COVID-19 RESPONSE AWARDS JUDGING COMMITTEE
COVID-19 Response Awards Judging Committee Chair:
Deana Scott, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
VMORE (Virtual Medical Office Pty ltd), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Deana is the Founder and CEO of VMORE (Virtual Medical Office) and the Anaesthetist Management Group (AM Group), which deliver seamless, remote support services delivering efficient and cost-effective business management and administrative support to healthcare specialists. A respected advisor and entrepreneur, Deana has made a significant contribution to the healthcare services landscape in Australia and has been an industry leader for over 20 years. The VMORE response to Covid-19 during 2020 was recognized with a Bronze Stevie Award and Deana, a Certified Health Manager and Health Informatician, won the Gold Stevie Award Winner for Female Executive of the Year – Business Services (11-2500 employees) in the 2020 Women in Business Awards.
Deana is experienced in starting and scaling healthcare practices, executing strategy and integrating systems and solutions to support efficient and patient-centric care. Her unique entrepreneurial journey has been featured in the Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly and in 2020 VMORE was the recipient of an AusIndustry Entrepreneurs Business Growth Grant. Deana has regularly presented and shares her insights on a broad range of healthcare management topics including financial systems, technology integration, leadership and creating efficiencies for organizations such as the Australian Medical Association, The Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Australasian Institute Digital Health (Global Showcase), and has featured on leading podcasts such as Talking HealthTech.
With a longstanding commitment to supporting industry along with the next generation of professionals and entrepreneurs, Deana’s current contributions include that of Director on the Board of the Medical Software Industry Association, a Volunteer Mentor for Women in Technology (WiT) and the Australian Association of Practice Managers (AAPM), Career Coach with Griffith University, Advisory Board Chair for emerging health technology company WeKo, and she is on the Advisory Board of the remote monitoring company Net-Health.
On being invited to Chair in the 2021 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Deana told us: “The Stevie® Awards are a global acknowledgement of achievement! We don’t reflect often enough on the incremental accomplishments we can have on a day-to-day basis. Today, we globally share significant challenges, however it is just as important to celebrate progress, change and those who make that happen. Entering the Stevie® Awards for Women in Business provides a wonderful opportunity to truly reflect on those accomplishments for both the organization and those who lead.”
Committee:
Ishrat Bano, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard University, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Kathryn Bonesteel, CEO & Co-Founder
NixCovid, Houston, Texas, United States
Dr. Abdelfattah Mahmoud, free lancer
Cairo, Egypt
Hawanem Omara, Compensation & Benefits Supervisor
Parkville Pharmaceuticals, Giza, Dokki, Egypt
Hawanem Omara is an experienced Compensation & Benefits Supervisor with over 7 years of progressive experience and consistent success designing, implementing, and managing Total Rewards. She graduated from the Faculty of Commerce at Alexandria University in 2013 (Accounting Major) and received her Master's degree in Business Administration (HR Major) from the Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport - Egypt in 2020.
Sharon Parker, Senior Marketing Manager
IFS Canada Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sharon Parker has over 20 years experience in B2B marketing in the technologies sector, specializing in the global utilities industry.
Audrey Pomier Flobinus, CEO & Founder
Humanity For The World, La Trinité, Martinique, France
Audrey POMIER FLOBINUS is an international humanitarian lobbyist and diplomat. President & CEO of a French international NGO specializing in the achievement and democratization of the 17 SDGs, she is particularly committed to gender equality issues
Eija Salmi, Secretary General
Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges in Art, Design and Media, Espoo, Finland
Linda Scott, Founder & Managing Director
Thinking Leaders, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
After 30 years as a finance professional, Linda Scott retrained in human behaviour and now works with CEOs and Executives to unlock their potential, achieve high performance, and fast-track growth and results, for themselves and their businesses. Linda recently celebrated 25 years as a Chartered Accountant and is a graduate of the University of Queensland.
Darrell Zahorsky, SEO Manager
Critical Mass, Omnicom Group, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Darrell Zahorsky connects content and search data to provide SEO services to the world's most recognized brands. Accounts of his work have appeared in the media including The New York Times, The Street, Harvard Business School, and CBC News.