Women Health Care Executives - Woman of the Year Gala

Welcome to the Women Health Care Executives - Woman of the Year Gala! Join us at the Westin St. Francis on Powell Street in San Francisco, CA, USA for a night of celebration and recognition. This event honors outstanding women in healthcare leadership, highlighting their achievements and contributions to the industry. Come together with like-minded professionals to network, inspire, and empower one another. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate the exceptional women shaping the future of healthcare. See you there!

Awardees:

2024 Woman of The Year- Amira K.S. Barger!

Leadership in Diversity Award: Berta Alicia Bejarano, M.A., MBA, C.I., CDE®

Leadership in Innovation Award recipient- Kay (Keerthana) Naidu

Amira K.S. Barger Biography

Amira K.S. Barger, MBA, CVA, CFRE Executive Vice President, Health Communications & US Head of DEI Communications & DEI Advisory. Amira Barger is a multi-award-winning Executive Vice President on the Global Health Sector and DEI team, providing senior Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and Multicultural communications counsel to clients.Recently named to Involve People’s Top 100 Executives list and Business Insiders’ 30 under 40 in healthcare innovation, Amira is a scholar, practitioner and thought leader who brings more than 18 years of experience in strategic communications that reach stakeholders, mobilize the community and inspire action. At California State University East Bay she serves as a lecturer in marketing and communications, joining the faculty in 2019. She also lectures at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the new Public Health for Business Leaders program. She is a data-informed, organizational architect who leverages design thinking to advance DEI and solve complex challenges. Prior to joining Edelman, Amira served as Senior Vice President, Public Relations and Public Affairs at Ogilvy where she led efforts to support government, corporate and non-profit clients in adopting equity-centered practices to reach historically underserved communities. She also worked in the nonprofit sector for 14 years tackling pressing, public issues that impact us all with organizations like the Public Health Institute, Feeding America and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. She holds a B.A. in Marketing from Vanguard University, an MBA from Letourneau University, and invested in her professional development by receiving DEI Certifications from Cornell University, University of South Florida, and SDS Global Enterprises Inc. Amira is a passionate life-long learner, having received her CVA (Certified Volunteer Administrator) and CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) designations. Amira maintains active memberships with: American Public Health Association, Public Relations Society of America, Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Chief (a private women’s network).​ She is an avid writer and her thought leadership, from bylines to webinars to podcasts, can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gxzpZBc7In her spare time, Amira and her family work their way through collecting stamps in the National Park Service Passport Cancellation Book. They plan to visit all 417 national parks/monuments in the U.S. as proud hashtag#RoadTripWarriors. Amira lives in Benicia, CA with Jonathan, her life partner of 18+ years, their 10-year-old daughter Audrey and their furry son Bucky the blue-eyed silver Labrador