Dawn L Richards is originally from St. Clair, PA and now resides in Pottsville after a long career in health care administration and finance with some of the largest for-profit hospital systems in the nation.
Her education includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Nevada,
a Masters Degree in Business Administration and a Juris Doctor from Temple Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia, PA.
She has over 16 years of experience in Healthcare Financial Management and Administration with emphasis on:
Financial and Strategic Planning
Corporate Compliance Programs
Accounting and Financial Management
Health Information Management
Utilization Review
Contracting
Policy and Procedure Writing and Implementation
Start up of new businesses and product lines
Human Resources
Budgeting
Grant Writing
Business Planning
Program Development
Her prior employers include:
HFM Consulting - Pottstown PA
IASIS Health Care - Pasadena FL
Tenet Health Systems - Philadelphia PA
LifePoint Hospitals - Winder GA
HCA, Inc - Nashville TN
Universal Health Systems - Las Vegas NV
US ARMY - Nurnberg GE
She has been active in the communities in which she has worked and has held various voluntary positions including President of the Board of Directors for the Gwinnett Council on Child Abuse and Grant Writer for the Georgia Public School System.
She is a member of the Schuylkill Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Health Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association.