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We are replacing our usual Peer Group session with this incredible opportunity to hear from an expert in healthcare. Coco Brown will be facilitating a fireside chat with Anne Marie Watkins. We usually don’t record our peer group sessions, but this one has been recorded as a special treat for you, our members. However, the peer group session we have in (following month) will be an unrecorded discussion just for peer group members to discuss reactions, thoughts and insights from the session with Anne Marie.
The life science industry, which encompasses biotech, pharma, med tech, devices, diagnostics, and their collaborators, shares numerous attributes with other industries. However, due to its exceptionally long product life cycles, extended time to revenue, and highly regulated environment, this industry presents unique challenges for its executives and boards. The purpose of this peer group is to foster mutual learning among its members, both in recognizing shared experiences and appreciating the distinctive nuances that set the life science industry apart.
Expert: Dr Anne Marie Watkins Expert: Barbara Troupin Host: Coco Brown
Dr. Anne Marie Watkins is currently the SVP/Chief Nursing Executive (CNE) for UCI Health and Assistant Dean of Nursing Education for the UCI School of Nursing. She has been an RN for over 30 years and has over 20 years of experience as a CNE in various health systems including for profit, not for profit, faith based, specialty, academic, stand alone and corporate environments.
Prior to becoming a CNE, her leadership focus was within Maternal Child Health with her clinical background being Pediatric Intensive Care and Trauma. Dr. Watkins completed her Doctorate in Executive Nursing Practice and holds a dual master’s degree in nursing as well as Health Care
Administration. Her doctoral project was related to workplace bullying and intent to turnover in new graduate nurses. She has a specialty certification in Executive Nursing Practice.
Dr. Watkins is particularly skilled in leadership development, communication and relationship building, clinical practice leadership, resource management, quality/patient safety/risk management, financial performance, health policy/advocacy, workforce wellbeing and information management and technology. She has a passion for mentoring nurse leaders and helping them to further develop their skills. She is an active member with the American Organization of Nurse Leaders, Chief, the American College of Healthcare Executives and Sigma Theta Tau International. Her research interests include workforce wellbeing, leadership development and succession planning, health advocacy and policy, care delivery technology enablement and leader span of control.
Barbara Troupin is a Chief Medical Officer and public-company independent board director and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee for Equillium (NASDAQ:EQ). Over her 20+ years as a life science executive, her roles have spanned Clinical, Medical, Regulatory, Operations and Strategy functional areas, and she has worked at both private and public companies. She has a strong preference for small and emerging companies where she can have a real impact on corporate strategy and external narrative, decision making processes to drive internal clarity and effectiveness, and in setting a work culture which is engaged, empowered, and inclusive. She helps companies scale in a stage appropriate manner focusing on best strategies for value creation. She holds an MD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. She has been a member of Athena since 2018, been selected for the 2019 Women in Bio Boardroom Ready cohort, and participated in Harvard’s executive education for Women on Life Science Boards.
Coco Brown is founder and CEO of Athena Alliance. Prior to her current roles, Coco served as President, COO, and Board Director of Taos, a market leader in IT Services serving hundreds of F1000 companies, including Apple, Cisco, ebay, Facebook, and Silicon Valley Bank. Coco brings rich experience across F1000 companies, start-ups, and nonprofits in the roles of CEO, COO, advisor, and Board member to Athena. She possesses a unique understanding of the breadth of challenges and opportunities of leadership. She empowers leaders to execute successfully, working with them to develop the relationship between a company’s strategy and its organizational design and environment. Coco’s expertise in developing and strengthening these important linkages makes her a powerful C-level advisor and Board member. In addition to serving on the Board of Taos from 2004 to 2014, Coco served as a Board Director for MentorNet during its rebranding, product transformation, and subsequent acquisition by Great Minds in STEM. Coco was on the finance committee supporting the Board of Directors of Samasource and established the Operating Committee for the Silicon Valley arm of Golden Seeds, a New York-based early-stage investment firm. She also currently serves as Chair of the Nominating Committee for the Anita Borg Technology Leadership Award, one of the most prestigious awards honoring women in technology.
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