SEAN TURNER’S EXPERIENCE WITH LEADERSHIP DAYTON

Sean Turner is currently enrolled in Leadership Dayton and he had this to say about his most recent meeting.

“Leadership Dayton is a program to educate and bring Dayton’s leaders together to further advance their support of the Dayton region. I have found each program day extremely rewarding, they’ve included days dedicated to Dayton’s rich heritage, education, cultural arts and WPAFB. I grew up in Dayton and moved out of state for 10 years. So, I was excited to come back to the region and this Leadership Dayton opportunity has really opened my eyes on all that Dayton has accomplished, has to offer and has plans to do. This is a great region to do business in, raise a family in and play in; and this opportunity has solidified this statement.

The agenda for the Leadership Dayton program on 1/11/11 was all about healthcare. This was the first time the Leadership Dayton program has included a day devoted to healthcare, so Monday was the “pilot”.

We started the day with an overview of the impact of the region’s hospitals from Bryan Bucklew, President & CEO of the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association (GDAHA). Followed by a tour of Children’s Hospital with Vicki Giambrone, VP of Marketing & External Relations, which included sitting in on resident’s presenting to doctors on individual cases. This was followed by a briefing from CareSource’s Janet Grant on the impact of managed care in Ohio. We later went to Miami Valley Hospital where Bobbie Gerhart, President & CEO of MVH, spoke to us followed by a tour of the new heart tower. We finished the day with a lively panel discussion on health care reform with Bryan Bucklew from GDAHA, Tim Schmalz, Regional VP-Southern Ohio Sales from Anthem, and Phil Parker, President & CEO of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce.

Besides the uncertainty by everyone on the future of health care with the passing of the health care reform bill, the most interesting fact I took away from the healthcare program on Monday was that in 2008 there was a $6.7 billion medical economic impact on the Dayton region compared to $4.4 billion economic impact from WPAFB.”