Invitation to Healthcare Medical Executive Presentation

The USC SPPD Health Management & Policy Programs are pleased to invite all USC students and faculty to the following executive presentation:SHARON GRIGSBY,
Chief Network Officer, LA Co. Department of Health ServicesFRIDAY — NOVEMBER 10, 2006,
10:00 A.M-Noon,
Ralph & Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 219As part of our course, PPD608: Leadership Symposium in Health Management and Policy, Prof. Thomas Collins has agreed to open this portion of his class to the SPPD and university community. Space is limited! Kindly RSVP to: shirose@sppd.usc.edu. SPEAKER BIO: Sharon Grigsby is chief network officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. In this role she is responsible for the County's five acute teaching hospitals and related clinics. Previously, Ms. Grigsby was executive director, LA Co. Public Health Bioterrorism Preparedness. Her prior assignment in public health was as area health officer for Service Planning Area 2, San Fernando Valley. Ms. Grigsby has extensive experience in public-sector and community based services, including hospitals, mental health and public health settings. She is the former chief executive officer of Visiting Nurse Association of Los Angeles, Inc. and has served as associate hospital administrator and chief operating officer at both Rancho Los Amigos and Harbor UCLA Medical Centers, and as associate director of finance at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Ms. Grigsby began her public service career in the Department of Public Health overseeing federally funded projects, subsequently managing finance and administration in the Department of Mental Health, and then serving as principal analyst and team leader in the County Chief Administrative Office. She currently serves on the USC SPPD Health Advisory Board and has had a faculty appointment as an adjunct clinical professor. Ms. Grigsby is a graduate of Occidental College and holds an MBA from the California State University at Los Angeles.

Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 219

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum