PAYING IT BACK AND FORWARD
Last December, Kim Henderson MBA ’12 was named Queens McColl School of Business Executive in Residence. In this role, the system chief of staff to the CEO and senior vice president of executive leadership
development at Novant Health mentors MBA students by sharing her knowledge of board governance, community relations, corporate social responsibility, philanthropy and, of course, healthcare administration. “I feel such a strong connection to
Queens—an even stronger one than I do to my undergrad [Western Michigan University],” said Henderson, a single mother to daughter Evelyn Megan. “When Queens asked me to become an executive in residence, someone said to me, ‘I can’t believe you have time,’ ” Henderson recalled. “And I said, ‘I owe it to them.’ People have believed in me throughout my career. We all need to think about paying it back and paying it forward.” “Owing it” is one of Henderson’s “Seven
Ingredients for Success,” a recipe she discusses with MBA students and Novant Health employees. The other six ingredients? Empower, words of affirmation, opportunity, believe, confidence and support. “Queens gave me incredible opportunities,”
she explained. “There are young people sitting in those classrooms who are hungry for knowledge. I owe it to them to share what I’ve learned.” A lifelong learner, Henderson recently
with a diploma in nursing from the Mercy School of Nursing at the age of 21, she craved a true college experience. Queens was the perfect fit, as Redder could work part-time at the hospital while living and taking classes at Queens for two and a half years until her graduation. Redder took her nursing classes in the Stultz Building, where Northwest Dormitory now sits, but recalls taking organic chemistry in the campus building she now works in—truly a full circle experience.
5. In addition to working with the manikins, students have a variety of models they use to learn both fundamental and complex skills. One of these is the intravenous practice arm. Students gather around lab tables to perform injections and insert IVs under Redder’s guidance. The handling of IV equipment is a fundamental skill that students routinely practice and master prior to graduation.
—Danielle Phillips ’13, MS ’18
completed coursework at Cornell University on diversity and inclusion (2018), and she also studied race and cultural diversity in American life and history at the University of Illinois (2020). She’s so passionate about this work that she offered to fund tuition for members of her team who wanted to take the courses. Several took her up on it. As for her role as executive in residence, Henderson said that she’s getting as much as she’s giving. “I tell students, ‘This is a win/ win.’ The questions they’re asking, and the way they’re bringing their real-life experiences to the table make me consider my own career and how I can be as effective as possible.”
—Page Leggett 5
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