Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals

Building a Regional "Safety Net" Healthcare System As the Corporate Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications for Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation (SIHF) System, Ms. Sauget coordinated the competitive positioning and corporate strategy for the foundation to unite its three organizations into one overall organization with a conceptual theme of "One team, operating with one mission, speaking with one voice, and it all starts with you! Come join our team and journey into the future of healthcare with us! Together we can continue to make a difference!" The combined SIHF System ranks as the 9th largest employer in the Metro East with more than 1,500 employees and 300 participating physicians. The SIHF System is comprised of two hospitals, Kenneth Hall Regional and Touchette Regional Hospitals, and thirty federally qualified health centers. Ms. Sauget is instrumental in successfully developing and implementing a strategic marketing and communications plan for the SIHF System, including corporate strategy development, financial funding, media relations, community activities, internal/external communications, contract negotiations, brand/reputation management, executive leadership training, marketing strategies, public relations, speech writing, interactive/Web design/graphics/multi-media, marketing research (questionnaire design, competitive intelligence activities, executive interviewing, focus groups, and market research analysis), crisis management, litigation support, public opinion evaluation, and public affairs/government/agency outreach. Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation System serves a crucial mission of providing healthcare to all residents regardless of the patient's ability to pay. It is this commitment of providing healthcare to the underserved, underinsured, and other vulnerable populations that is the driving force of developing a regional healthcare "safety net" system for the future. Ms. Sauget is currently engaged in the strategic and financial planning process in building a new $150M hospital located along I-255 in Centreville, IL.