Portland, Oregon
Cell: 971-***-****
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Patricia Hennessy, MPA
Objective: To advocate for older adults and use my depth of experience to find innovative ways
to meet their needs.
Highlights of Qualifications
Eclectic experience: Broad breadth of healthcare and business knowledge
Strategy development: Over 20 years of strategic marketing and business plan development
Strong leader and manager: Leading and managing strategic planning and marketing teams
Well-connected in the Greater Portland and surrounding markets: W orked with hospitals,
physicians, and non- profit aging services throughout the Greater Portland area
ROI measurement: Demonstrated increases in revenues from marketing and sales initiatives
Expertise in Aging: Formal education and experience with issues affecting aging adults
Accountable Budgeting: Goal directed budgeting
Presentations: Created in PowerPoint and presented to governing boards, executives, etc.
Professional Experience
Community Outreach & Engagement Internship 9/12 - present
AARP of Oregon Clackamas, OR
Completing gerontology certificate at Portland Community College.
Project managed and created materials for community education forums focusing on aging
and long term care
Managed the update of caregiver s guide
Partnering with other community organizations to reach out to educate aging adults
6/10 4/6/12
Director Strategic Planning and Marketing
Silverton Health Silverton, OR
Responsible for strategic planning, marketing communications, and public relations
Developed and lead processes for strategic market planning
Planned and directed the implementation of the organization s marketing and PR strategy
Developed and lead the organization s new brand including, gaining approval of the Board,
logo development and introduction, standard graphics, messaging, and signage
Assured marketing and public relations initiatives are aligned with the brand
4/09 6/10
Vice President Business Development
W arren Hospital Phillipsburg, NJ
Lead the organization s marketing, strategic planning, physician liaison team, public relations,
customer service, community education and foundation
Developed and implemented organization s first strategic marketing and sales plan
Re-organized and lead marketing, public relations and customer service departments
Developed tracking and measurement system for marketing and community outreach initiatives
Measured physician and community opinions through market research
Initiated and lead organization-wide steering committee in addressing customer service issues;
experiencing measured increases in patient satisfaction scores
11/06 4/09
Vice President Strategic Customer Relations
Beryl Bedford, TX
Responsible for strategic consultation to larger hospital and health system leadership, ROI
analyses, and selling services
2
Used CRM tools to assist hospitals track revenue increases related to marketing and sales
Sold over $130,000 in new services over 12 months to existing clients
Turned around and retained multiple clients that were at risk of termination
Presented over 70 ROI analyses with strategic marketing consultation over 1 years to client
hospital leadership
7/05 11/06
Director of Health System Marketing
Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR
W orked across the University to define products with the greatest potential to increase revenues
Developed marketing plans with physicians and clinicians for hospitals and strategic service lines
Lead marketing, web and creative team and outside vendors to redo website; implemented new
marketing campaigns, researched the competitive market, and introduced new branding
Established process with physicians and internal clinical staff to assure operational readiness prior
to implementing product promotions
Lead multi-disciplinary team to plan and open new patient tower, attracting over 3000 to events
Managed annual heart symposiums, attracting over 250 attendees each year
Director of Marketing 2002 - 2005
St. Joseph s Baptist Health Care Tampa, FL
Supervised system-wide Marketing, Community Health, call center, and the BayCare switchboard
Introduced new branding and held responsibility for consistency of all entities
Established the model for physician office visits, and visited numerous physician practices resulting
in increased referrals
Successfully introduced campaigns for cardiac, neurosciences, imaging, women s, children s, and
cancer service lines, and bariatrics
W ith the Stroke Institute medical director, created a regional brain aneurism CME symposium;
negotiated funding from technology companies
W orked with cardiovascular surgeons and technology companies to successfully attract physicians
from across the country to an atrial fibrillation CME symposium
Staffed Community and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Board
2000 2002
Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations
ViaHealth Rochester, NY
Supervised Marketing, Government Affairs, PR, and Community Relations
Assisted with health system turnaround by representing the organization to the media and building
public awareness about the organization s strengths and capabilities
Managed media crises associated with the aftermath of a hospital closing, and related pressures
from creditors
W orked closely with the physician chairman of the Heart Institute to successfully attract board
members, donors, community leaders, to a charity dinner and physicians to a CME program
Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations 1996 - 2000
St. Joseph s Hospital & Medical Center Paterson, NJ
Built pediatric referral relationships through physician office sales calls and events; increased
pediatric admissions by 25%
Created the organization s first marketing department and strategic marketing plan
Provided market analyses and assisted with the start-up of a women s center, a hospital
acquisition, and an outpatient facility
Created a women s series held in multiple sites, experiencing a statistically significant increase in
preference for St. Joseph s women s services
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Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Community Relations 1991-1996
W est Jersey Health System (Virtua) Camden, NJ
Responsible for marketing of the four system hospitals and their services
1985 1990
Vice President, Planning and Marketing
Lakeland Regional Med. Ctr. Lakeland, FL
Lead all strategic planning, marketing and PR for this 750 bed tertiary hospital
Education/Achievements
Masters of Public Affairs Health Planning
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (GPA 3.7)
Bachelor of Science Psychology
University of Scranton, Scranton, PA (GPA 3.9)
Gerontology Certificate completing, final course 2013
Portland Community College, Portland, OR (GPA 4.0)
Activities Director Certified Summer, 2012
Certified American College of Health Care Executives
Lean Training
Miller Heiman Sales Training