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Q & A: SUE REIMBOLD, MA, CAE
I bring to each role my strong curiosity about what we can do to grow the organization, then engage the staff and committees in pursuing innovation that can drive growth.
What was your career and life like before working with ISAKOS?
I began my career in hospitals and health systems, starting in public relations at an 800-bed teaching hospital that boasted the busiest Level I trauma center in the U.S. Midwest. Throughout 30 years of leading marketing for US health systems and medical societies in the Chicago and Indianapolis markets, my husband, Joe, and I kept busy raising four children who are now all grown.
Where were you before moving to ISAKOS in California?
Before moving to ISAKOS, I enjoyed five years serving as an executive with the American College of Chest Physicians in Glenview, Illinois, just north of O’Hare International Airport. We lived in Lake County, and spent our weekends boating on the Chain of Lakes.
What gets you out of bed in the morning?
In my role with ISAKOS, I get out of bed every morning looking forward to heading into the new full-time ISAKOS Office, where I get to lead a dedicated and experienced staff in pursuing opportunities to advance ISAKOS’ mission and programs. They are a great team!
What are your biggest professional challenges?
Since joining ISAKOS, I am focused on connecting with a broader network of medical society executives, particularly at orthopaedic sports medicine associations around the world, as this is a new peer group for me and we can learn so much from each other.
Q&A with
Sue Reimbold, MA, CAE
What’s the most interesting thing about you that we wouldn’t learn from your resume alone?
If I didn’t follow the career path that led me here to ISAKOS, I would have liked to be a meteorologist, studying weather. Now that I’m in California, the weather is pretty consistent every day, but where I grew up the weather could change as often as every few hours. Snowstorms, thunderstorms, and tornadoes were a common occurrence.
What’s your management philosophy?
I had a CEO tell me early in my career that “if you’re not growing, your dying.” That’s something that has stuck with me over the years, so I bring to each role my strong curiosity about what we can do to grow the organization, then engage the staff and committees in pursuing innovation that can drive growth.
What’s your superpower, or what’s your spirit animal?
Now if I could fly – and hover above the clouds to study weather, that would be something, so I guess my spirit animal would be a weather balloon! Lacking that superpower, however, I’d say my ability to bring structure and organization to chaos is my superpower.
When you’re having a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better?
I go home and do yoga, to clear my head and get centered, which really helps put things in perspective. Typically, when I do yoga in the evening, I never have two bad days in a row.
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