Diversity & Inclusion @ James A. Haley - Tampa

Diversity & Inclusion

Thursday, June 20, 2019

The communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families, but their workforce is also growing more diverse. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways, including nationality, race, religion, socioeconomic status, language, age, sexual orientation and physical ability. The business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities will demand different care needs, improved quality, new or modified operational processes and services, strategic planning for a diverse patient demographic and continuum of care. It is incumbent on healthcare organizations and their leaders to both understand and embrace the needs of diverse populations. Their ability to respond to the needs and preferences of a broader customer base will be critical to their financial and operational survival.

Agenda

5:30 - 6:30 p.m.: Registration, Networking & Dinner

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.: Panel Discussion

8:00 p.m.: Adjourn

Panel Members

Desirèe Demonbreun, Sr. Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity & Inclusion

Desirèe is a Labor & Employment attorney with a current focus on Diversity and Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility.  Desiree is the Sr. Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity & Inclusion at WellCare Health Plans, Inc. and she joined WellCare’s Diversity & Inclusion team in September 2018.  She began her employment with WellCare  in June 2008 as Corporate Counsel, Labor and Employment and was later promoted to Sr. Corporate Counsel, Labor and Employment. During her 10 plus years in the Legal Department she served as the lead attorney providing advice and counsel on the Company's employment related legal matters. In this capacity, Desirèe successfully represented the Company in several legal matters and both partnered with and guided the Company and Human Resources through various challenges and opportunities.  In her role as Sr. Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity & Inclusion she supports WellCare’s commitment to promote Diversity & Inclusion and to build an inclusive, culturally competent organization. Additionally, in her current role at WellCare, she helps drive the company’s focus on Corporate Social Responsibility to fuel its sustainable, long-term growth and profitability.

Prior to joining WellCare, Desirèe attended and graduated from Xavier University (OH) to earn her Bachelor's Degree; and she attended and graduated from the University of Florida Levin College of Law where she earned her Juris Doctorate. Desirèe worked for both regional and international firms exclusively practicing Labor and Employment law and has practiced in this area of the law since 2003. In addition to providing legal representation to WellCare and supporting its Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility commitments over the past 11 years, Desirèe has also partnered with Corporate Compliance on various matters, assisted with the establishment of and served as the lead of the Emergency Response Team (ERT), and served on and/or lead several committees and councils, both internally and externally. 

Desirée Chachula, Ph.D., Ed.M., SHRM-SCP, Diversity & Inclusion Manager at Moffitt Cancer Center

Desirée Chachula is the Diversity & Inclusion Manager for Moffitt Cancer Center. She leads Moffitt Diversity Education, which offers a comprehensive portfolio of learning and practice opportunities for healthcare professionals to develop their cultural competency skill, and for team members to build meaningful and enduring diversity and inclusion in their working groups. Additionally, Desirée coordinates and supports the implementation of equity related initiatives at the center including the Cultural and Linguistic Competence Steering Committee’s data monitoring and intervention approaches. Desirée combines years of curriculum and instruction teaching and consulting experience with academic training as a social scientist to bring a scientist-practitioner approach to cultural competence and diversity and inclusion in healthcare. She is an expert on disproportionality- the differences of a population group to an outcome based on shared demographic traits. This work sheds light on policies, practices, beliefs and biases that perpetuate the marginalization of vulnerable populations.

Eric F. Bratton Sr., MBA, President and CEO of MediSource

Eric Bratton Sr. received his BS in Business Administration from
Buffalo State College as a scholar athlete and member of the football and track and field teams. He later went on to attend the International Business and Finance MBA program at SUNY Empire State College in Java NY. Born and raised in Buffalo NY, he and his family relocated to Florida in 2005 accepting a job as a Pharmaceutical sales executive. In his illustrious pharma career, Eric earned numerous sales awards, President Circle awards and mentored various award-winning teams. In 2011 he had an idea, an idea that addressed an unmet need in a rapidly changing diverse healthcare landscape. He realized the need to deliver effective healthcare staffing & recruiting solutions in a personalized, consultative, solutions driven and collaborative process. Throughout his healthcare career, Eric gained a very keen insight in understanding that diversity is not always inclusive, and that inclusion is imperative to the success of a healthcare organizations business model. In 2013, from a small bedroom office in his home, MediSource Staffing & Recruiting was born. He currently serves as President and CEO with a focus on diversity recruiting and consulting. Eric has been honored as a keynote speaker at  several medical school commencement ceremonies, High schools and think tanks. He has a passion for mentoring minority and disenfranchised young people that have interest in working in the healthcare field.

FAQs

What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?

Due to construction at James A. Haley, take time to consider parking for this event. Visitors are able to park in the parking garage located on the map below. The event will be held on the second floor in the auditorium of the main hospital.