Southwest Physicians
Recruiters Association
www.swpra.org
CONFERENCE CALL MINUTES
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
2:00 p.m. Pacific
Call-in: 641-715-3200 Access code: 781129#
Members Present:
Lisa Echales
Lori Norris
Adriana Semko - guest
Katie Harris
Christy Ricks
Victor Jenson
Wonona Schmidt Davis
Call to Order/
Introductions:
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Katie Harris at 2:06 p.m.
Conference/Education:
Katie Harris and
Colin Harris
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2016 Conference Venue and Dates:
Thursday, March 3 & Friday, March 4
The Scottsdale Plaza Resort
7200 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
Call for speakers***, sponsors (only a few opportunities are left) and scholarships.
We have some exciting speakers who have applied, but happy to have more if
you have any suggestions.
There are 17 sponsor slots and 11 are filled.
No scholarships have been applied for yet.
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Marketing/Web:
Wonona Schmidt Davis
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Website Updates: 2016 Conference forms have been added to the website.
Promotional email regarding 2016 Conference will be sent to (non-SWPRA) ASPR
members in Southwest states.
Katie will promote conference on ASPR Chat.
Wonona will promote conference on Cass Greene’s Chat.
Membership/Treasury:
Kara Balliet
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Current checking account balance: $4,557.84.
$145.35 from PayPal and $3000 in sponsorship checks yet to be deposited.
New Member: Greg Groshong with Dignity Health Medical Foundation in
Sacramento.
Member, Angela Van Ginkel has new position with Genentech as a Sr.
Sourcing Consultant.
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ASPR Updates:
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Christy Ricks reported the 2016 ASPR Conference “Save the Date” card will be
out soon. They currently have 57 speaker submissions, but looking for more.
The ASPR Benchmarking Survey is available; free to participants. A new
Executive Director has been chosen and will be announced soon.
Conferences:
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Katie said Mayo is going to AZ ACP chapter meeting in Tucson in Nov.
Victor Jensen reported he is attending NM Health Resources
(residents/fellows) in Las Cruces tomorrow and NM NP Council in Santa Fe in
Nov.
Candidate Sharing:
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Wonona shared there is a recruiter position in Denver available with Jackson
& Coker.
Southwest Physicians
Recruiters Association
www.swpra.org
Miscellaneous:
During the monthly SWPRA conference calls, please remember to MUTE your phone when
you’re not talking. Please do not put your phone on hold. If you are calling from a phone
without a MUTE option, the free conference call system we use has instructions on how use
the conference call features including how to MUTE the call within their system:
http://www.freeconferencecall.com/instructions.asp. Mute - *6 key - Press *6 to mute your
line. Press *6 again to un-mute the line.
SWPRA Website: General notes:
 Login ID: “Firstname Lastname” / Password: “SWPRA2014” (both are case sensitive)
 Be sure to check the directory to review your personal information for accuracy. Send
corrections to Wonona.
Next Call:

Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Adjournment:

2:31 p.m.
2015 Call Schedule:
(2:00 PM Pacific)
January 21
April 21
July 21 (cancelled)
October 20
February 17
May 19
August 18
November 17
March 17
June 16
September 15
December 15
Current Members:
Candace Ash
Kara Balliet (Membership &
Treasury)
Carol Calacino
Jessica Corral
Matthew English
Tracy Geiger
Diane Gregory
Lori Hart
Jenna Blusiewicz
Francisca Hernandez
Dave Howard
Shelly Miller
Jona Plath
Christine Ricks
Shonn Scranton
Elaine Herrenschmidt
Victor Jenson
Lori Norris
Anita Prince
Wilf Rudert
Sandy Seby
Terri Smith
Angela Van Ginkel
Jennifer Weir
Claire Swenson
Lori Vickers
Barbara Worthington
Katie Boehm-Padgett
Stephanie Cholwanit
Lisa Echales
Mark Fowler
Deanna Grange
Colin Harris (Vice
President/Education)
Kelley Hekowczyk
Rachelle Hobson
Kimberly Joseph
Pam Orendorf
Ryan Rasmussen
Wonona Schmidt Davis
(Secretary/Marketing/Web)
Jack Shirey
Bradley Swinney
Brooke Wedding
Caitlin Cartwright
Carol Dumais
Cesar Espinosa
Karla Gilmore
Katherine Harris (President)
Ingrid Heil