Agenda

CHA Sponsorship Institute

January 22-24, 2025
Hotel Andaluz Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
 
Tuesday, Feb. 5
6:00 p.m.   Welcome Reception
Wednesday, Feb. 6
7:30 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.   Program Opening: Setting the Context and Prayer
Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM
Vice President, Sponsorship and Mission Services
Catholic Health Association
St. Louis

Fr. Charles Bouchard, OP, S.T.D.
Senior Director, Theology and Sponsorship
Catholic Health Association
St. Louis
9:00 a.m.   Transforming Catholic Health Care Through Strategic Clarity
Saum Sutaria, MD
Senior Partner, Silicon Valley
McKinsey & Company
Redwood City, Calif.
10:30 a.m.   Break
10:45 a.m.   Can Mergers Serve the Common Good?
Regina Wolfe, Ph.D.
Professor of Catholic Theological Ethics
Catholic Theological Union
Chicago
Noon   Lunch
1:15 p.m.   Integration in a Post-Merger Environment
Laura Kaiser, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
SSM Health
St. Louis

Sr. Mary Noel Brown, CSA
Member
SSM Ministries
St. Louis
2:15 p.m.   Finding the Right Partner: An International Strategy
Ernie Sadau
President and Chief Executive Officer
CHRISTUS Health
Irving, Texas
3:15 p.m.   Break
3:30 p.m.   Process
4:45 p.m.   Liturgy
Archbishop John C. Wester
Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Santa Fe, N.M.
Please enjoy dinner on your own or with colleagues.
 
Thursday, Feb. 7
7:00 a.m.   Breakfast
8:15 a.m.   Opening Prayer
8:30 a.m.
  The Changing Landscape of Catholic Health Care
Sr. Carol Keehan, DC
President and Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Health Association
Washington, D.C.
9:30 a.m.   Ecclesial Considerations for Sponsors
Fr. Elias Ayuban, Jr., CMF, JCD
Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Holy See
10:15 a.m.   Break
10:30 a.m.   Project Legacy: An Update on Succession Planning
Brian Smith
Senior Director, Mission Innovation and Integration
Catholic Health Association
St. Louis
11:15 a.m.   Closing
11:30 a.m.   Adjourn