From the Community: Why this Nominee Stands Out

“Kelly is always thinking of ways to level up the emerging talent at Centene. She leads the overall communication strategy for the Emerging Talent team. With this responsibility, she has managed multiple communication channels and audiences. One of the improvements for 2025 is incorporating office hours for the interns before they start. It's another way to connect with the interns and offer a causal, 1:1 setting for them to ask any on-boarding questions. Last year we offered office hours for the hiring leaders, and it was a great way to answer last minute questions in a virtual setting. This lead to very few questions for the hiring leaders once the interns started, and we believe the same support will provide a seamless Day 1 for interns as well. Kelly also provides oversight for the intern summit, where interns travel to the HQ for 2.5 days of learning, connecting and engagement in-person; this year will be the second annual event, and she has made several improvements based on focus groups and survey feedback. Some examples include, aligning to the company's mission and industry by offering healthy meal options and incorporating an exercise class as part of the agenda. Kelly also recognized that it is a huge operational lift for 80% of the intern class to travel to a new location, so she created a toolkit online for the interns to access. Many documents were printed last year, and we are striving for a greener, paperless experience this summit. She is also working through a potential partnership with an external vendor to help execute the event management and notification system (which is still under way).”