SVP, Patient Care Services
University Medical Center
Lubbock, Texas

Work Experience
3/2007- Present                       Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services
                                              University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas

12/1989 – 3/2007                     Vice President, Patient Care Services
                                              University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas

7/1984 – 12/1989                    Assistant Director of Nursing
                                             University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas

5/1980 – 7/1984                      Evening Nursing Supervisor
                                             University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas

2/1978 – 5/1980                      Evening Charge Nurse
                                             University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas

5/1976 – 2/1978                      Team Leader
                                             Northwest Texas Hospital, Amarillo, Texas
Education
Masters of Science, Nursing, May 1999, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Bachelor of Science, Nursing, May 1976, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas
Associate of Arts Degree in Science, May 1974, Western Texas College, Snyder, Texas

Community Service & Professional Organizations
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Nursing Continuing Education Committee (1996 – Present)
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Nursing Curriculum Committee (1996-2004)
South Central Navy Nurse Corps Association (1997 – Present)
Board Member (1999 –2004), (2008-present)
Hospice of Lubbock Board Member (1991-2001)
Chairman of the Board (1998-2000)
Texas Organization of Nurse Executives - Member since 1995
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society (1998 – Present)
Toastmasters (2000 – 2004)
Competent Toastmaster (December 2001)

Military Service
Active Duty:
Director, Nursing Services (12/2004 – 11/2005)
U.S. Military Hospital, Kuwait
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
Reserve:
Current Rank; Captain, O-6
Senior Nurse Executive (01/2008-present)
     Operational Health Support Unit - Dallas, Headquarters Detachment
     Ft. Worth, Texas
Officer-in-Charge (01/2006 – 12/2007)
     Operational Health Support Unit - Dallas, Detachment K
     Lubbock, Texas
Assistant Officer-in-Charge (01/2006 – 12/2006)
     Operational Health Support Unit - Dallas, Detachment K
     Lubbock, Texas
Future Operations Officer (10/2001 – 12/2005)
     Navy Reserve Fleet Hospital - Dallas, Headquarters Detachment
     Ft. Worth, Texas
Officer-in-Charge (10/1999 – 2001)
     Navy Reserve Fleet Hospital -Dallas, Detachment 21
     Lubbock, Texas
Assistant Officer-in-Charge (10/1992 – 1999)
     Navy Reserve Fleet Hospital 500, Combat Zone 21, Detachment G
     Lubbock, Texas
Training Officer (7/1990 – 10/1992)
     Navy Reserve Fleet Hospital 500, Combat Zone 21, Detachment G
     Lubbock, Texas
Assistant Training Officer (7/1985 – 7/1990)
     Navy Reserve Fleet Hospital 500, Combat Zone 21, Detachment G
     Lubbock, Texas

Midland Memorial Hospital
Vice President of Nursing/Chief Nursing Officer
2200 West Illinois Ave. 
Midland, TX 79701

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Doctoral Student ~ Doctorate in Nursing Practice

Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Nursing ~ 2010

Master’s Degree in Business Administration/Health Care Management ~2004

University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) ~2000

University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona

Associates Degree in Applied Sciences ~ 1992

South Plains Community College, Levelland, Texas

Vocational Nursing ~ 1989

Texas State Technical Institute, Sweetwater, Texas

Other Educational Experience

Wharton Nurse Leaders Program (2004)

The Wharton School and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

University of Pennsylvania

Building the Leadership Bench in Arizona Hospitals (2004-2005)

Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association

LICENSURES

Chief Nursing Officer
Cuero Community Hospital
2550 N. Esplanade
Cuero, TX 77954
 

Education              
Associate of Science in Nursing, Victoria College, Victoria, TX
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX

Master of Science in Nursing, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
Family Nurse Practitioner, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX

Professional Certifications
Certification in Nursing Administration

Certification in Advanced Practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner

Awards/Honors     
Current Advisory Board for the Associate Degree Registered Nursing Program, Victoria College
Current Advisory Board for the Vocational Nursing Program, Cuero Campus, Victoria College

Current Board Member of the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives

Current Board Member of the Pecan Valley AHEC

1999 - 2002 Advisory Council for St. Michael’s School

1999 Outstanding Graduate Student

1997 Excellence in Nursing Practice Award presented by the Sigma Theta

Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Eta Omicron Chapter

1997 Member of Task Force of the Board of Nurse Examiners for the use of unlicensed assistive personnel

1996 President of Texas Organizations of Nurse Executives

1996 Board Member of the Texas Alliance for Healthcare Professionals

1995 Outstanding Undergraduate Student

1993-1996 Board Member of the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives

DeWitt Lifesaver Award – American Cancer Society

Pacesetter Award – American Cancer Society

VP Patient Care & CNO
Methodist Willowbrook
18220 Tomball Parkway Suite 365
Houston, TX  77070

Sheila Fata received a Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of Texas Health Science Center. She has held numerous officer, board and advisory positions with the Houston Organization of Nurse Executives, Texas Organization of Nurse Executives, NurseWeek, and Texas Hospital Association. She is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, American College of Health Care Executives, and the Texas Nurses Association. 

