Dear Christine, Very best wishes to you in your next adventure.
Thank you for your great work with ACUPA. Your outstanding work has been a great benefit to me and and my colleagues at Barnard. Sincerely, Virginia -- Virginia Ryan, BC '83 Assistant General Counsel Barnard College 3009 Broadway, NY, NY 10027 (212) 853 0702 Phone *Please note my phone number has changed* This message and any attached documents contain information which may be confidential, subject to privilege or exempt disclosure under applicable law. These materials are intended only for the use of the intended recipient. Delivery of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not compromise or waive such confidentiality, privilege or exemption from disclosure as to this communication. On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 6:16 PM, Christine Tata < [email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, ACUPA colleagues and friends! > > > > With mixed feelings, I want to let you know that I am retiring from my > position as director of the UT Southwestern Policy Office as of the end of > January. It has been a unique challenge that perhaps only the good people > of ACUPA will fully understand. I leave grateful for all I have learned, > but truly ready for the next phase of my life. > > > > My wonderful colleague, Melanie Woodard, will stay on in a new role of > Policy Systems Administrator, which will involve increasing responsibility > for the management of PolicyTech, which (fates be kind) will go live for us > tomorrow. However, the Policy Office will remain blessed with two FTEs – > the administration has reconfigured my FTE and posted a newly created > position to work alongside her at a peer level and focus on the editorial > and content side of the policies. Both will report as a team directly to > our Vice President and Chief of Staff, who in turn reports directly to the > President. (I am convinced that the President’s Office is the best place to > house a policy initiative! Ask me why!) > > > > If anyone is interested in doing policy work in Dallas, I would highly > recommend that you consider this position. To apply, or just to review the > job description we developed, you can find the posting here: > > > > http://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/policy-coordinator- > executive-editor-office-of-the-president-policy- > administration-professional-526357/ > > > > I regret that I will not see you all in Minneapolis this year – I will be > in the middle of moving to San Marcos, Texas, where I hope to be renewing > my sidelines of studying, teaching, preaching, and activism. (And, all > right, probably binge-watching some Netflix recommendations here and there.) > > > > I’ll close by saying how deeply I have appreciated the collegial support > and expert sharing that I have experienced from ACUPA through the years. I > am proud to be a Pioneer Member, and I applaud the early decision that made > an institutional membership transferable. It will give me great > satisfaction to tell the next Policy Office incumbent about ACUPA and pass > along some of the history. > > > > Thanks again for letting me be part of an organization filled with > arguably the very kindest, cleverest, and most authentic people that ever > survived a career in academic administration. > > > > Best wishes to each of you for prosperous and productive policy making… > and beyond. > > > > xoxox > > Christine > > > > * * * > > > > Christine Tata, Ph.D. > > Director of Policy Administration > > UT Southwestern Medical Center > > 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard > > B2.100 / Mail Code 9002 > > Dallas, Texas 75390-9002 > > 214-648-2866 <(214)%20648-2866> > > > > ------------------------------ > > UT Southwestern > > Medical Center > > The future of medicine, today. > > *Replying to Messages:* Replying (using Reply) to an ACUPA-L e-mail will > distribute your message to the *ENTIRE list of members*. To send a > message privately, reply directly to the individual who sent the message > (their e-mail address appears in the "From" line of their original e-mail). > > *To Unsubscribe*: Go to http://www.acupa.org/MembershipForm_Discontinue. > html and complete the form. We will remove you from the list within 24 > hours, during normal business hours. > > *Questions about the ACUPA e-list?* Contact Jamie Parris at > [email protected] > <[email protected]?subject=ACUPA%20e-list%20assistance> or > 607-255-6837 <(607)%20255-6837>. > >
