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Posted: August 6, 2015
Professional Profile: Joanne Trask 2015
Name: Joanne Trask
Title: IS Facilities Manager
Company: Partners Healthcare
Location: 93 Worcester St., Worcester, Mass.
Place of birth: Cornville, Maine
Family: I'm the youngest of seven children, single and I have two grown children and a granddaughter
College: Was not fortunate enough to attend
First job unrelated to your current field: McDonalds while in high school
First job in current field: 1980's working for a small software company
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Affordable and quality patient healthcare
Hobbies: Singing, dancing, reading, spending time with good people
Favorite novel: "Eat Pray Love"
Favorite film: "12 Angry Men"
Keys to success: Push through the fear and do things that make you uncomfortable
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family) Mother Theresa and people who are truly altruistic
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Something to do with the brain and mind: what makes us different, what makes us the same, what happens inside us when we experience different things.
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