Aurora Health Care’s Schairer Honored by WFF, Sysco

Lisa Schairer, vice president of food and nutrition services and environmental services for Aurora Health Care, was honored with the 2014 Sewell Scholarship from the Women’s Foodservice Forum and Sysco.

"This is a tremendous honor for Lisa and presents a wonderful opportunity for her to further develop leadership skills that have already made an impact within Aurora Health Care," said Amy Rislov, senior vice president, human resources at Aurora Health Care, which offers services at sites in more than 90 communities throughout eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. "Lisa is very passionate about her job and is committed to enhancing the patient experience throughout the Aurora system, which includes directing a high quality and innovative food service. "

Sponsored by Sysco, the Sewell Scholarship award is named in honor of Phyllis Shapiro Sewell, a former Sysco board member and champion of women's rights in the workplace. As a supporter of high-level leadership development programs, Sysco annually provides funds to an emerging female executive to attend the WFF Executive Leadership Program in partnership with Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

"We are proud to recognize Lisa Schairer for her career accomplishments and to support her continued development as a leader in the foodservice industry through the Phyllis Sewell Scholarship," said Bill DeLaney, president and CEO of Sysco.

Schairer's leadership experience and willingness to seek out opportunities for career growth make her an ideal candidate for WFF's Executive Leadership Program. Schairer has been successful at Aurora Health Care by building a cohesive team that reduces cost and increases efficiency while maintaining excellent relationships with multi-disciplinary departments. She continually demonstrates innovative Thinking and pushes the boundaries of her organization to obtain positive outcomes.

"WFF 's Leadership Program is the recognized executive leadership development program for the foodservice sector, " said Anna Mason, general manager of WFF. "We want to develop a pipeline of executive leaders who will be the new faces of leadership."