Governor’s Task Force on Health Care Workforce Shortages
About
Under the direction of Governor Abbott, the THECB created the Governor’s Task Force on Health Care Workforce Shortages to help address health care workforce shortages and seek to expand opportunities and remove barriers that exist for health care programs at institutions. The Task Force will also examine the necessary tools students need to succeed in this field, as well as carefully examine how to address challenges for gaining faculty and preceptors into the future. The task force will be working from the assumption of existing scope of practice for this project.
To effectively consider and research the charge issued by Governor Abbott, the scope of the Task Force has been divided into three primary workgroups.
Task Force Members
- Chair – Victoria Ford, President & CEO, Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute
- Dr. Fred Cerise, CEO, Parkland Health
- Jennifer Deegan, Vice President Health Policy and Systems Strategy, UT Health Houston
- Jack Dwyer, Founder of Dwyer Workforce Development
- Jamie Dudensing, CEO, Texas Association of Health Plans
- Cheryl Petersen, SVP/CNO, Cook Children’s Medical Center
- Dr. Lori Rice-Spearman, President, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Olga Rodriguez, Associate Vice President, Texas A&M University Health Science Center
- Avik Roy, President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
- Kathy Thomas, former Board of Nursing Executive Director
- Dr. Jayson Valerio, Dean, Nursing & Allied Health, South Texas College
- Dr. Jackie Ward, System Chief Nurse Executive and SVP, Texas Children’s Hospital
- Dr. John Zerwas, Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Texas System
Important Dates
Sept. 3, 2024
Task Force Meeting 3 (open to the public), 9am
Aug. 22, 2024
Workgroup 3 Workshop (invited guests only)
Texas Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 at 9am
Aug. 15, 2024
Task Force Meeting 2 (open to the public), 9am
July 22, 2024
Workgroup 2 Workshop (invited guests only), 9am
July 8, 2024
Workgroup 1 Workshop (invited guests only), 9am
June 25, 2024
Task Force Meeting 1 (open to the public), 9am