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SUMMARY:Chamber Healthcare and Life Sciences Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of the Healthcare and Life Science (HCLS) Committee is to be a resource for businesses to connect\, educate\, discuss and promote healthcare and life science topics that affect Palm Beach North quality of life. This group will plan and implement events that bring value to the healthcare and life science sectors as well as the Palm Beach North Community at large.\n\n\n\n \nOur Speaker: \n\n\n\n\n\nJulia Spence\, Deputy Director\, West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System\n\n \n\nJulia Spence was appointed Deputy Director for the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System on April 9\, 2023.\n\nIn this role\, she will be responsible for the leadership oversight of Business operations\, and various services to include Strategic Communications\, Fiscal\, Human Resources\, and Clinic Activations.\n\nMs. Spence began her VA career as a Physician Assistant for the Huntington VA Medical Center in West Virginia. She transferred to the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System in 2012 where she has held a series of progressive positions\, most recently serving as the Executive Assistant Director and the Strategic Planner for the healthcare system.\n\nMs. Spence was recognized as the Federal Employee of the Year by the South Florida Federal Executive Board for her work to expand services to Veterans through care agreements with local healthcare systems/research facilities\; deployment of standardized organization-wide customer service training\; and spearheading complex improvement projects to provide the best quality of care for Veterans.\n\nMs. Spence attended Alderson-Broaddus College where she received her Bachelor of Science degree and her graduate level education as a Physician Assistant and later obtained a dual Master in Business Administration and Healthcare Administration degree from Baylor University. She is a graduate of the VISN 9 Leadership Institute and completed Leadership West Palm Beach in 2019.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size: 14px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">The purpose of the Healthcare and Life Science (HCLS) Committee is to be a resource for businesses to connect\, educate\, discuss and promote healthcare and life science topics that affect Palm Beach North quality of life. This group will plan and implement events that bring value to the healthcare and life science sectors as well as the Palm Beach North Community at large.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;\n<p style="margin: 0in\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; font-size: 10pt\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Our Speaker:&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="300" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/727/Image/Ms.JuliaSpence.jpg" style="width: 200px\; height: 300px\;" width="200" /><br />\nJulia Spence\, Deputy Director\, West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System</span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p background-attachment:="" background-clip:="" background-image:="" background-origin:="" background-position:="" background-repeat:="" background-size:="" class="vads-u-margin-bottom--0" color:="" new="" style="margin: 12pt 0in 0in\; font-size: 12pt\; font-family: " times=""><span style="font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\;">Julia Spence was appointed Deputy Director for the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System on April 9\, 2023.</span></p>\n\n<p background-attachment:="" background-clip:="" background-image:="" background-origin:="" background-position:="" background-repeat:="" background-size:="" box-sizing:="" color:="" max-width:="" new="" style="margin: 12pt 0in\; font-size: 1.06rem\; font-family: " times=""><span style="font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\;">In this role\, she will be responsible for the leadership oversight of Business operations\, and various services to include Strategic Communications\, Fiscal\, Human Resources\, and Clinic Activations.</span></p>\n\n<p background-attachment:="" background-clip:="" background-image:="" background-origin:="" background-position:="" background-repeat:="" background-size:="" box-sizing:="" color:="" max-width:="" new="" style="margin: 12pt 0in\; font-size: 1.06rem\; font-family: " times=""><span style="font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\;">Ms. Spence began her VA career as a Physician Assistant for the Huntington VA Medical Center in West Virginia. She transferred to the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System in 2012 where she has held a series of progressive positions\, most recently serving as the Executive Assistant Director and the Strategic Planner for the healthcare system.</span></p>\n\n<p background-attachment:="" background-clip:="" background-image:="" background-origin:="" background-position:="" background-repeat:="" background-size:="" box-sizing:="" color:="" max-width:="" new="" style="margin: 12pt 0in\; font-size: 1.06rem\; font-family: " times=""><span style="font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\;">Ms. Spence was recognized as the Federal Employee of the Year by the South Florida Federal Executive Board for her work to expand services to Veterans through care agreements with local healthcare systems/research facilities\; deployment of standardized organization-wide customer service training\; and spearheading complex improvement projects to provide the best quality of care for Veterans.</span></p>\n\n<p background-attachment:="" background-clip:="" background-image:="" background-origin:="" background-position:="" background-repeat:="" background-size:="" box-sizing:="" color:="" max-width:="" new="" style="margin: 12pt 0in\; font-size: 1.06rem\; font-family: " times=""><span style="font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(27\, 27\, 27)\;">Ms. Spence attended Alderson-Broaddus College where she received her Bachelor of Science degree and her graduate level education as a Physician Assistant and later obtained a dual Master in Business Administration and Healthcare Administration degree from Baylor University. She is a graduate of the VISN 9 Leadership Institute and completed Leadership West Palm Beach in 2019.</span></p>\n\n<div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">&nbsp\;</div>\n
LOCATION:Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center 7305 N. Military Trail\, Rm. 4B-292 West Palm Beach\, FL 33410
UID:e.727.56592
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DTSTAMP:20260624T182843Z
URL:https://members.pbnchamber.com/events/details/chamber-healthcare-and-life-sciences-committee-meeting-56592
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