Why Are We Still Tolerating Ageism in the Workplace?
Catch up on the latest insights, announcements, and recent placements from Chasm Partners.
INSIGHTS
I am staring down 54. Soon, I will be considered “mid-50s.” They say 50 is the new 40 and I believe it. I have some achy joints yet I feel as energetic, vigorous, and mentally focused as ever — perhaps even more so than I was in my 30s.
If you look at my LinkedIn profile, however, you’ll see nothing before 1999 and no graduation years for undergrad or grad school. I am proud to be thriving, both professionally and personally, in my 50s but many companies would see my college graduation date, calculate my actual age, and discount me as “late-stage” in my career.
The fact is, even in the most inclusive workplaces, ageism still exists. It’s one of the last “isms” that continue to be tolerated in every industry, including healthcare. I face it, my peers face it, and the candidates I work with face it as well. If “age is just a number,” why do we permit it to be a determining factor in the hiring process?
PLACEMENTS
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Fluent
Fluent is recognized as the trusted, transformational business solutions partner for the oral health industry. As the leader in dental analytics and primary research, they leverage the largest multi-payer dental claims database of commercially insured members while offering automated, AI-powered payer and provider workflows to improve the efficiency of dental payers, providers, and suppliers to ensure a better patient experience.
SVP Partnerships, Frontier Psychiatry
Frontier Psychiatry is a Montana-based telehealth practice that delivers psychiatry and addiction care.
VP Sales, Tailor Made Compounding
Tailor Made Compounding (TMC) is a high-growth specialty pharmacy that provides custom wellness solutions to satisfy the unique needs of all types of patients. Its mission is to strengthen patient-physician relationships by providing educational tools and wellness solutions to achieve and sustain desired treatment outcomes.
Chief Commercial Officer, RTI Surgical
RTI Surgical is a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization in the regenerative medicine industry, offering a comprehensive portfolio of allograft and xenograft biomaterials. They partner with OEM customers to provide expertise and services in design, development, regulatory support, manufacturing, and supply chain management.
VP Finance, Sunstone Therapies
Sunstone Therapies is establishing the gold standard for psychedelic clinics in order to deliver care that reduces the emotional suffering of those affected by cancer and complex mental health challenges and disorders, and to make safe, effective psychedelic-assisted therapy accessible.
NEWS
Kristy Lindquist Joins CaringBridge Board
Creating Greater Healthcare Impacts Through The Lives of Caregivers
Kristy Lindquist, Co-founder and Partner, recently joined CaringBridge, a nonprofit health platform that surrounds family caregivers with support while they care for a loved one on a health journey, as a board member. Kristy used CaringBridge for more than two years while caring for her late husband, and has a sincere passion for the organization and its mission. Read more about the announcement and Kristy's story here.
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