PHILADELPHIA – Julia Puchtler, the chief financial officer of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), has been named to the 2020 class of the Carol Emmott Fellowship. The fellowship was established to address the significant underrepresentation of women in the top ranks of hospital and health system leadership. Its newest class includes Puchtler and 20 other women who fill various high-level health roles across the country.
The Carol Emmott Fellowship was established to provide visibility and support for women in health leadership roles. While around three-quarters of health care jobs are filled by women, less than 20 percent of hospital chief executive roles are filled by women.
“When women are under-represented in leadership roles, the field of health and medicine are deprived of the full range of talents, skills, and perspectives that gender equity affords,” said Christine Malcolm, the executive director of the Carol Emmott Fellowship and chief executive officer of the Carol Emmott Foundation.
During the 14-month fellowship, Puchtler will participate in monthly webinars discussing leadership in health and policy, and she will travel to a series of conferences with others in the field. She’ll also be paired with a nationally-recognized senior health leader as a mentor.
Before being promoted to CFO at HUP, Puchtler, who joined Penn Medicine in 2015, served as vice president of Finance Operations and Budget and, before that, she served as the vice president for Strategic Financial Planning & Decision Support at Trinity Health. Puchtler has also been a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association since 2011.
Upon completion of her Carol Emmott Fellowship, Puchtler will become a member of the Carol Emmott Fellowship Alumnae Network, which will allow for more networking and support between Puchtler and other women who are leaders in their organizations.
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