Karen M. Graham, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Vice president, CIO
- Employer
- Cooper University Hospital
- Location
- Mt. Laurel, , N.J.
- First job:
- "Delivering the newspaper at 4:30 a.m. with my father."
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Relationships matter."
- Favorite vice:
- "Reading Vanity Fair."
- Title you'd like to hold someday:
- "Ph.D., teaching at a university."
- What do you love about IT?
- "Constant white water."
- Best mentoring relationship:
- "My CTO."
- People you'd invite to your dream dinner party:
- Ellen DeGeneres, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Scorsese and Nelson Mandela
- Passion outside of work:
- "My 8-year-old twins, Katherine and James."
- Your recreational best:
- The Pittsburgh Marathon
- In high school, I should have been voted "Most Likely to ..."
- "Travel the world."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Surround myself with stars by leading them to discover their highest potential. Making them feel comfortable with what they know and, more importantly, what they don't know."
- "Aha" leadership moment:
- "My role as a leader is defined by my commitment to setting professional development standards for my staff. I stress continuing education on both professional and personal levels as an integral part of my mentoring and coaching program. It is watching m