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Sharon Buursma, '90
Executive Vice President of Spectrum Health, Sharon Buursma, ’90
graduated from Seidman Graduate School of Business after first earning
her B.S. in nursing from Michigan State University in 1965. She
started her career at Spectrum Health in 1996 as the care management
officer while also serving as President and CEO of the Visiting Nurse
Association of Western Michigan.
Buursma has served on the
Board of Directors for the Visiting Nurses Association of America and
the Michigan Home Health Association. Her guidance has also been
present in organizations such as Untied Way, Grand Rapids
Opportunities for Women, and Women’s Coalition for Legislative Action.
She currently serves of the Board of Trustees for Davenport College
and the Grand Valley University Foundation, the Advisory Boards for
Kirkhof School of Nursing and the Master’s in Management Program at
Aquinas College, as well as Co-Chairperson of the Fundraising
Committee for Gilda’s Club.
During her career, Buursma has
been honored with such awards as the Hugo Lupinski Public Health
Services Award, Outstanding Women in Health Care from the Michigan
Woman’s Foundation, and the YWCA Women of Achievement Gallery
Award.
Buursma currently resides in Grand Rapids.
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