Alden Valley Ridge Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

Emily Rickman remembers the afternoon she ended up being told she ended up being chosen to wait the prestigious nationwide Emerging Leadership Summit (NELS) in Washington, D.C.

“i really couldn’t believe the news when I discovered I was picked, ” says Rickman, 25, administrator at Alden Valley Ridge Short-Term Rehabilitation and healthcare Center in Bloomingdale, Ill. “I thought therefore humbled to possess already been selected and had been so excited to go to the Summit and discuss ways to develop and refine the health and aging services agenda.”

NELS is an invitation-only summit for Health Care Administrators in Health and Aging solutions who've been on the go for less than ten years. Rickman had been among just 25 chosen to visit D.C. to learn about promising styles in medical care and community with fellow appearing healthcare leaders to strategize, recommend, connect and innovate the continuing future of medical care together with aging services management career.

“Emily features exhibited remarkable leadership ability in a short span of time, ” claims Robert J. Molitor, chief operating officer of Alden. “She is a real asset to Alden and already possesses the characteristics we look for in a leader – compassion, honesty, integrity, dedication, innovation and value and others.”

People invited to go to NELS usually hold positions in competent nursing services, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, rehabilitation hospitals, residence and community-based services and affiliated organizations in the united states.

“The summit was amazing, ” says Rickman. “Having the capability to talk with various other frontrunners in the field ended up being inspirational. We in addition had the chance to talk with Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, who is a champion for increasing people’s ability to access health care. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s CHAASE program for pupils majoring in Health Care management offered me personally using the abilities essential to both pursue my fantasy and turn effective at it.”