SJBiz_WomenToWatch_0221_V2FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 2 / 19 / 21 3 : 11 PM Page 2 Susan S . Hodges Amy B . Mansue President and CEO , Counsel , Chair , Employment Inspira Health and Labor , Parker McCay Mansue took over as president Hodges represents both public and and CEO for Inspira last September , private sector clients , counseling bringing decades of experience in them on employment and labor the industry with her . Prior to joining matters involving issues like em - Inspira , she most recently spent the ployee discipline , policies and em - last four - plus years as executive vice ployment manuals , and compliance president and chief experience with state and federal disability and officer with RWJBarnabas , the leave laws , particularly those state’s largest integrated health created by the COVID - 19 pan - care system . demic . How did you first get into your profession ? How do you approach work / life balance ? The University of Alabama offered a field placement as part of That is probably one of the most difficult things to do as a my social work degree that allowed me to go to Washington , working mother , especially because of my practice area , I D.C . for six months . This led me to the Subcommittee on have a lot of meetings at night . For the most part , if my girls Health and Long - term Care of the Elderly . … Congressman had something at school , a concert or a match , I always did Jim Florio was on that committee and that became the everything I could to make sure I could be there . Even now , defining moment that has opened every door for me since I my youngest is a senior in high school and sometimes I just was 22 years old . I fell in love with the issues impacting the sit in her room while she is doing homework , just to be with health of at - risk populations and the process of how public her . When my older daughter is home from college , I do the policy becomes law . same thing . I make the time to be with them , even if we are not doing anything specific . What is your proudest accomplishment ? The opportunity to have played a small role in improving the Which female role models have made an impact on health of people we have served , either through public your life ? policy changes or in providing care , is a tremendous honor Without question , my mother was the greatest female role and gift . Fostering an environment in which we always treat model . She instilled in me not only a great work ethic , but the others with respect , dignity and compassion is the key to a certainty that there was nothing I couldn’t do . successful business and life . Helen Hannigan Suzanne Ghee President and CEO , Executive Director , Thrive Public Affairs Southern New Jersey Passionate about health equity , Perinatal Cooperative ; Ghee works and volunteers her President and CEO , time to improve community health Family Health Initiatives one project at a time . She has Hannigan leads the effort to spearheaded several projects and improve health services and out - groups that advocate for women comes for women , infants and fami - and she serves on the board of lies across Southern New Jersey and trustees for the Food Bank of has more than 20 years of experi - South Jersey and the Cherry Hill ence designing and implementing Free Clinic . initiatives to meet the needs of individuals and communities . Which female role models have made an impact on your life ? What is your personal motto ? I have been so blessed to have several female leaders when As a student in a Salesian high school in the D.C . suburbs , I I was working in health care . One in particular is Dei Hudnell learned the motto , “ Be who you are and be that well . ” These when I was at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia . She chal - words call me to lean into my strengths , to know , accept and lenged me to go and grow past the “ chair ” I was in . I think present myself in an authentic manner and to support others this was my first real experience of what female mentorship to do the same for themselves . really was and this was over 15 years ago . If you could meet any woman in the world , past , present What do you want your legacy to be ? or future , who would it be ? I want my girls to learn and see what it is to help make their Dolly Parton ! I am so impressed by how she brings her talents community a better place and demonstrate to as many and resources to every aspect of her life . I am inspired by her people as I can that we can all do our part to help others . literacy program that brings books to children of all back - grounds . . . . I would love to tell her how much joy and inspira - If you could meet any woman in the world , past , tion she has brought to my life . present or future , who would it be ? I would love to have met with Maya Angelou . SouthJerseyBiz.net | VOLUME 11 ISSUE 2 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | 25