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Local Executive Helps Underprivileged Children

Originally Published in City Lifestyle By Linda F. Jarrett Donn Sorensen wants to make sure that children born into poverty have the same chances in life as do their more affluent classmates. As executive vice president for Mercy, Donn's role as chair of Care to Learn—Greater St. Louis Region…
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Business Leader Donn Sorensen Says Structure is Crucial, Even While Working From Home

Published in St. Louis County News | April, 29, 2020 Many organizations have had to adapt quickly to still provide effective services and be of value to the community while numerous key personnel are working remotely. Balancing home and personal life with work life offers a unique set of challenges…
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Big-Hearted Leadership with Donn Sorensen: Balance

Originally published on Gazelle Magazine | April 3, 2020 by VICKI FRENCH BENNINGTON Photo by David Kilper Balancing your home and personal life with your work life can sometimes be a struggle. But yet, if you don’t work on creating and maintaining that equilibrium, something (or someone)…
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Leader in Kindness: Spotlight on Donn Sorensen

Originally published in Sophisticated Living Donn Sorensen is kind and compassionate, with an easy disposition and a tendency to laugh frequently. The business executive, author and philanthropist serves as the president of Mercy’s Eastern Missouri region. He’s tall and broad-shouldered, and once…
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On a Mission

Originally published in Town and Style By Stephanie Wallace Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in our country—and globally—accounting for approximately one in every four. And thousands more nonfatal cardiac events occur each year. Through groundbreaking medical research and community…
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“WestFlo District” proposed to help revitalize Ferguson

Originally Published by St. Louis Magazine | AUGUST 1, 2019  BY LAURA MISEREZ  On Thursday, Missouri-based nonprofit Health & Homes STL announced its plan to help reshape and revitalize Ferguson. The proposal, which comes five years after the shooting death of Michael Brown, details…
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Sorensen, VP of Mercy, To Speak At G.U. Commencement

Originally published by Greenville University by Rachel Heston-Davis Greenville University will welcome Donn Sorensen, executive vice president of operations with Mercy health system, to speak at the University’s 2019 Commencement ceremonies on May 11. Sorensen began his career with Mercy…
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Polar Opposites? Author, Donn Sorensen Changed My Life and He Could Change Yours

Originally published by 7th & Lotus By Derrius Edwards   With decades of experience in one of America’s most influential healthcare leadership positions, Donn Sorensen has uncovered the fundamental principles required to become an effective leader, and it’s a secret that he is not keeping…
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Donn Sorensen Inducted into Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

Originally published by Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Years ago, recruiters would come calling and, in all honestly, everybody would have understood had Donn Sorensen declined. After all, his career had taken him to sunny San Diego, the complete opposite of his childhood on the snow-covered northern…
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Leadership Lesson: It Comes From The Heart

Originally published in Forbes By Shep Hyken The Mercy Health System has roots that go back more than 185 years when Catherine McAuley wanted to help poor women and children in Dublin. In 1827, she opened the House of Mercy, and a few years later, she founded the Sisters of Mercy. In 1843, the…
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Big-Hearted Leadership in a New World

Download the article from AMGA One of the most memorable tunes in the classic musical, Damn Yankees, opens with a coach telling his players, “This game of baseball is only one-half skill. The other half is something else, something bigger. You gotta have heart.” This important message from a…

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