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We recently reported news from UnityPoint Health-Des Moines A brief look back at news from the about Jennifer Havens being named the next CEO for Here’s an aquatic trivia question: How long does it take to “flip” the past week on BusinessRecord.com UnityPoint Health-Grinnell Regional Medical Center. lane markers at the Wellmark YMCA’s Olympic-size pool from a 19-lane, Since this was the first female CEO I could recall 25-yard “short” format to an eight-lane, 50-meter “long” pool? With some being appointed at a Central Iowa hospital, it made well-choreographed teamwork from about 50 members of the YMCA Water trails = me wonder: How many other registered nurses, Youth Swim Team — an impressive 4 minutes and 30 seconds, says Bill $100M-plus or women for that matter, ascend to the top Wadley, the Y’s director of youth competitive swimming. The engineering report finds executive post at hospitals? After I wrote recently about being able to swim noontime and that the area’s water trails, I asked the folks at the Iowa Hospital after-work laps in a blissfully uncrowded pool, I got an invitation from including an adventure park Association, who said that 34 of the state’s 118 Y spokesperson Ruth Comer to dry off and learn more downtown, could cost $117M. hospitals — just under 29 percent — are currently led by about the new swimming programs that are now https://bit.ly/2x5YuGB women, including five who are interim CEOs. Among those underway at the new downtown aquatics center. women, the best estimate is that Havens is one of just 10 nurses who are A central piece of the programming at the Banks face challenge presently CEOs of Iowa hospitals. pool is built around the combined youth swim Iowa banks post a strong first Iowa’s percentage of female hospital CEOs compares favorably team led by Wadley, who joined the YMCA of quarter, but face higher costs with U.S. averages. Nationwide, women make up 11 percent of CEOs Greater Des Moines staff in February. Wadley, for regulatory compliance. listed on hospital websites, according to data from Becker’s Hospital who has coached Big 10 and national champions https://bit.ly/2s2NXqB Review, a figure that health care venture capital firm Rock Health and 16 Olympians, spent the past 29 years of his 40- cited in a 2017 article. Overall, nearly one-third (32.4 percent) of year career as head men’s swimming coach at Ohio State University. Tanner Krause hospital executives are women. Interestingly enough, that percentage “We really work to make sure this [program] is value-driven,” of female executives at a hospital increases to 40 percent when Wadley said. “We’re teaching them values that we think every parent promoted there’s a female CEO, Rock Health found. will support.” Those values include the self-discipline not to swim Kum & Go names fourth- Rock Health also noted that the most common hospital executive over your teammate while you’re swimming drills one after another generation family member role for female leaders is chief nursing officer; 60 percent of chief nursing in a single lane and the time management to show up exactly when Tanner Krause as president, officers are women. expected on your block just before race time. And getting the pool effective June 1. His father “flipped” in under five minutes, for that matter. becomes chairman. By bringing six separate Y locations’ youth teams together, the https://bit.ly/2khVe1r unified program provides a new opportunity for kids through high In the bag school age to train and compete while benefiting from a shared Blackbird eyes BY PERRY BEEMAN vision and shared resources, said Frankie Hanson, the Y’s operations 2nd building director for aquatics. Blackbird Investments is The Metro Waste Authority staged a This year, the youth team will host 10 USA Swimming events Total pounds considering plans for a second good-natured competition among local at the aquatic center, “so we are going to average essentially one collected by city: building that would be built cities to see which one could collect the meet a month,” Hanson said. Within the next couple of years, she Alleman: 320.10 alongside a 33-story mixed- most plastic grocery bags. Residents hopes that the facility will help Des Moines attract a USA Swimming Elkhart: 3.5 use tower it plans for the were encouraged to trade the bags for a sectional event, which is the first level of national competitive youth Pleasant Hill: 30.18 northwest corner of Fifth and reusable tote. swimming events. Walnut streets at what will be Altoona: 18 We are here to report the winner in The youth travel team — the DSMY Marlins — has about 95 the former site of a section of Grimes: 499.50 the per capita contest: Alleman. For sheer members now, and all together with the six branches, there are the Kaleidoscope at the Hub. Polk City: 199.89 weight collected, Grimes collected the most about 536 kids in the swim program, a number that Wadley expects https://bit.ly/2s7CwNB gross weight. Both cities will get a park Ankeny: 16.93 will grow to more than 1,000 by next winter.