit and
down the road and integrate viewpoints
public health advocates to form the
Sharon M. Gallagher.
from all stakeholders.” Key young leaders
initial organization that laid the ground-
In a process overseen by Anne Saporito,
joined senior staff to review the organiza-
work for what was launched in 1972 as
senior manager of training and organization-
tion’s existing mission and vision and use
Philadelphia Health Management Corpora-
al development and Jo Surpin, a consultant
them as starting points to identify goals.
tion. In 2010, as board secretary and chair-
from Strategic Health Alliance, more than
“One of the things of great value at PHMC
man of the strategic planning committee
100 PHMC and affiliate staff members from
is that you have a lot of people with a great
for PHMC (now Public Health Management
across the organization joined together in
deal of history that balance the future lead-
Corporation), he guided a group of PHMC
May 2010 for a series of roundtable discus-
ers of the organization,” says Surpin. “It’s very important for us to get everybody’s input.”
“
RELOOKING AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY to do a good analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of our organization.”
Katherine Harvey, director of case management and program standards for PHMC’s Forensic Services, has been working at PHMC close to 10 years. She is one of the young leaders who participated in the strategic planning process.
stakeholders who renewed the organiza-
sions. “Relooking at the organizational plan
Initially Harvey worked as an evaluator
tion’s goals and objectives from the exist-
gave us an opportunity to conduct a good
in the clinical evaluation unit within the
ing strategic plan that dated back to 2005.
analysis of the strengths and weaknesses
Forensic Intensive Recovery (FIR) pro-
“I’ve been involved in a number of strate-
of our organization,” says PHMC President
gram, which assesses criminal offenders
gic plans for PHMC and we felt that it was
and CEO Richard J. Cohen. “It was a very
for chemical dependency, refers them to
an appropriate time to revisit and update
inclusive process and I’m pleased with the
community-based providers for residential,
the plan,” says MacBride. Also serving
outcome.”
intensive outpatient and regular outpa-
on the committee were 2010–2011 board
The process deliberately involved young
tient treatment services and provides case
members Denise Christian, Theodore A.
leadership. “PHMC takes succession plan-
management services for FIR program
Christopher, Paul A. Dandridge, George
ning very seriously,” says Saporito. “An
participants. Formerly a substance abuse
E. Downs, Robert Gage, Charles Greene,
organization is only as good as its staff,
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