Affinia Healthcare has appointed veteran healthcare professionals to leadership roles, bringing experienced leaders to the organization.
ST. LOUIS, MO – Affinia Healthcare is pleased to announce the following additions to its leadership team.
Genesis Young has joined Affinia Healthcare as the Assistant Vice President of Health Center Operations. She will oversee operations at the North Florissant, Pagedale, and Ferguson locations. Young earned her bachelor’s degree in Nursing with a minor in Health Education from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. Her previous experience includes work as the Oversight Nurse for the Missouri Department for Developmental Disabilities and as the Family Clinical Nurse Manager for a local community health center. In her spare time, Young enjoys singing, and loves fish and aquariums.
Jocelyn Hawthorne was selected to fill the role of Assistant Vice President of Health Center Operations where she will oversee operations at the Biddle, Lemp, S. Broadway, and BJC Behavioral Health locations. Prior to joining Affinia Healthcare, Hawthorne worked at Loyola Medicine as the Executive Director of Transplant Services & Lung Transplant Program Manager. Hawthorne has two bachelor’s degrees in Nursing, one from the University of Kansas, and another from Saint Louis University. She also has a master’s degree in Nursing Education, and a certification in Nursing Leadership, both from Webster University. Reading, watching sports, traveling and spending time with her family and friends is what Hawthorne enjoys doing outside of work.
Caption #1: Genesis Young
Caption #2: Jocelyn Hawthorne
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About Affinia Healthcare
Affinia Healthcare is a dynamic and transformative health system, providing affordable primary and preventive health care to the St. Louis metro area. Affinia Healthcare is a community health center, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and is accredited through The Joint Commission and NCQA organizations. Through its 12 locations (which includes school-based health centers) in St. Louis City and County, Affinia Healthcare serves over 43,700 people per year, of whom more than 90 percent have incomes under 100 percent of the federal poverty level. Approximately 70 percent of patients served are Black or African American, 11 percent are Hispanic/Latinx, and over 4,000 are un-housed.
The Affinia Healthcare Foundation depends on a wide array of funding sources and individual donor contributions to care for the most vulnerable and disenfranchised in our community. To make a donation to Affinia Healthcare, visit www.affiniahealthcare.org/donate.
For more information about Affinia Healthcare, call 314-814-8700, or visit www.affiniahealthcare.org.
