Baptist Well being named Sarah Sanders government vp and chief shopper officer efficient Sept. 8.
“Sarah is an modern and mission-focused chief with a exceptional skill to get to the guts of a group’s well being care wants. Her management might be invaluable as we proceed to construct significant relationships with our sufferers, guaranteeing they really feel seen, heard and cared for all through each step of their well being care journey,” Michael A. Mayo, president and CEO of Baptist Well being, stated in a information launch.
Baptist stated Sanders will lead advertising, communications, digital technique, promoting, group influence and engagement initiatives aimed toward strengthening the connection between the well being system and the communities it serves all through Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
She brings greater than 20 years of expertise in advertising and communications in well being care and educational medical environments. She joins Baptist Well being from UCSF (College of California, San Francisco) Well being, the place she was vp, chief advertising and communications officer for the regional educational well being system with seven hospitals.
Sanders is returning to Jacksonville, having beforehand led advertising and communications methods for Nemours Youngsters’s Well being, which gives pediatric doctor providers at Wolfson Youngsters’s Hospital.
“It’s a privilege to hitch an establishment so deeply rooted in the neighborhood and trusted by generations of sufferers and households,” Sanders stated within the launch. “I’m wanting ahead to strengthening these connections in order that we will proceed to fulfill sufferers the place they’re, offering steerage and care that really suits their wants.”
Sanders was educated in New York, receiving a bachelor’s in communications from the Roy H. Parks Faculty of Communications at Ithaca Faculty and an MBA from Rochester Institute of Expertise. She is a member of the Well being Care Govt Discussion board and the Society for Healthcare Technique and Market Improvement.