Iowa Hospital Association
Vanessa L. Calderon is a Senior Director of Data Analytics and Visualization at Iowa Hospital Association. Previously, Vanessa L. worked as a Sr. Process Improvement Engineer at UnityPoint Health, where Vanessa L. specialized in Discrete Event Simulation and mentored engineering students. Vanessa L. also has experience as a Manufacturing Engineer at Lennox International, leading Kaizen Events and reducing non-value adding activity time. Vanessa's educational background includes an MBA in Data Analytics from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and a degree in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University as well as international business studies from Swansea University and business accounting from The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.
Iowa Hospital Association
Iowa Hospital Association is the organization that represents Iowa hospitals and supports them in achieving their missions and goals. They care about Iowa's health. It represents and advocates health policy issues benefiting Iowans before the state legislature, US congress and regulatory bodies. Iowa Hospital Association aims to alleviateprovider burden and promote smooth transitions in the fluctuating health care policy environment by sustaining itself as an effective health care advocacy organization. The association respects and relies on the support of hospital members as part of the advocacy team and provides a variety of messaging platforms and opportunities that allow hospital leaders to advocate for their hospitals and communities.