By Giddings H.R. No. 630 77R10477 MMS-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Margaret H. Jordan of Dallas, a national expert on 1-2 health care systems, has been chosen to receive an Outstanding 1-3 Texan Award in the area of business from the Texas Legislative 1-4 Black Caucus; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The holder of a bachelor's degree in nursing from 1-6 Georgetown University and a master's degree in public health 1-7 administration and planning from the University of California at 1-8 Berkeley, Ms. Jordan has studied health care delivery from many 1-9 different vantage points; and 1-10 WHEREAS, She is currently president and CEO of the Margaret 1-11 Jordan Group, an international consulting practice, and executive 1-12 vice president for corporate affairs with Texas Health Resources, a 1-13 nonprofit system formed by the merger of Harris Methodist Health 1-14 System and Presbyterian Healthcare Resources; and 1-15 WHEREAS, A consultant since 1997, Ms. Jordan has trained 1-16 women managers in Tanzania and Zimbabwe, advised and developed 1-17 leaders for a new Canadian hospital system, and assisted a Fortune 1-18 500 company, a large integrated health system, and a national 1-19 managed care company on specific aspects of their business; and 1-20 WHEREAS, In her position with Texas Health Resources, 1-21 Ms. Jordan is responsible for stakeholder relationship management, 1-22 government relations, community health and benefit, and the system 1-23 diversity initiative for General Health Services; this corporation 1-24 consists of the PrimaCare medical and occupational medicine 2-1 centers, Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center, Surgery Center 2-2 Southwest, and Gamma Knife Southwest; and 2-3 WHEREAS, Ms. Jordan's expertise has been sought in many 2-4 quarters; she has addressed the issue of health care reform in 2-5 Congressional testimony and in appearances on public television's 2-6 MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, served on the advisory committee to the 2-7 director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 2-8 held a seat on the Secretary's Council on Health Promotion and 2-9 Disease Prevention with the U.S. Department of Health and Human 2-10 Services; and 2-11 WHEREAS, With her consummate understanding of health care 2-12 systems, her ability to articulate and focus on the salient issues 2-13 at hand, and her commitment to improving access to quality care and 2-14 treatment, Ms. Jordan is making a significant contribution to 2-15 health care in North Texas, and it is a great privilege and 2-16 pleasure to honor her at this time; now, therefore, be it 2-17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas 2-18 Legislature hereby congratulate Margaret H. Jordan on her receipt 2-19 of an Outstanding Texan Award in the area of business from the 2-20 Texas Legislative Black Caucus and extend to her sincere best 2-21 wishes for good fortune in her future endeavors; and, be it further 2-22 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-23 prepared for Ms. Jordan as an expression of high regard by the 2-24 Texas House of Representatives.