2012 National Conference

Deputy Director, RWJF Ladder to Leadership Program

Lynn Fick-Cooper has more than 20 years of experience in leadership roles in a variety of organizations and is currently the deputy director and lead faculty for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Ladder to Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Community Health Leaders Program at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). In this role she oversees the implementation of the 16-month program's curriculum in 8 different communities across the U.S. Fick-Cooper also serves as a designer and lead training faculty for the Foundation's Executive Nurse Fellows (ENF) Program, a 3-year national program for executive nurses conducted by CCL. She also works with a number of other programs at CCL but specializes in working with nonprofit leaders. Prior to her full-time faculty role at CCL, she served as the chief development officer for 7 years. She has also led the marketing and public relations departments for a number of organizations.

Program Officer

Sallie Petrucci George is a program officer in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s health care group, overseeing a grant portfolio of over $80 million. As a member of the Human Capital Portfolio, she works to support coordinated and focused efforts to improve the quality, diversity and readiness of the health and health care workforce to improve the health and health care delivery in the United States. Her main interest areas include leadership development, improving advancement and career opportunities for frontline workers, promoting diversity and inclusion within health and health care professions and health policy. Prior to joining the Human Capital Portfolio, she worked with the Foundation’s Tobacco Team to stimulate state and local policy to prevent tobacco use. Before joining the Foundation in July 1996, she worked in investor relations at the Liposome Company and in public relations at Coleman & Pellet, Inc., a private communications firm.