It was Ruth Williams-Brinkley’s grandmother who first taught her the power of saying “yes.”
It’s a lesson that’s taken her across the country and up the professional ladder in health care. And it’s one that pushed her to make a career leap at a chaotic time in health care. In June 2020, with the trials of the Covid-19 pandemic well underway, Williams-Brinkley moved from Oregon to Greater Washington to take on a new role as president of the Mid-Atlantic states for Kaiser Permanente.
From the California health care organization’s regional offices in Rockville, Williams-Brinkley helps guide more than 8,000 local staffers across 34 medical centers in D.C., Virginia and Maryland —with more development planned thanks to $4.5 billion in local revenue.
Guiding that team has taken on new meaning during a pandemic that has worn health care workers to their core after more than 18 months of critical caseloads.
“I wish more people understood that health care professionals are…
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