On Wednesday, September 21, the IMPACT Speaker Series in collaboration with the Health Systems Institute, the Center for Pediatric Healthcare Technology, and the Translational Research Institute for Bioengineering and Sciences, presents a talk by Donna Hyland, President and CEO of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Ms. Hyland has overseen monumental growth and achievement at Children’s, a hospital that is consistently ranked as a Top Pediatric Hospital by U.S. News & World Report and one of FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. 

Please join us for this event in the LeCraw Auditorium, College of Management, or register for the live webcast provided by our partners at Learn it Live.

More about the speaker:

For 25 years, Donna W. Hyland has helped shape the delivery of healthcare to children in Georgia and beyond. First as Chief Financial Officer, then Chief Operating Officer and now as President and Chief Executive Officer, Hyland has played a key leadership role in the growth and development of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. 

For all her work in pediatric healthcare, Hyland was named Georgia Trend magazine’s Most Respected Business Leader in 2011 and one of Business to Business magazine’s 2007 Women of Excellence. Hyland has the distinct honor of being the only female CEO among the top 25 hospitals in Atlanta, making her a role model for women throughout Children's and the state.

Hyland’s dedication to the community extends outside of Children’s, where she serves on the boards of: Ronald McDonald House Charities; Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce as chair of the Bioscience Leadership Council; Georgia Tech Advisory Board; SunTrust Bank Atlanta Advisory Board; Agnes Scott College Board of Visitors; and Stone Mountain Industrial Park, Inc. Hyland was also recently asked to serve on Governor Deal’s Georgia Competitiveness Initiative, an effort focused on developing a next-generation strategy for economic development.

About the Impact Speaker Series

Since 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from "building a venture around intellectual capital" to "successful entrepreneurship in large organizations" and "socially responsible leadership".

The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. Events for the series take place in the LeCraw Auditorium in the College of Management building at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted.

The series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.