Jhaymee Tynan - Inclusive Sponsorship: A Bold Vision to Advance Women of Color in the Workplace

Jhaymee Tynan is a leadership advisor at a global talent and executive search firm. In her role, she provides executive search and leadership advisory services for senior executives of healthcare services, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences organizations. Previously, Jhaymee was enterprise assistant vice president, integration at Atrium Health, an academic healthcare system where she led multi-billion-dollar post-merger integrations for health system mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across the Southeast. She was also a manager at Deloitte Consulting, focused on business model transformation in healthcare.

She is also the founder of 100x2030, a career initiative that aims to increase representation for women of color at the senior-executive levels of healthcare organizations globally. She inspires executives and corporations to make commitments of sponsorship. Currently, Jhaymee has commitments to sponsor more than six hundred women of color, with a goal of impacting ten thousand women by 2030.

A seasoned executive with a passion for bringing people and organizations together, she is frequently tapped to present on topics including change management, emotional intelligence, the future of leadership, and creating organizational value. She has presented for respected organizations such as the American Medical Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, HealthLeaders Media, HLTH, Modern Healthcare, Northwestern University, Kaiser Permanente, Froedtert Health, and Beckers Healthcare. She also regularly creates content and writes blogs on strategy and leadership on her website (www.jhaymeetynan.com).

In addition to her full-time roles, Jhaymee has served on the board of directors for the American Hospital Associations Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, a national professional association with over four thousand members focused on strategic planning, business development, communications, and public relations. She served on the Nominating Committee and will serve on the Executive Strategies Committee in 2021. She also serves on the global board of directors for the Healthcare Businesswomens Association, an international nonprofit with over ten thousand members, designed to advance gender parity for women in the business of healthcare.

She has received numerous industry awards for her work in healthcare strategy and M&A and for championing sponsorship for women of color, including Modern Healthcare s Top 25 Emerging Leaders, Beckers Healthcare 70 African American Leaders in Health-care to Know, Diversity MBAs Top 100 Executives under 50, Charlotte Business Journal s 40 under 40, and Bizwomens Headliners in Healthcare.

Jhaymee holds a BS in finance from Virginia Tech, an MS in project management from The George Washington University, and an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. She is also board certified in healthcare management as a fellow by the American College of Healthcare Executives. She enjoys spending time with her family, writing, and exploring new cultures with her husband and two fur-babies, Agnes and Kenji.

W riting a book, during a pandemic, was unfathomable without the love and support of my husband, Brian. He gave me the uninterrupted space to journal and write and stood by me when I had bouts of writers block or when I needed that extra energy to power through. He has been an amazing life partner.

To Minda Harts, thank you for paving the way for people like me to write books from our authentic lived experiences as Black women. Taking your writers retreat in 2020 was the highlight of my year and gave me the courage to write my first book. I treasure your coaching and your friendship.

To Stephan A. Hart, you have been a tremendous cheerleader and coach as I developed my personal brand and put myself out there on LinkedIn and other social media. I am now more confident in who I am as a leader.

To Gayle Capozzalo, you were the first true sponsor in my career. You have championed me, nominated me for opportunities to share my perspectives, and continue to always be there for me in both mentorship and sponsorship. Thank you for modeling the way.

To Carol Lovin, I share our story of sponsorship because without you, I know that I wouldnt be where I am today. You saw my potential and put me in high-visibility roles that allowed me to step further into my leadership. I am eternally grateful for your courage, bravery, and friendship.

To the 2018 Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program Cohort, Nichole Wilson, Nicole Radford, E. J. Imafidon, Bini Varughese, and Bruce Chan, thank you for being such a great support system no matter where we all end up in our careers. I cannot wait to see your future successes. Lots of love to each of you.

To My Sister Circle, Priya Bathija, Kate Liebelt, Catherine Carle, Victoria Lee, thank you for giving me the space to laugh, cry, and celebrate our wins together.

To my family. To my father, Chester Wilson Jr., who was the first to believe in my potential and always stands by me no matter what. To my brother, Chester Wilson III, and my sister, Jasmin Wilson, thank you for never making me feel like an imposter and believing that I can achieve all of my dreams. To my mother, Vanessa Wilson, who is reading this book from heaven, thank you for instilling in me a sense of independence and showing me how to lead with both my head and my heart.

I am forever indebted to Tamar Rydzinski, who took a chance on a new author who has dreams of writing leadership books as well as young adult novels. Thank you for helping me get my first book published.

To Suzanne at Rowman & Littlefield publishers, thank you for editing my book and making it the best it could be, and for your grace during the pandemic to get it finished on time.

Finally, to all those who have been a part of my journey: Melissa Davis, Calandra Branch, Andrea Swann, Doug Riddle, Nicole Jones, Nisha Pasupuleti, Layla Ramirez, Camille Strickland, Kinsey Evans, Anika Gardenhire, Keisha Brickham, Alana Cheeks-Lomax, Sophie Zeinu, Wendy Fu, Nicole Bates, Lynn Belvitt, Dr. Deepa Desai, Michael OBrien, Laurie Cooke, Cie Armstead, Tony Awojoodu, Jasmine Ballard, Lauren Barrow, Jackie Berkey, Morgan Best, Mara Burdick, Jason Byrd, Charlotte Chandler, Oluoma Chukwu, Dr. Alisahah Jackson, Monifa Drayton, Terri Flood, Fran Fredane-Fraser, Sarah Gornto, Modena Henderson, Shayla Higginbotham, Morgan Hinton, Katie Kaney, Jessica Lackey, Marque Macon, Brian Middleton, Stephanie Morgan, Brandi Newman, Nehemie Owen, Kelly Page, Ruth Portacci, Jangar Richards, Lisa Schiller, Tim Stroman, Tracie Taylor, Judit Tejeda, LeVelton Thomas, Toshka Nelson, Alisha Wallace-Smith, Dana Weston Graves, Jon-Michael Williams, Ruth Williams-Brinkley, and Aisha Williams.

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