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About RENEW RENEW has found an answer to the yearning many feel for effectiveness, a sense of calm and a positive direction. A goal of our programs is to reaffirm values and tap into deep sources of energy, motivation, and talent. RENEWing is for people willing to wonder and quest, people willing to think and explore. The result? Lives, relationships, communities and organizations with increased tensile strength and resilience. RENEW’s founding president, Linda Hawes Clever, MD, MACP, internist and occupational health specialist, has a national reputation for activism and for professional and community service. Galvanized by the growing exhaustion she saw among fellow health professionals and inspired by the work of John W. Gardner, founder of Common Cause and former Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, Dr. Clever and colleagues formally launched RENEW in 2000. A project of the Institute for Health & Healing at California Pacific Medical Center, our not-for-profit organization is supported by program fees, grants and individual gifts. Our lively key-note presentations, workshops and consultations, collegial Conversation Groups©, and the Convener Development Program appeal across the career spectrum. We work with health professionals, attorneys, teachers, volunteers, and others in both the not-for-profit and private sector. RENEW offers a special program, renewal for leaders, that addresses this essential (yet often neglected) element necessary to sustain organizational and individual effectiveness. With our active Board of Directors and Panel of Advisors, RENEW continues to build a strong funding base, design new curricula, and refine evaluation systems. RENEW seeks to thrive, to inspire others, and to stimulate positive change. We intend to advance the field of renewal and to disseminate our findings. RENEW is in the forefront of a new movement to sustain the sustainers - the individuals upon whom society depends. We invite you to join us on the adventure. The Company We Keep National professional organizations such as: American College of Physicians Independent Sector American Academy of Dermatology California Medical Association Community based organizations such as: Center for Excellence in Nonprofits Marin Community Clinic Northern California Cancer Center UC Berkeley Center for Community Wellness Women's Forum West Hospitals such as: California Pacific Medical Center Massachusetts General Hospital - Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation The Permanente Medical Group St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY Foundations such as: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching David & Lucile Packard Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation San Francisco Foundation Universities and medical schools such as: Stanford University UC San Francisco University of Washington UC Davis
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