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Reno Home to Marketing Person of the Year

July 1, 2020
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Suzanne Hendery, MA, APR of Renown Health selected as 2020 Medigy HITMC Award Winner.

Every year, the Healthcare and IT Marketing Community (HITMC) honors the individuals and organizations who distinguished themselves over the past year. Nominations for the Awards are reviewed by a selection committee made up of industry veterans and only three are chosen as Honorees in each category. A panel of judges then evaluates the Honorees and a winner is chosen.

SuzanneHendery,ChiefMarketing,PublicAffairs&CommunityImpactOfficer for Renown Health has been selected as the 2020 ‘MarketingPersonofthe Year.”

“Suzanne Hendery of Renown Health is a deserving winner of a 2020MedigyHITMCAward”saidJohnLynn,ChiefEditorandFounderat

Healthcare Scene, the company behind HITMC. “Together, the 2020 Award Winners are a shining example ofthe best in healthcare marketing. It is truly inspiring to see what happens when bright, passionate people worktogether.”

The2020MedigyHITMCAwardsareacelebrationofoutstandingachievementinmarketing,PRandcommunications for healthcare and Health IT. It is a chance for the Healthcare and IT Marketing Community(HITMC) to come together and acknowledge the hard work and efforts of individuals, Health IT companies,healthcareprovidersand agencies.

“We at Renown Health are so proud of Suzanne and the entire Marketing & Communications team. They tellthe stories of our health care heroes, engage with our community, and use communications to encouragepeople to improve their health and well-being,” said Tony Slonim, MD, DrPH, president and CEO of RenownHealth.

Ms.Henderysays,“Beingabletodistilltheessenceofourorganizationdownto2words-‘hope’and‘determination’-issomethingthatbringsmesuchpride.Ifeelhonored–andhumbled–thatJimDeVolldandRobWinkel of the Renown Board of Trustees; Dr. Tony Slonim, our CEO; and our lead physicians, nurses, teammembers and partners, all came together with our community to build the “Fight the Good Fight” campaign. Thiswork gives us all the inspirational message of hope and determination during such an important time in ourhistory.”

Suzanne Hendery is the Chief Marketing, Communications & Community Impact Officer for Renown Health inReno. Ms. Hendery earned her MA from the University of Connecticut, is a lecturer at Harvard University, amember of the American Marketing Association Health Care Executive Board, a member of the Public Relations SocietyofAmerica,and serveson theBoard ofthe SocietyforHealthcareStrategyandMarketDevelopment.


About The HITMC Awards

HITMC is a community – bound together by a passion for and a love of PR, communications and marketing inhealthcare and Health IT. The central idea behind HITMC is to bring together all the smart, innovative and hard-working healthcare professionals so that we can learn from each other. We enable this by creating a culturewhere sharing, mutual respect and lifting each other up is the norm. The annual HITMC Awards are anembodiment of this ethos. They are meant to celebrate the best individuals and organizations who haveelevated healthcare marketing, PR and communications in the past year. For more information, visitwww.hitmc.com/awards

About Renown Health

Renown Health is the region’s largest, locally owned and governed, not-for-profit integrated healthcare networkservingNevada,LakeTahoeandnortheastCalifornia.Withadiverseworkforceofmorethan7,000employees,Renownhasfosteredalongstandingcultureofexcellence,determinationandinnovation.Theorganization comprises a trauma center, two acute care hospitals, a children’s hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a medicalgroup and urgent care network, and the region’s largest, locally owned not-for-profit insurance company,Hometown Health. Renown’s institute model addresses social determinants of health and includes: ChildHealth, Behavioral Health & Addiction, Healthy Aging and Health Innovation. Clinical institutes include: Cancer,Heart and Vascular Heath, Neurosciences and Robotic Surgery. Renown is currently enrolling participants inthe world’s largest community-based genetic population health study, the Healthy Nevada Project®. For moreinformation,visit renown.org.

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