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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to recognize Sandra Bruce on her years of | ||||||
| 4 | dedication to Catholic Health Care; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Sandra Bruce took on the role of CEO at Berrien | ||||||
| 6 | County Hospital at the age of 29 and has continued in strong
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| 7 | leadership roles ever since with more than 35 years of hospital | ||||||
| 8 | experience; most recently, she served as President and
CEO of | ||||||
| 9 | Resurrection Health Care for 3 years; she was named President | ||||||
| 10 | and CEO of Presence Health when the health
system was formed | ||||||
| 11 | under her leadership from the joining of Resurrection Health | ||||||
| 12 | Care and Provena Health on November
1, 2011; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Sandra Bruce has previously served as past Chair | ||||||
| 14 | of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Health Association of | ||||||
| 15 | the United
States and continues to be an active committee | ||||||
| 16 | member; she has served on committees within the American
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| 17 | Hospital Association and several State hospital associations; | ||||||
| 18 | currently, she serves on several councils of the
Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Hospital Association; in 2009, she was appointed to the | ||||||
| 20 | Commission on a High Performance Health
System (The | ||||||
| 21 | Commonwealth Fund) to help shape health reform; she also | ||||||
| 22 | remains enthusiastic about
mentoring other women as they | ||||||
| 23 | navigate their own career paths by identifying talents and | ||||||
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| 1 | skills where they can
excel; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Sandra Bruce was named one of the nation's 2011 | ||||||
| 3 | Top 25 Women in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Sandra Bruce's earliest foray in advocating for | ||||||
| 5 | social justice was in the late 1960s and early 1970s as | ||||||
| 6 | Medicaid and
Medicare were being put into place; her commitment | ||||||
| 7 | to being a voice for the voiceless led her to shaping
policies | ||||||
| 8 | we take for granted today; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Sandra Bruce is a Fellow in the American College | ||||||
| 10 | of Health Care Executives; she holds a master's degree in | ||||||
| 11 | health
administration from the University of Notre Dame and a | ||||||
| 12 | bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Sandra Bruce has been an influential healthcare | ||||||
| 14 | leader and a strong advocate for improving access to care for | ||||||
| 15 | all; she has indicated
her strong attraction to public and | ||||||
| 16 | religious health care organizations because they share a common | ||||||
| 17 | goal - to
ensure all patients receive a high quality of care | ||||||
| 18 | regardless of their means; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 20 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 21 | recognize Sandra Bruce on her years of dedication to Catholic | ||||||
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| 1 | Health Care and thank her for her service in helping those in | ||||||
| 2 | need; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the Sandra Bruce as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 5 | and respect.
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