Going for Hope: Strategies That Make It Possible to Persevere

Hovey, Ann: - Ann Hovey is an author, speaker, facilitator, coach, and mother. Personally and professionally, she has learned how deeply adversity can push people. Her daughter's healthcare journey demanded that she embrace an undesired but critical role as a relentless advocate. The skills Ann gained through facilitating both process improvement and problem-solving teams enabled her to achieve optimal results for her child's health and well-being. In her desire to help others, she has created and delivered presentations to medical personnel on how to partner successfully with their patients' caregivers. In all areas of life, Ann firmly believes in the power of teams to achieve exceptional outcomes when individual perspectives are respected and everyone pulls in the same direction.