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What if the experience you think doesn’t count is exactly what a new employer needs—and you just need a creative way of explaining it? Kenya Boswell, Senior Vice President of Community Affairs at Highmark Health and President of the Highmark Foundation, has moved from nonprofit work into utilities, financial services, and health care.
In this episode of That’s a Good Question, where we bring a listener’s question to an expert, Kenya joins host Lisa Bennett to discuss a listener’s effort to move from for-profit work into nonprofits after being told she’s overqualified. They explore how to find fresh ways to identify transferable skills and explain the value you bring when changing fields.
Lisa Bennett
Lisa Bennett is the host of the Women Amplified podcast and Editorial Director for the Conferences for Women. An award-winning journalist and longtime communications director for mission-driven organizations, she is also the editor of Women Amplified and co-author of Ecoliterate with emotional intelligence pioneer Daniel Goleman.
Bola Sokunbi
Kenya T. Boswell is the Senior Vice President of Community Affairs for Highmark Health and President of the Highmark Foundation. Highmark Health, based in Pittsburgh, PA, is a blended health organization that includes one of America’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers and a growing regional hospital and physician network. The Highmark Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the health and resilience of communities served by Highmark, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.
Ms. Boswell has more than 20 years of leading community affairs, philanthropic and nonprofit management. She oversees community affairs for Highmark Health’s markets across Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, and New York. Previously, she served as Director of Global Impact Citizenship at BNY Mellon and President of the BNY Mellon Foundation of Southwestern PA. Ms. Boswell has been named a Woman of Influence and one of the 20 people to know in Healthcare by the Pittsburgh Business Times. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum Pittsburgh.
