2025 State of Healthcare Workforce Forum
Schedule
Tue Aug 26 2025 at 08:30 am to 11:30 am
UTC-05:00Location
Austin PBS | Austin, TX

About this Event
Supported By
St. David's Foundation
Parking Info
Please do not navigate to Austin PBS' street address. When using Google Maps, Apple Maps or Waze, simply enter "Austin PBS" and you will be navigated to the public entrance. If using rideshare, navigate to 906 Clayton Lane.
Free street parking is available around the building and in the surface lot across the street. Free covered parking is available in the Austin Community College Highland South Parking Garage (Entry #5 on Clayton Lane).
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About this event
Join Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, and St. David’s Foundation for the inaugural State of Healthcare Workforce Forum, an event highlighting the impacts of the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership.
Together, we will feature the collective progress and innovation of the partnership, founded in 2018 under the leadership of Baylor Scott & White Health, Ascension Seton and St. David’s HealthCare to sustain and grow the Central Texas healthcare workforce while expanding pathways to economic mobility for local residents.
We welcome healthcare employers and education and training providers as well as leaders in business, K-12 education, higher education, workforce development, philanthropy and elected officials to attend.
Special guest speakers include:
- Workforce Solutions Capital Area CEO, Tamara Atkinson
- Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area CEO, Paul Fletcher
- Baylor Scott & White Health President - Hill Country Region, Tim Ols
- Ascension Seton CEO, Jamie Youssef
- St. David’s HealthCare Assistant Vice President of Academic Partnerships - HCA Central West Texas, Beth Vaughn
- Workforce Solutions Capital Area Director of Healthcare Partnerships, Ashley King
- St. David’s Foundation President and CEO, Dr. Edward Burger
- And more to be announced!
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM
Registration, breakfast bites and coffee
🕑: 09:00 AM
Welcome & opening remarks
🕑: 09:20 AM
Keynote address to be announced
🕑: 09:40 AM
Panel discussion: Leadership from Ascension Seton, Baylor Scott & White Health
🕑: 10:00 AM
Nursing graduate update
🕑: 10:15 AM
St. David’s Foundation remarks
🕑: 10:25 AM
K–12 Healthcare Academy highlight
🕑: 10:45 AM
Apprenticeship backgrounder and panel introduction
🕑: 11:05 AM
Apprenticeship panel discussion: Austin Regional Clinic, Community Care, Ascen
🕑: 11:25 AM
Closing remarks
🕑: 11:30 AM
Event conclusion; Optional ACC simulation lab tours to follow
Where is it happening?
Austin PBS, 6101 Highland Campus Drive, Austin, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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