Building Confidence with the Executive Vice President of Renown Health: Dawn Ahner

A couple months ago my boss Nancy Fennell asked me to help greet guests at the alumni event she hosted for Advisory Board Chairs of the Nevada Women’s Fund (NWF). I was minutes into an inspiring conversation with Dawn Ahner, the current Chair of the NFW Board and Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer at Renown Health, and asked if I could feature her story on my blog. With her stature, title and tenure, people often have a certain perception but it’s not until you ask the right questions that you find what makes someone excellent.

A week later, I was honored to unpack her story in detail. After 80 minutes in her executive office and five pages of interview notes later, I asked if there was any other piece of advice she’d give to aspiring executives. She said, “find a mentor and make it be someone outside of your industry”. I let that statement sink in for two seconds before I responded, “Okay, do you have room for one more mentee?”. Without thinking, we all want to be influenced by someone admirable and I’m incredibly humbled and honored to share how Dawn’s experience, education and desire to be a mother shaped her to be a woman of excellence.

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Dawn Ahner is the Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer at Renown Health | Chair of the Nevada Women's Fund | Wife and Mother of three daughters | Follow Dawn @AhnerDawn | Follow Renown @RenownHealth