SVP & Texas Health Chief Nurse Executive
Texas Health Resources
612 E. Lamar Blvd. Ste. 900
Arlington, Texas 76011

Joan Clark joined the Texas Health Resources leadership team in March of 2008, assuming overall responsibility for the nursing enterprise across the Texas Health Resources System. Texas Health Resources is comprised of 14 hospitals and 3355 licensed beds. In her system role, Clark has strategic responsibility for advancing nursing initiatives and represents nursing at the senior executive level.
Prior to joining Texas Health Resources, Clark served as Senior Vice President of Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer, at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. She has also served as Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Baptist Hospital of Miami, part of Baptist Health South Florida, the largest healthcare system in south Florida. During her tenure there, Baptist Hospital twice received Magnet Nursing accreditation, one of the highest designations for superior nursing service at a hospital.   Prior to Baptist Health, Clark served as nurse executive at Floyd Medical Center in Rome Georgia, and at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida.
Her clinical nursing background is primarily in critical care.   Clark’s academic experience arose from 16 years at Shands Hospital of the University of Florida, where she worked in a variety of capacities as a staff nurse and then manager, including information technology, strategic development, and performance improvement.
Clark has a B.S. in health care administration from St. Joseph’s College in Maine and a MSN from the University of Florida. She is a graduate of the Johnson and Johnson Wharton Fellowship and is an ANCC Magnet Appraiser.
Her professional affiliations include membership in the American Organization of Nurse Executives, where she has served as national board member, committee chair and representative, the American Nurses Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, Sigma Theta Tau, as well as other specialty organizations. She has been active in Rotary International and other community sponsored activities.

St. David's South Austin Medical Center
901 W. Ben White
Austin, TX 78704

Sally is  4^th generation Texas Nurse and a second generation CNO. She is a graduate of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. After receiving her BSN in 1980, she continued her graduate work with a significant interest in leadership and management of people orientated businesses at St. Edward’s University. In 1995 she completed her Master’s degree in Human Services Administration. 

Sally is currently the Chief Nursing Officer at St David’s South Austin Hospital in Austin, Texas. In the last five years, this facility has been nationally recognized for outstanding clinical performance over 10 times. Sally has been in this dynamic leadership role for 19 years. Prior to this position, she had a rapidly progressive leadership career path with her clinical focus in critical care.

Some of the numerous appointments and awards that define her career include- a position paper on strategic planning and organizational management structure adopted by the National Advisory board, the HCA leadership award, a gubernatorial appointment to the Texas Department of Insurance Board, Numerous keynote speaker addresses for National organizations as well as multiple university and private sector board appointments.

She is married to Andy, a high tech executive. They have two sons, and enjoy living near Lake Travis.

Chief Nursing Officer
Northeast Baptist Hospital
8811 Village Drive
San Antonio, TX 78217-5440

EDUCATION: 

Masters In Nursing Administration with nine hours of Education electives, UT-Arlington, Arlington, Texas
B.S. – Nursing, UT-Arlington, Arlington, Texas 

A.D. – Nursing, Pan American University, Edinburg, Texas (now UT-Edinburg) 

Johnson & Johnson – Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives

 

MANAGEMENT TRAINING:

1993 – Supervisory Survival; Conflict Resolution and Building Teams in Health Care; Financial Management, UTA; Leaders Empower Staff, VHA; TPAPN Employer Workshop.

1994 – How to Build and Control a Nursing Budget; Introduction to Windows; Introduction to Word Perfect; JCAHO Hospital Accreditation Standards and Survey Process; “Research? Yuk!” BUMC; The Manager’s Role as Coach, Rockhurst College Continuing Education Center, Lotus 1.2.3 for Windows; Abuse and Neglect; Developing Critical Pathways, Quality Team Associates (QTA); Implementing Critical Pathways, (QTA); Beginning Word Perfect for Windows; Introduction to Personal Computer; Nurses Taking Charge of Change; AHA/THA Convention.

1995 – CQI Process and Tools, BUMC: CQI Facilitation, BUMC; Strategic Decision Making; Partnering; Managing Change Effectively in Health Care Organizations; VHA Leadership Conference

1996 – Survey Preparation Trends; Measuring QI Health Care, BUMC; Business Writing for Results; Information Revolution; Assessing Outcomes of Care.

1997 – Leadership in Health Care: Meeting the Challenge of a Changing System; Negotiating at an Uneven Table; Developing Moral Courage in Resolving Our Conflicts; JCAHO Leadership and Training; Certification Exam for Nursing Administration from the ANCC.

1998 – THA – Building Individuals Strengths; Celebrating Shared Vision; ACHE – Risk and Reality; Surviving and prospering in a Capital Market; VHA Leadership Conference (Firing Up Commitment During Organizational Change; High Finance and Health Care: The CFO’s New Clothes; The Inner Side of Leadership and Collaboration; and Shattering Old Models); TSWMC – The Health Care Fellowship; A Call to Value; TONE – Survival Strategies and Case Studies.

1999 – Nursing Management Congress, Washington, DC; Discipline Without Punishment; Legal Aspects of Supervising Nursing Personnel; THA: 76^th TX Legislature Review; THA: Taking Care of People.

2000 – Management Briefings for Nurses; An Effective Tool – Communication; A Comprehensive Approach to Preventing Medical Errors.

National Conference on Resource Management

2002 – Precepted with COO at Dallas Southwest Medical Center and CNO at VHA, Inc.

MEMBERSHIPS (Past and current) :

TNA/ANA: Baptist Health System Allied Health School of Professions Advisory Council; Paris Junior College allied Health-Care Advisory Council; Baylor Health Care System Nurse Executive Council; THA; TONE Board Member for San Antonio area; Voluntary Hospital Association Nurse Executives; Northeast Texas THA Regional President, 1996; Hopkins County Community Services Interagency Council; Board of Directors Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, 1997; Greater San Antonio Hospital Council Nurse Executive Forum.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS  ( Past and current) :

Think Child Safety; First Responder, Hopkins County; Grant proposal from TDH for funds towards expanding communication capabilities via UHF repeater, Hospital Health Fairs and Screenings for all hospitals, and Northeast Texas Charitable Medical Clinic.  Matt Karns Walk, American Heart Walk,  United Way, and Habitat for Humanity.