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Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and GPCC President and CEO Todd Sanders; invite you to join them as a participant in a powerful delegation of business and community leaders who will spend three days and two nights learning from Houston, the nation's fourth largest city and home to the world's largest medical center.

Joining our delegation places you alongside Phoenix Forward Health Care Leadership Council co-chairs Dr. Stuart Flynn and Linda Hunt to discuss collaboration with innovative Houston leaders. This can't miss opportunity provides a unique ability to study one of America's other great cities and adapt its best practices to meet the growing needs of our region and state.

This important mission includes (but is not limited to):
• Texas Medical Center – The world's largest medical complex. Learn how TMC is pioneering patient care, research, education and prevention all while addressing talent, wellness, leveraging public policy and furthering innovation.
• One-of-a-Kind Education Collaboration – The first school of its kind in the nation. Hear from DeBakey High School for Health Professions in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine.
• Explore – The MITIE Center at Houston Methodist Research Institute. Learn how this state-of-the-art education and research center helps providers acquire new procedural skills and integrate new technologies into their practices.
• Tour – Discovery Green. Learn how a park became a catalyst for economic development and transformed a community.

GPCC will host an annual benchmarking trip each year. This is an exclusive opportunity to meet with innovative leaders, study one of America's other great cities and adapt its best practices with a focus on lessons learned and collaboration opportunities to further advance the Greater Phoenix region's competitive edge and meet the growing needs of our region and state.