{"id":302,"date":"2017-01-26T20:28:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T01:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=302"},"modified":"2017-02-23T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T17:21:21","slug":"inspire-twiggy-eure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Twiggy Eure"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Drive for Diversity<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By Kathryn Walsh | Photography by Mary Grace Johnson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Twiggy Eure is used to people asking about her name.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s usually a point of conversation,\u201d she laughed. For the record, her mom was a model in the late \u201960s and early \u201970s and liked the name of fellow model, Twiggy.<\/p>\n

Lucky for anyone who wants to talk, Twiggy is readily available. Since starting her job as diversity, equity and inclusion recruitment\/ retention coordinator for Crouse Health in September, Twiggy has established an open-door policy for her office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think you can serve as a great influential diversity and inclusion leader in your organization if you\u2019re not seen,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the walk to her office is the highlight of her day. Seeing patients and their families in the hallways reminds Twiggy of Crouse\u2019s mission to give every patient the best care possible. Meeting that goal has everything to do with diversity, she believes.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur culture, our employees, our people have got to be the best \u2014 not just from an educational and certification background, but from a cultural sensitivity perspective,\u201d she said. \u201cSo no matter what you look like, when you hit that front door, you know you\u2019re going to receive great care.\u201d<\/p>\n

The HR staff is planning a full slate of events for 2017 designed to represent all populations in Crouse\u2019s system, including veterans and the LGBTQ community, Twiggy said.<\/p>\n

In her role \u2014 a new position at Crouse \u2014 she does a lot of staff recruiting and works with both the human resources team and the organization\u2019s diversity committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ensuring we\u2019re hiring the best and the brightest talent that\u2019s out there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Coordinator is a natural follow-up to her last job, recruiting teachers for the Syracuse City School District. Twiggy wasn\u2019t looking to change jobs; but when a member of Crouse\u2019s diversity committee called to talk about a new possibility, she decided to interview. She\u2019s glad she did.<\/p>\n

\u201cI immediately fell in love with the vision here,\u201d she said. \u201c[CEO] Kimberly Boynton is absolutely incredible. First of all, she\u2019s a woman. She is young. To hear her talk about her passion for diversity and inclusion really does something to me every time. I feel like we can put capes on and just fly through the building. She brings that out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Twiggy\u2019s still getting her footing, she\u2019s already started to feel at home. For that, she credits Kimberly\u2019s vision and values, which line up with her own. Twiggy has always been drawn to strong leaders, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach position I\u2019ve ever had, it\u2019s been because of the visionary,\u201d she said, \u201cthe person at the top who communicated their vision to me and said, \u2018I need you to join my team.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

She cites working on the DestinyUSA project as a community liaison as a career highlight. She was so motivated by the entrepreneurial energy of Bob Congel\u2019s executive team that in 2006, she started her own firm, Virtuous Consulting, which she still runs.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not a lot of time for her side business, though, with four children between the ages of 13 and 27, and a grandchild on the way. Together with her husband Erik, she pastors at the church they own in East Syracuse, The Promise Land.<\/p>\n

Twiggy\u2019s faith drives her and gives her strength to accomplish her goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sincerely believe that when we are walking in our purpose \u2014 the purpose that was designed for our lives \u2014 God graces us to do what we do,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s no magic formula. I think I\u2019ve just been graced with the wherewithal to get it all done.\u201d<\/p>\n

She thinks back to struggles, like working her way through school as a young single mother, or hearing from her husband that he felt God calling him out of his lucrative HR job and into full-time ministry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018You better ask him again! \u2019Cause right now, we\u2019re doing OK here, buddy!\u2019\u201d Twiggy remembered with a smile.<\/p>\n

But all in all, she believes it\u2019s all been part of a powerful masterplan. She\u2019s inspired by the thought that her life is designed to be a blessing to somebody else.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m inspired every time I know I help somebody. When another woman I\u2019m talking to about self-empowerment says \u2018I got it!\u2019 \u2014 that does something for me,\u201d Twiggy said. \u201cThat means I am fulfilling my purpose. I can be one-on-one or preaching in front of 500 women. I get the same feeling.\u201d SWM<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

To learn more about Crouse Health, visit crouse.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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