The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives

An ACHE Chapter

Outgoing President Kim Lumia’s Letter to Membership

Summer 2021

This will be my last letter as President of CTAHE. I have attempted to write this letter several times over the past few weeks as I wasn’t sure how I could ever express how humbled and honored to serve as your chapter President for the last three years.

I would like to recap some of spring events the chapter held starting with our virtual events for the purpose of networking 3/3/21 “Coffee & Chat”.  The Chapter was able to hold its 4th Annual Career Fair offered for the first time virtually on 3/5/21.   On 3/18/21 we held a Virtual After 5 event titled “Connect from a Distance”.  I am happy to share that CTAHE held its very first webinar in conjunction with ACHE Chapters of CA & MA on 4/29/21 titled “Best Practices in Alleviating Healthcare Worker’s Burnout & Fatigue Amidst COVID-19”.

I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate our many students who graduated this spring!

The 6th Annual CTAHE Golf Outing was held on May 25th at Tunxis Country Club which was a tremendous success with 116 of golfers.  I would like to extend my appreciation and thanks to our sponsors.

The Golf Outing was followed by an in-person dinner whereby we celebrated the following award winners:

CTAHE Chapter Awards
Physician Leader of the Year: Arpit Chhabra, MD
Educational Advocate of the Year: Janeille Ervin
Diversity & Inclusion: Gregory Murphy, FACHE
Leadership Advocate of the Year: Robert Weiss, MHA
President’s Award: Austin Potter, MBA

Regent Awards
Student: Marissa Yulo
Early Careerist: Stephen Leibowitz
Senior Careerist Leader: Kim Lumia

I would also like to welcome and congratulate our approved slate of Officers & Board of Directors, who you will meet throughout the month of July.

Lastly, I want to encourage each one of you to get involved in any way that you can. This is a great organization because of its members, leaders, sponsors & volunteers.  CTAHE will continue to be an award winning, highly celebrated and recognized chapter.  These past three years have been some of the best memories and times in my professional association career.  While one full year was consumed by a 100-year storm, the COVID-19 pandemic I was able to see how engaged and committed our chapter is to our profession and most of all to each other.  I would like to express my gratitude to Annamarie Grise, CTAHE Chapter Director for her endless support; she certainly didn’t miss a beat.  I want to wish CTAHE President Mike Novak and the board the very best over the next few years.

“Goodbye always makes my throat hurt.” – Charlie Brown

See you later,

Kim

Kimberly A. Lumia, MSN, MBA, RN, FACHE
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Prospect Medical Holdings East Coast

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The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives (CTAHE) represents professionals who manage the business affairs of healthcare organizations throughout the state of Connecticut. No other professional association is more inclusive and essential for meeting the career needs and interests of healthcare executives in Connecticut as the healthcare industry transforms to value-based care.

Our CTAHE membership strives to be inclusive of all healthcare stakeholders spanning not only hospitals, health plans, health systems, and independent physician associations, but our universities that are educating our future healthcare administrators.

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives (CTAHE) is a chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, which you can read more about below.

The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)

The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE offers its prestigious FACHE® credential, signifying board certification in healthcare management.

ACHE’s established network of 80 chapters provides access to networking, education and career development at the local level. In addition, ACHE is known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, and its career development and public policy programs. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving healthcare delivery.

The Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives was established to further advance healthcare management excellence through education and research. The Foundation of ACHE is known for its educational programs—including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which draws more than 4,000 participants—and groundbreaking research.

Its publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on health services management including textbooks for college and university courses. For more information about ACHE, click here.