LOVE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Physician Practice Administrator, Opelousas General Health System, Louisiana

In 2016, I was working for a large healthcare organization as a Clinic Manager in a Neurology Center. I had finally found my career home, but I knew to advance, I would need more education. I committed to a two-year Master of Healthcare Administration program with Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (FRANU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Through the power of networking with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and my Lord and Savior putting me in a room where I felt unqualified, I was introduced to Dr. Tiffany Love by an ACHE colleague in 2018. Our match would be kismet and our mentor/mentee relationship would take flight. The story of how I advanced so quickly under her advisement is truly extraordinary. To start, we discussed my career aspirations along with the skills gaps I would need to fulfill in the next year. We also focused on networking and using social media to build my brand. I became a member of the LACHE Diversity & Inclusion Committee, graduated with honors from FRANU and eagerly awaited my next advancement. Shortly afterwards in 2019, I experienced my first advancement as a Board of Directors for the Louisiana Chapter of ACHE as a Region 3 Representative. My role would focus on recruiting, attracting early careerists, healthcare advancement, excellence and education.

Job Titles:

• Founder
• Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Healthcare Diversity Council

Dr. Tiffany Love, founder of the Love Leadership Foundation, is an award-winning keynote speaker and C-suite executive with more than 30 years of healthcare experience at various hospital systems across the country, as well as at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She is a Fellow and former Regent of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, as well as a certified Public Leader through the Harvard Kennedy School. She also serves as coordinator, nurse planner and guest faculty member for Harvard Medical School's CME course, Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare and as an Advisory Council member for the Harvard Business Review. Additionally, Dr. Love is an Advisory Board Member for Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society's Center for Excellence in Nursing Education and an advisor for their Nurse Leadership Academy for Practice. As an international leader in the advancement of women and diverse healthcare executives, Dr. Love serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Healthcare Diversity Council, a non-profit dedicated to promoting culturally competent care, inclusiveness and equity; she was also recognized as one of its "Top 3 Healthcare Diversity Leaders" in 2021. Previously, she received ACHE's Service and Regent's awards for being the organization's most requested mentor and career advisor, as well as for developing multiple inaugural DEI committees, educational offerings and DEI initiatives that have successfully advanced diverse professionals to higher levels of leadership. Dr. Love received her PhD in graduate studies (healthcare research) from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, as well as two Masters of Science in Nursing degrees (adult and gerontological nurse practitioner) after graduating from Cleveland State University. She was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and enjoys listening to audio books, writing and visiting museums, as well as spending time with her young-adult daughter.