The ABCs of Career Success
What’s the most coveted skill for working professionals? It’s certainly debatable, but Sheila Hogan believes writing is the key to communication. She has built her career on that principle.
Hogan, 49, is the new vice president of institutional advancement and executive director of the Foundation of Special Care Inc. in New Britain.
“I think if you cut your teeth in journalism, if you know how to write, you can go in any direction that you want,” Hogan said. “Writing skills have been critical in my career.”
The Watertown resident graduated from the University of Bridgeport with a degree in journalism and started out on broadcast radio delivering news. After her children were born, Hogan found the hours didn’t fit her lifestyle and she became a features editor at the Litchfield County Times.
She later made a segue into public relations at Waterbury Hospital.
“Part of my decision revolved around family, and I was looking for a career to use my writing skills with regular hours,” Hogan said. “It’s a way to parley writing and media skills inside an institution.
Hogan also spent time at Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1991 to 1994 and the University of Kentucky Medical Center for three years before returning to Connecticut and Waterbury Hospital in 2003.
Hogan received her master’s degree in health care administration from Western Connecticut State University in 1997 in an attempt to understand the technical aspects of where she was working.
“It provided me with a bird’s eye view on how hospitals are run and the economic forces behind it,” she said. She spent five years in marketing and communications during her second stint at Waterbury Hospital and found herself immersed in the task of fund raising, which became her new focus until 2007.
Now at the Foundation of Special Care Inc., Hogan can focus on spreading the word about the hospital and its mission.
The 228-bed facility attempts to restore quality of life for patients dealing with brain injuries, stroke, muscular dystrophy, ALS and other complex medical conditions.
“The staff here has wowed me,” she said.
Emily Boisvert is a Hartford Business Journal staff writer.
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