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Megan Mahncke

SCL Health Foundation
Broomfield, CO

Why is a 40 under 40 winner

  1. Within an 18-month timeframe, she successfully led a $30 million campaign for History Colorado, an organization that had no previous campaign history or major gift program.
  2. She played a key role in cultivating, soliciting and stewarding a $42 million gift for the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation; the largest single commitment ever made to an SCL Health hospital.
  3. Megan created and implemented an integrated marketing and communications plan for SCL Health’s three hospitals in the Denver area, which is SCL Health’s most populous operating region.
  4. She serves on the Board of Directors of Colorado Succeeds, a non-profit organization focused on improving education in the state.

Q & A

  1. How did you get into health care philanthropy?
    I was recruited into health care philanthropy by a hospital CEO that was building a replacement hospital for a long standing hospital. It was an incredible crash course in hospital and healthcare operations, as I learned it literally from the ground up as we built a new hospital. This education on operations set me up to better understand hospital operations and leadership within in healthcare. This education allowed me to have success in my role as CDO of the health system.

     

  2. Why did you choose to make health care philanthropy your career?

    After working in higher education, arts and culture, I was drawn the immediate and dramatic impact that philanthropy plays in taking care of patients and their families. It is truly life changing and the opportunity to be a part of that is incredible.

  3. What has been the #1 factor in your career success so far?

    I don’t think there is one factor, it is the culmination of working hard, finding mentors and learning what do and what not do from each role I have been in during my career so far. In my current role, it is my team that has come together to truly raise the bar of philanthropy across SCL Health.

  4. What is your greatest passion and why?

    My greatest passion is working and supporting super smart people that want to make an impact! I am never more fulfilled than when my team is rising to meet a challenge and succeeds. It is a privilege to get to a certain point in your career where you can work to support, promote and let other shines with their talents.

  5. What are your future aspirations?

    6. Philanthropy is unique and ever changing and so my aspirations are to work with the trends, continue to support my team and the hospitals we serve but mostly it is to never forget that relationships are the true power behind what we do internally and externally.

Megan Mahncke

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