Methodist Health System Foundation CEO April Box Chamberlain is usually the one pulling off the surprises, like having Mitch Hart on stage with a monkey on his shoulder for the Robert S. Folsom Leadership Award dinner honoring Bobby Lyle.
On Thursday, April 16, April was the one surprised. The hospital leadership meeting appeared to be the normal get together until Dr. Robert Simonson, Dr. Michael Truitt and Dr. Sylvia Hargrave “recognized April’s effort in the recent creation of the Charles A. Sammons Trauma and Critical Care Tower,” resulting in raising more than $20M.
To show their appreciation, the presented the blond with a glass monolith inscribed with, “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”
* Photo provided by Methodist Health System