Maverick County Hospital District CEO Terri Contreras-Patlan graduates from “Leaders Across Borders Program” 

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016

Maverick County Hospital District Chief Executive Officer Terri Contreras-Patlan successfully completed and graduated from the intensive seven months long “Leaders Across Borders Program” sponsored by the United States-Mexico Health Commission on October 9, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona.

“Leaders Across Borders” Program is an advanced leadership development program aimed at building the binational leadership capacity of public health, health care, and other community-sector leaders working to improve the community health along the U.S.-Mexico Border region.

“Leaders Across Borders” Program unites public health, health care, and community leaders from the U.S.-Mexico Border and enhances their leadership and health diplomacy skills, professional networks, and understanding of binational public health assets, challenges, and systems as a means to developing binational solutions to the leading public health issues of the U.S.-Mexico Border residents.

The U.S.-Mexico Health Commission provides leadership and public health training to participants throughout the eight month-long program, including the Epidemiology of the U.S.-Mexico Border region, Health Diplomacy, Management and Leadership for Health Policies and Programs, Analysis and Improvement of U.S.-Mexico Border health care processes, joint activities regarding U.S.-Mexico Border public health issues, and participation in a group project and presentation of a key U.S.-Mexico Border public health issue.

Contreras-Patlan’s group project focused on prevention of teenage pregnancy along the U.S.-Mexico Border region.

“I am honored to have participated in the 2016 Leaders Across Borders Program and represented Maverick County.  I greatly appreciate the support of the Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors comprised of Juan Manuel Farias, Ronald Hixson, Ricardo E. Calderon, Humberto Duran, and Adolfo Olivares for allowing me to participate in this salient U.S.-Mexico Border public health leadership program,” said Contreras-Patlan.

“I learned many valuable public health systems and processes on the U.S.-Mexico Border region and look forward to developing some of these in Maverick County in the future.  I also expanded Maverick County’s professional network and contacts for binational public health issues and enhanced my professional leadership and management skills during the program,” said Contreras-Patlan.