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72 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP wedding, I'm in my element. I absolutely love meeting new people, hearing their stories and figuring out why they do what they do. I'm always asking questions. e nickname that my neighbor gave me growing up was Lois Lane because I used to ask a million questions … and still do! Q: How do you revitalize yourself? CS: I spend time with my husband. He is my rock. He keeps me grounded but he's also really funny and he keeps me laughing, espe- cially since the environment in a hospital can sometimes get heavy. We spend time together, play tennis, get together with friends and family, and then sometimes we'll take a day and go have an adven- ture. We'll drive to a new part of town, go to a new restaurant or try a type of food we've never had before. e South Florida community is great for that because there's so much diversity. Beyond that, I'd say I also love to spend time alone. I love to read and give myself time to think. I am high energy so a little downtime is good for me. I also love to shop for good bargains. It has to be a good deal! Q: What's one piece of advice you remember most clearly? CS: Well, I've been very fortunate to have a lot of great influencers and mentors in my personal life and career, so I've had lots of great advice. One that oen pops up goes back to when my parents took me to college. ey brought me to school, set me up in my dorm room, and we cried and hugged and then they le. I remember going back into my dorm room, and I couldn't believe it was real. ere was a card on my bed. I opened it up, and it was a drawing of a little girl walking down a dirt road and inside the card it said, "Don't look back. Keep your eyes on the road ahead." I've had the good fortune of having amazing job experiences early in my life. I ran the autism center at UCLA and helped research- ers and clinicians secure some of the first funding available from the National Institutes of Health to study autism. I went on to work as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers, travelling around the country and seeing health systems in different states. I just remem- ber thinking that I shouldn't look back because it's all building up to something. Going on to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, I worked with amazing people to offer services to children in that market, and I kept my eyes forward because I knew it was all taking me somewhere. I went back to UCLA as a senior level administrator before I was recruited to Joe DiMaggio, and I finally I feel like I'm home here. It was all building up to this point. Always look forward, every experience building toward something bigger, has been my philosophy. at card always pops into my mind. I think my parents le me great advice. Q: What do you consider your greatest achievement at Joe DiMaggio so far? CS: I'm proud of being able to engage with the outstanding team here and continue to build on the unique patient experience they have created. is is a really fun environment and I think having fun at work, especially in a children's hospital, is important for the kids and staff. We've done some really fun stuff here already — made some cool videos for social media with the kids and staff. I'm en- joying connecting with staff at the ground level, so they know I'm a pediatrics person — we all chose this field for a reason, and I am one of them. Now I'm learning the market a bit more and refining new directions we need to go in strategically, thinking about how we can form partnerships, how we can build a better system of care, and how we can integrate innovation into what we're doing already. I am just getting started. n 4,200+ ATTENDEES FROM HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS ACROSS THE NATION REGISTER BY MARCH 1, 2019 AND SAVE! CELEBRITY KEYNOTES BY 10TH ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 1-4, 2019 HYATT REGENCY | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS REGISTER HERE www.beckershospitalreview.com/conference registration@beckershealthcare.com, jcole@beckershealthcare.com, sbecker@ beckershealthcare.com or 800.417.2035. Great topics and speakers focused on strategy, health system alignment and growth, physician integration, improving profitability, ACOs, key specialties and more 300+ GREAT HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM LEADERS SPEAKING George W. Bush 43rd President of the United States of America and Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center Bill Clinton Founder of the Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States of America Katie Couric Storied News Anchor, Producer, and Documentarian