Genesis HealthCare

"As a Director of Communications for Genesis HealthCare, my duties included internal communications efforts that reached 36,000 employees in over 200 locations in 13 states, mostly in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. The company provides short-term post-acute, rehabilitation, skilled nursing and long-term care services. Our department focused on internal communications, and I assisted in managing the bi-weekly 'Big Blue' publication and developing a new intranet news page, which involved writing, editing, working with a freelance designer, and coordination with designated employees at each site. During the summer of 2007 I was chosen to accompany the company's Vice President for Government Relations on a regional tour to several states, encouraging support for (and fighting proposed cuts to) Medicare and Medicaid funding. My daily reports for the intranet were combined into a booklet that was delivered to members of Congress... Genesis has since grown into the largest skilled nursing company in the country, with approximately 500 skilled nursing centers and assisted/senior living residences in 34 states across the United States."

Photo by Brian D. Lyles of healthcare rally at the New Jersey State House in Trenton