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• January 22nd Luncheon Meeting -- Featuring Guest Speaker: DR. AUDREY GREGORY, President and CEO of AdventHealth’s East Florida Division

  • When
    January 22, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Hammock Dunes Club, 30 Ave Royale, Palm Coast, FL 32137

  
  

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  $35 for members and $40 for guests.  

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  Early registration is strongly encouraged!

  
  

  SPEAKER TOPIC

  “Navigating Workforce Challenges: Building the Next Generation of Health Care Professionals.”

  Overview: A deep dive into workforce trends, challenges in staffing,

  and how organizations like AdventHealth are addressing them.  

  ABOUT THE SPEAKER

  • Audrey Gregory, Ph.D., R.N., is an accomplished leader serving as Executive Vice President and CEO for the AdventHealth East Florida Division. She also serves as a member of AdventHealth’s Executive Cabinet for the organization.
  • In her role, Dr. Gregory oversees the strategic development and execution of key initiatives for the area’s largest hospital system, encompassing a growing network of care and seven hospitals across Flagler, northern Lake, St. Johns, southern Sumter and Volusia counties. Additionally, the AdventHealth East Florida Division employs more than 11,000 team members – including a group of nearly 400 physicians and advanced practitioners across 30 medical specialties in 70 practice locations.
  • Dr. Gregory’s career spans more than 30 years, with over 20 years of experience as a health care executive and a decade as a trauma and emergency room registered nurse. 
  • Dr. Gregory has served in progressive leadership roles in health care organizations across the country, including Memphis, Detroit, and Southern California. She joined AdventHealth in September 2021 and under her leadership, AdventHealth:
  • • Opened a $45.7 million surgery center and medical office building and launched a $220 million expansion project in Daytona Beach.
    • Opened the organization’s northernmost hospital in Florida (AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway) to serve the fast-growing Flagler County community.
  • Her leadership and contributions have been widely recognized nationally, including:
  • • Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Minority Leaders in Healthcare (2020)
    • Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Women Leaders (2022)
    • Becker’s Hospital Review’s Black Healthcare Leaders to Know (2023 & 2024)
  • Read more about Dr. Gregory here.

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• February 20th Luncheon Meeting -- Featuring Guest Speaker: SANDRA BAER, Smart City Chief & Master Plan Designer

  • When
    February 20, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Hammock Dunes Club, 30 Ave Royale, Palm Coast, FL 32137

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  $35 for members and $40 for guests.  

  This event will sell out!

  Early registration is strongly encouraged!

  
  

  SPEAKER TOPIC

  The Smart City Global Revolution: How Technology and Data Are Transforming Life in Our Cities for the Better

  Overview:  How smart cities are leveraging technology, innovation, intelligent design, and collaboration in shaping vibrant cities of the future.  

  ABOUT THE SPEAKER

  • Ms. Baer leads Personal Cities, a smart city company helping cities take bigger, bolder actions to reimagine their future. Their work is focused on rebuilding trust and finding new solutions to the most intransigent challenges every community faces—climate, technology, transport, housing, safety and youth empowerment and more.
  • As the Smart City Chief & Master Plan Designer at Urban Icon Global, Ms. Baer is focused on brand strategy, marketing and innovative community and youth district plans. Urban Icon International is a model of Sports and Entertainment developments in cities across the continent of Africa. As a driver for economic stability and social engagement, every project is designed to host world-class sports events, international conferences and high-profile concerts. With state-of-the-art advanced technology and an innovative “fan experience,” Urban Icon is creating transformative infrastructures that will enhance every urban community and be the catalyst for re-imagining a more promising future in Africa.
  • As the Brand Ambassador of SmartCitiesWorld, Ms. Baer advocates for new thinking, new actions to help the ecosystem of a city become compassionate, intelligent, and sustainable.
  • Ms. Baer believes that the smart city future is bright. As we take bigger, bolder actions to meet city challenges, our commitment to improving urban life and our enduring collaborative relationships will enable us to create a future that all of us want to visit.

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