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Season 4 | Episode 3 - Jun 1, 2023

Creating a Sustainable Healthcare Workforce Pipeline, featuring Van Ton-Quinlivan

Featuring Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO, Futuro Health

Episode Description

Related Topics:
WorkforceHealthcare ServicesPopulation Health
Relevant Roles:
Industry PartnersChief Transformation Officers Chief Executive Officers

In this episode, Renee DeSilva sits down with Van Ton-Quinlivan, the CEO of Futuro Health, to understand how the innovative non-profit is helping address the allied health worker pipeline issues in California and beyond. As part of the conversation, they cover the future of work, evolving education models, and advice for healthcare organizations looking to address their shortages.

Highlights from the conversation:

• Why workforce development is a team sport (5:25)

• The story of Futuro Health’s founding (6:54)

• How to scale the Futuro model outside California (12:25)

• The evolution of adult education models (15:48)

• What Futuro Health looks like in 10 years (19:26)

• Van’s fish story and how it relates to partnership in workforce development (21:04)

• Why Van would invite ChatGPT and a worker to her Table (23:58)

The full transcript of our conversation is also available to read. Show the Transcript.

About our Guest

Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO, Futuro Health

Van Ton-Quinlivan is a nationally recognized thinker and do-er in workforce development and a catalyst for inclusive economic mobility through higher education. Her distinguished career spans the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Currently, Ton-Quinlivan is the CEO of Futuro Health, whose nonprofit mission is to improve the health and wealth of communities by growing the largest network of allied healthcare workers in the nation. She is an appointee of Governor Newsom to the Health Workforce Education and Training Council responsible for coordinating California’s health workforce education and training to meet the state’s needs.

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