Wickenburg Community Hospital CEO and leadership

Dede Schmallen has a unique depth of experience in Human Resources, Talent Management and Organization Development. She has an established record of being a leader and visionary in all aspects of HR and OD for leaders and executives. Dede is described as a trusted advisor, strong facilitator and a compelling educator. As an educator, she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in HR, OD and Leadership.Dede has held HR and OD leadership and executive positions with healthcare companies in the Phoenix metro area including: HonorHealth, John C. Lincoln and Samaritan Health System (now Banner). Her leadership in HR was instrumental in the merger of John C. Lincoln with Scottsdale Healthcare. Dede is a strong HR Generalist and progressive leader with expanded depth and breadth of accountability achieved through numerous key internal promotions. Dede is described as an established business partner who can engage leaders in collaborating with HR.She has successfully developed and executed leadership and workforce development initiatives. Dede has experience in assessment and intervention along with developing high-potential and succession management programs. She also has a depth of experience in linking organizational strategy and outcomes to the line-of-sight of employees through the use of LEAN principles and management systems. Dede received her BA in Healthcare Administration and MA in Human Resources from Ottawa University-Phoenix. She also received the designation of Fellow from The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C.

Linda Brockwell is a Chief Nursing Officer at Wickenburg Community Hospital and is based in United States.

Seasoned servant and transformational leader dedicated to a high reliability culture resulting in exceptional patient care safety and quality outcomes achieving organizational goals. Proficient in achieving optimal fiscal outcomes implementing Lean Principles in all aspects of operations including: Eliminating waste, optimizing productivity, embracing technology and best practice, developing and valuing people, and focusing on continual improvement. Knowledgeable and experienced in Nursing Magnet designation and re-designation process. Resilient mindful leader practiced in Just Culture mindset to empower healthcare teams, achieve optimal employee engagement, and continual improvement of patient/family satisfaction outcomes. Experienced in development, planning, implementation, and sustaining start-up healthcare programs and expanded services. Collaborative leadership style focused on optimal physician, ancillary, departmental and customer relations.

Michael Ellis is a CFO at Wickenburg Community Hospital and is based in United States. He attended University of Denver between 2012 and 2013.

During a 23 year association with a major Harvard teaching medical center in

Boston, and more recently in a developing community hospital, provided various levels of

technical and organizational support to a continually expanding and evolving hospital

information system. Developed and applied skills in project management, workflow analysis,

user support and education, software licensing, software design and programming, computer

operations, computer hardware installation and repair. Tools that I used regularly included

Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and Access, including database development and analysis,

application programming environment tools for C++, MAGIC (derivative of MUMPS),

HTML, network analysis tools, and image processing tools.