AMN Healthcare Wins Four Stevie Awards for Women in Business

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Dec 17, 2015, 02:48 ET

AMN leaders L to R: Jeanette Sanchez, Chief Information Officer; Susan Salka, President & CEO; Dawn Anderson, Vice President, Client/Corporate Marketing; and Julie Fletcher, Chief Talent Officer

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AMN Healthcare, the nation's leading innovator in healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services, won four awards for Women in Business at the 2015 annual Stevie Awards, the world's premier business award competition.

AMN Leaders who won awards were Woman of the Year Susan Salka, CEO, Silver Stevie Winner; Female Executive of the Year Jeanette Sanchez, CIO, Gold Stevie Winner; and Female Executive of the Year Julie Fletcher, CTO, Bronze Stevie Winner.

In addition, the AMN Team Esperanza Guatemala Mission received a Gold Stevie for Communications or PR Campaign of the Year.

The Stevie Awards recognize and honor the accomplishments and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide. Women in Business is one of six Stevie Awards programs.

"We are incredibly proud to receive this award," said Julie Fletcher in accepting the awards for AMN at the 12^th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in New York City on Nov. 13, 2015. "Fifty percent of our C-suite at AMN and 60 percent of our total workforce are women. We are very proud of those facts but also that the quality of our work in the healthcare industry earned these awards that represent the efforts of the entire AMN team."

The AMN Team Esperanza Guatemala Mission is an annual medical and community development event that AMN Healthcare conducts with HELPS International in the impoverished Guatemala highlands. AMN sponsors about two dozen medical and corporate personnel who take part in building and operating a complete acute care hospital that treats nearly 1,000 patients and also in a community development project that installs safety stoves in homes.

For more information on AMN Healthcare, please visit www.amnhealthcare.com, and connect with AMN on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter at @AMNHealthcare.

About AMN Healthcare
AMN Healthcare is the leader and innovator in healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities across the nation. AMN Healthcare's workforce solutions - including managed services programs, vendor management systems, recruitment process outsourcing and consulting services - enable providers to successfully reduce complexity, increase efficiency and improve patient outcomes within the rapidly evolving healthcare environment. The Company provides unparalleled access to the most comprehensive network of quality healthcare professionals through its innovative recruitment strategies and breadth of career opportunities. Clients include acute-care hospitals, community health centers and clinics, physician practice groups, retail and urgent care centers, home health facilities, and many other healthcare settings. AMN Healthcare disseminates news and information about the Company through its website, which can be found at www.amnhealthcare.com.

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