McNamara honored as a ‘Nightingale’

    Grand Canyon University’s Dean of Nursing, Anne McNamara, R.N., Ph.D., was recognized as a “Spirit of Nightingale” honoree by the Global Caring Nurses Foundation Inc. at its first awards gala. The event was held in conjunction with the Foundation’s second-annual Global Healthcare Conference in Phoenix.

    “I’m honored and humbled by this recognition, and am proud to stand among my other colleagues who were recognized for their contributions to our profession,” said McNamara, a North Central Phoenix resident.

 

McNamara is dean and professor at GCU and chair of the Council of Trustees of the Arizona Nurses Foundation. Her professional and volunteer involvements are numerous and include the Board of John C. Lincoln Hospitals Desert Mission, several board positions with the Arizona Nurses Association, the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Patient Safety Steering Committee and she recently chaired the March of Dimes Nurses of the Year Awards Gala.

Clark receives healthcare honor

    North Mountain Respiratory Care Technician Mike Clark, RRT, at John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital, has been named Respiratory Care Practitioner of the Year by the Arizona Society for Respiratory Care. The award recognizes the most outstanding work of a respiratory technician in the state.

    Clark instituted the nationally recognized harmonica playing program that helps develop lung power among the members of John C. Lincoln’s Better Breathers respiratory support group.

    “I couldn’t do my job without ... all the terrific people in my department who work with me. The truth is that I love what I do,” Clark said.

Mintz named CEO of JCL Foundation

    Marcia L. Mintz has been named chief executive officer of John C. Lincoln Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the John C. Lincoln Health Network.

    Mintz joins the John C. Lincoln Health Network after four years as chief development officer of Valley of the Sun United Way in Phoenix. Her background includes more than 18 years of international and regional nonprofit and corporate work in development and philanthropy.

    “I am excited to join the John C. Lincoln Network. The foundation is uniquely positioned to support both medical excellence and community service programs. Philanthropy and community partnerships will continue to play an important role in our success,” said Mintz.

Student leaders

named at PC

    The newest group of leaders known as the Phoenix College (PC) Ambassadors launched their leadership roles at the New Student Orientation in August 2009 after weeks of preparation and recruitment training.

    Ambassadors do not receive college credit for their service hours. The program is designed to provide unique opportunities for students to apply their leadership skills while attending Phoenix College.

    Students interested in becoming PC Ambassadors must be recommended by a college staff or faculty member and are required to be at least second semester students at Phoenix College.  Candidates are later interviewed and selected to be part of the Ambassador Program.

    Ambassadors who live in the North Central area include Kelly Grijalva, who is studying law; Kimberly Ririe, whose major is Paralegal Studies; and Janelle Johnson, who is pursuing a degree in Administration of Justice. All three are sophomores.

Chambers takes helm at Heard Museum

    Letitia Chambers has been appointed as the Heard Museum’s new director. She will assume her duties in January, succeeding Frank Goodyear, who is retiring after 10 years at the Heard’s helm.

    She founded a knowledge-based policy consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., and led it for two decades. She sold the firm in 2001 to Navigant Consulting, a Chicago-based firm with global outreach. As a managing director at Navigant, she oversaw initiatives of the firm related to both public policy and management consulting.

    As an educator, Chambers has worked both as a classroom teacher and administrator, and she performed with distinction as head of New Mexico’s system of higher learning. In 2004-05, Chambers took a leave of absence from Navigant to head up the system of higher education for the state of New Mexico, where she worked to revamp and reform key aspects of the system. She led the agency responsible for oversight of all public colleges, universities and community colleges in the state.

    Chambers has held a number of senior positions in the federal government, and in 1996 she was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate as a U.S. Representative to the United Nations General Assembly, a position with ambassadorial rank.

    Chambers is of American Indian tribal descent (Cherokee), and the appointment marks the first time that the Heard Museum’s top position has been held by a person of American Indian heritage. Chambers also is the only woman other than the museum’s founder, Maie Bartlett Heard, to lead the institution.