Proactively Managing Your Professional Development as a Healthcare Leader

Ready to take charge of your leadership journey?
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, professional development isn’t optional—it’s strategic. Whether you're stepping into leadership or sharpening your executive edge, this dynamic panel will equip you with the tools to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Join moderator Beth Guyton, MAIOP, ACC, and distinguished panelists Charisse Jimenez, CPTD, along with Christi Nguyen, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE, FAAN, and Viji George, DNP, MA, RN, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC, for a candid conversation on how healthcare leaders can proactively shape their careers, build influence, and stay ahead of industry transformation.

What You’ll Learn:
• How to build a personalized professional development roadmap
• Ways to identify and maximize growth opportunities within your organization
• Proven strategies for mentorship, networking, and career advancement
• Tips for balancing leadership responsibilities with lifelong learning

Ideal for emerging leaders, seasoned executives, and anyone committed to intentional growth in healthcare leadership.

🔗 Reserve your spot today and invest in your leadership future.
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Moderator: Beth Guyton, MAIOP, ACC

Healthcare Executive, Consultant, Speaker, Executive Coach, Masters Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Panelists:

Viji George, DNP, MA, RN, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC

Magnet Program Director

Jackson Health System

Charisse Jimenez, CPTD

Director, Learning & Development - Design & Deployment

Texas Health Resources

Christi Nguyen, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE, FAAN

Chief Nursing Officer

Ascension Providence

Speakers' Bios:

Dr. Viji George has work experience including multinational healthcare clinical & leadership experience as military nursing officer, staff development administrator, program director of clinical & nursing excellence, global leader mentor and leadership consultant. Her achievements include a doctorate in nursing practice on nurse executive leadership, an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Fellow, a Health Science Research Fellow, an AMN Chief Nursing Officer Academy alumna, certified EBP faculty and a certified resiliency training facilitator. Her professional passions have led to international ventures such as becoming Sigma’s Global Leadership Mentoring Community mentor and coordinator, and active in various committees. She co-founded Indo-American Evidence-based practice fellowship academy through collaboration with Johns Hopkins Nursing EBP.

She educates, engages and empowers others for professional development through active participation in various organizations at a local and national level. She has been an active member of ACHENTX where she has volunteered and served in various roles including secretary of DEI, Education Committee and an Ambassador, and helped with various events. In the community she is a proud board member of Hendricks Scholarship Foundation and serves in the roles of student coach/mentor and student coordinator for health science students. She empowers students and early career professionals to design a path for their career, professional and personal development.

She has done professional publications and presented as keynote speaker in national and international forums sharing best practices in healthcare, professional development, and wellness. She was nationally highlighted by Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation, received awards such as DFW Great 100 Nurse, D Magazine Nurse Excellence in Leadership, & Visionary Leader award. She currently works in a large healthcare system, driving the Magnet and Clinical Excellence journey.

Beth Guyton is an accomplished healthcare leader and consultant with expertise in executive coaching, change management, performance management and patient experience. She is the principle of The Momentum Leader where she coaches leaders on reaching their maximum potential in order to thrive personally and professionally.

Prior to her current role, Beth served as the VP of Patient Experience for the Mercy Springfield Communities and before joining Mercy, Beth led a healthcare consulting firm dedicated to helping hospital drive results through exceptional leadership, culture, and processes.

Beth holds a Master’s in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from George Mason University and a BA in Advertising from the Manship School of Journalism at Louisiana State University. She is an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ), Six Sigma Green Belt, and has a Certification for Mediation and Negotiation from North Lake College in Irving Texas.

Charisse Jimenez joined Texas Health Resources in 2015 as the program manager for the organization’s first system-wide physician leadership development initiative. She was soon promoted to a leadership role within Texas Health Resources University, where she currently serves as Director of Operational Design and Deployment. In this role, Charisse leads strategic learning efforts that transform individuals and teams—designing and deploying leadership pipeline and capability programs for key roles such as physician executives and nurse managers. She also spearheads enterprise growth initiatives, including Leadership 360s and core competency development in areas like leading change and cultivating innovation.

Her experience in leadership development includes well over a decade at the American College of Physician Executives where she directed the graduate program in medical management and served as the senior manager of membership and community, supporting 11,000 physicians from 42 countries. This unique work connected Charisse not only to influential physicians worldwide but also to faculty from top tier academic institutions like Carnegie Mellon University and University of Southern California who partnered with the organization to provide management training.

Charisse holds a bachelor’s degree in applied behavioral science from National Louis University and earned the Certified Professional in Training and Development® credential in 2016.

When not working, Charisse enjoys learning how to be a twenty-first century pioneer in her hobby farm, primitive camping and hiking with her husband and three sons.

Dr. Christi Nguyen is an experienced nurse leader with over 31 years in the profession, including 21 years as a nurse executive. Her diverse career spans oncology, home health, case management, wound, ostomy and continence care, risk management, and leadership. She currently serves as Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Ascension Providence in Waco, Texas, and as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the UTA MSN Nursing Administration Online Program and UTA DNP Program.

Dr. Nguyen earned dual master’s degrees in Nursing and Healthcare Administration from UT Arlington in 2004 and completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Texas Christian University in 2016. She is certified as a Nurse Executive Advanced, Certified in Executive Nursing Practice, and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

She is an active member of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL), Texas Organization for Nursing Leadership (TONL), North Central Organization for Nursing Leadership, and ACHE. Dr. Nguyen serves as the AONL Region 7 Board Director, President of the DFW Great 100 Board, and TONL District 7 Director.

Outside of her professional commitments, Dr. Nguyen is married and the proud mother of a 22-year-old daughter who is a senior at Texas A&M University. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, reading, and traveling.