Corporate Social Responsibility for HR: The Greater Lexington Park Health Enterprise Zone Project
As HR professionals, we are in search of that higher purpose to serve which gives meaning to what we do each day. We found this higher purpose in one of our corporate social responsibility projects: The Greater Lexington Park Health Enterprise Zone (HEZ) Project. In January of 2013, Maryland identified only six HEZs for the purpose of expanding access to care to the underserved population. This session will focus on our hospital's HEZ project from the perspective of the HR professional and describe the project from its inception to its current state, share HR challenges such as cultural competencies and recruitment of providers, describe successes and opportunities in health outcomes and provide best practice next steps with the HEZ.
Evelyn Campos Diaz, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
Evelyn R. Campos Diaz (BA, JD, SPHR, CEBS) has worked in the employment law/human resources arena for over twenty five (25) years with an emphasis on the health care, transportation and utilities industries. As an HR innovator in health care industry, she is currently focused on organizational leadership and learning (the subject of her current MBA research) as a tool for transforming individual workforces. Winner of the 2014 HRLA Leadership Award and a five-time winner of the AWE Workforce Excellence awards, Evelyn is passionate about incorporating human resources into the fabric of every organization as an integral first step to achieving a truly world-class work force which, in turn, supports and serves its local community.