Modern Healthcare is seeking nominations for its fourth biennial listing of the Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare. Modern Healthcare is seeking nominees from all sectors of the healthcare industry.
For purposes of this awards and honors program, Modern Healthcare uses the U.S. Census Bureau's definition of a minority. The agency considers persons with the following ethnic background to be a minority: African-American or black; Alaska Native; American Indian; Asian; Hispanic or Latino; Native Hawaiian; other Pacific Islander; or multiracial.
A review board consisting of senior editors at Modern Healthcare will select the honorees based on five criteria. Has the nominee:
- Successfully served as a leader or managed an organization or company?
- Shown the ability or power to effect change in the healthcare industry?
- Demonstrated a willingness to share expertise with others in the field?
- Served as a role model or mentor to other minority healthcare executives?
- Assumed a leadership position in the industry outside of the candidate's own organization or company?
To nominate a candidate for this awards program, send a detailed letter explaining how the candidate meets or exceeds the criteria.
Please include the candidate's resume or curriculum vitae and a color photo. Please send the nomination package to: Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare, c/o David Burda, Editor, Modern Healthcare, 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60601.
Electronic submissions are permitted. Send those to
topminority@modernhealthcare.com.
The submission deadline is Jan. 27, 2012. Recipients will be announced and profiled in the April 9, 2012 issue of Modern Healthcare.
Furst Group, the Rockford, Ill.-based healthcare executive search firm, is sponsoring this year's competition. Per editorial policy, sponsors are not involved in the nomination, judging or determination of submissions or award recipients.
