Christopher Cowan and Jennifer Painter graduate from Academy GE Fellowship

Two Christiana Care leaders graduated in the spring from the Academy GE Fellowship Program of the Health Management Academy.

The fellowships provide an opportunity for exceptional high-level leaders who aspire to significant corporate-level positions within Top-100 health systems.

Christopher Cowan, M.Ed., FABC, senior vice president of Human Resources, completed the Academy’s Administrative program, designed for executives who aspire to assume senior executive positions, such as health system CEO or COO. Cowan was sponsored by 2010 Academy alum Kenneth L. Silverstein, M.D., MBA, Christiana Care executive vice president and chief clinical officer.

Jennifer Painter, DNP, APRN, CNS, NEA-BC, RN-BC, OCN, AOCNS, LSSBB, director of Nursing Professional Development and Education, graduated from the Academy’s program for nurse executives who aspire to become health system CNOs. Painter was sponsored by Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH, Christiana Care president and CEO, who graduated from the Academy in 2008.

“This is one of the many ways we invest in the growth and development of our extraordinary people,” said Chief People Officer Neil Jasani, M.D., MBA, FACEP.

Other Christiana Care leaders who are Academy graduates are: Chief Transformation Officer Edmondo Robinson, M.D., MBA, FACP; Kert Anzilotti, M.D., MBA, chief medical officer for acute care; Chief Financial Officer Rob McMurray,  MBA, CPA; and Kimberly Talley, MSN, RN, CRNP, CNML-BC, FABC, vice president of Patient Care Services, Surgical.