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| SESSSION TITLE | Presenter(s) |
| Journey to P-HUB | Heidi Arthur, Principal, Health Management Associates Ngozi N. Moses, MSc, Executive Director, Brooklyn Perinatal Network Inc. |
| Engaging Local Government to Improve Community Health | Vincent Wong, Director of Community Services, City of Gastonia Donyel Barber, Community Centered Health Coordinator , Gaston Family Health Services |
| Practical Steps to Engage & Equip Communities to Better Address the Opioid Crisis | Bill Barberg, President and Founder InsightFormation, Inc. |
| Building a School-to-Workforce Pipeline for Community Health Workers in Bexar County, Texas | Caroline D. Bergeron, DrPH, Director of Research and Evaluation, Bexar County Community Health Collaborative Elizabeth Lutz, MBA, Executive Director, Bexar County Community Health Collaborative |
| Sharing tools for operationalizing racial equity into organizational and community level work | Megan Bolejack, Collaborative Learning Specialist, Care Share and Community Food Strategies Abbey Piner, Program Director, Community Food Strategies, Center for Environmental Farming Systems |
| Addressing the Social Determinants of Equity- Pathways Community HUB and Community Action | Aimee Budnik, PhD, RD/N, LD, Pathways HUB Director, Community Action Akron Summit Vernora McCants, CCHW, HUB Referral Coordinator, Community Action Akron Summit |
| Hospitals, Community Benefit and the Coalition Connection | Laura Fitzpatrick, Advocacy & Community Health Improvement Manager, The Health Project |
| Resilience Zone: A Place-Based Population Health Strategy | Jeff Fortenbacher, CEO and Executive Director, Access Health Vondie Woodbury, President, The Woodbury Group |
| Health Equity from Where You Sit | Claudine Fox, Program Manager, Health Equity Solutions |
| Making Change Happen: Addressing Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality | Lora Gulley, Director of Mobilization and Advocacy, Generate Health Marisha Frazier, MPH, CPH, Epidemiologist and FIMR Coordinator Generate Health STL |
| Hospital System Partnerships: Starting with the Community | Janina Morrison, Director of Clinical and Preventive Services, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Camilla Comer-Carruthers, Manager of Community Health Education, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| Health System Transformation and Collective Impact: Lessons from the Field | Glenn Landers, Director, Health Systems, Georgia Health Policy Center |
| Pre-Conference Session: The Power of Research Community Care Coordination and Pay for Value | Karen Minyard, PhD, Director Georgia Health Policy Center, Research professor with the Department of Public Management and Policy. Co-founder and administrative steward of CJA; Brad Lucas, MD, Medical Director Centene Ohio; Carly Salamone, MPH, Assistant Director Toledo Pathways HUB; Alisha Fehrenbacher, CEO, Pierce County ACH; Clare Tanner, PhD, Program Director Michigan Public Health Institute; Dr. John Hoornbeek, Dr. Lynn Falletta, Dr. Kevin Barnett, Annette Pope, Sarah Redding, M.D., Ngozi Moses, Heidi Arthur, Jenelle Hoseus, Bill Rencher, J.D. |
| Use of an Opioid Systems Map for Cross-Sector Engagement to Respond to a Shared Public Health Crisis | Brigitte Manteuffel, Senior Research Associate, Georgia Health Policy Center Leigh Alderman, Senior Research Associate, Georgia Health Policy Center |
| The Community-Centered Health Home Model: Bridging Health Care and Community Health | Leslie Mikkelsen, Managing Director, Prevention Institute Eric Baumgartner, Principal, Baumgartner Health, LLC |
| Enhancing the role of the Community Health Worker | Reyneth Reyes Morales, Program HUB Manager, Pierce County ACH |
| Northern Michigan Community Health Innovation Region: Increasing Equity and Improving Population Health Through Cross-Sector Engagement | Lisa Peacock , MSN, WHNP-BC, Health Officer, Health Department of Northwest Michigan and Benzie Leelanau District Health Department Jenifer Murray, MPH, BSN, RN, Manager–Clinical Community Linkages, Northern Michigan Community Health Innovation Region |
| Pre-Conference Session: Policy Engagement: Opportunities and Limitations | Leigh Alderman, JD., MPH, Senior Research Associate, Georgia Health Policy Center Bill Rencher, JD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Senior Research Associate, Georgia Health Policy Center |
| Calculating Equity in Hospital CHNA | Carrie Rheingans, MPH, MSW, WHI Project Manager, Center for Health & Research Transformation (CHRT) |
| How are leaders, partners, and residents working together to improve community health in the Columbia Gorge Region, OR/WA – and across the U.S.? | Olivia Little, PhD, Community Improvement Strategist, RWJF Culture of Health Prize, Univ. of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Gladys Rivera, Program Coordinator, Providence Hood River |
| Payer as Partner: A Discussion on Working with Medicaid Health Plans to Impact Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity | Teresa J. “Teri” Ingram, LCSW, Aetna Medicaid Shannon Saksewski, MSW, MBA, Aetna Medicaid |
| Plenary III | Brian D. Smedley, PhD, Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity |
| The Drivers of Health Challenges in Rural and Frontier Communities and the Innovation Strategies Employed to Address Them | Coleman Tanner, MPH, CHES John Butts, MPH |
| Collaborative community assessments for prioritization and training | Dana Thomas, Director Public Health Practice, University of Michigan Alfreda Rooks, Director Community Health Services, Michigan Medicine |
| Transforming Health Centers into Adolescent-Centered Medical Homes | Ellen Wagner, MPH, MS, Assistant Director, Adolescent Health Initiative, Michigan Medicine |
| Policy Engagement: Opportunities and Limitations | Jane Branscomb, Senior Research Associate, GHPC |
| Building A Better Bridge in Your Community | Michael O’Neill, Pathways HUB Program Manager, Cascade Pacific Action Alliance Kate Hinken, Manager of Accounts Management, Care Coordination Systems |
| Tips for building nonprofit board engagement | Gary Renville, Executive Director, Project Access Northwest |
| Financing Strategies Supporting Community-based Care Coordination Systems | Mark, Redding Rick Wilk, President, Community Health Partnerships |
| Plenary I: Breaking News, Innovations from the Field | Karen Minyard, Bridging for Health, GHPC; Kevin Barnett, DrPH, MCP, Senior Investigator, Public Health Institute; Linda Kinney, CJA Board Chair, Care Share; Allen Smart, Rural Philanthropic Analysis, Campbell University; Vincent Lafronza, President and CEO, NNPHI; Nina Burke, ReThink Health, Rippel Foundation; Clare Tanner, DASH, Michigan PHI; Jonathan Clarke, Director of Lending, Loan Fund, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Melissa Devereaux, Vice President, Purpose Built Communities; Shannon Welch, 100 Million Healthier Lives, Heluna Health |
| Plenary II: Health and Community Development | Brian Rahmer, Vice President, Health and Housing, Enterprise Community Partners; Pablo Bravo, Vice President, Community Health, Dignity Health; Moderator: Kevin Barnett, DrPH, MCP, Senior Investigator, Public Health Institute |
| Plenary IV: Washington State Innovations | Pamm Silver; Jamie Wiggins; Suzanne Pak; Cheri Coleman |
| Funding in Action: Improving Community Health through Resource Alignment and Systems Change | Jeff Natter, MPH, Executive Director, Pacific Hospital Preservation & Development Authority (PHPDA); Linda A. Marzano, RN, MHA, Senior Vice President, Value Based Care and Chief Executive, Pacific Medical Centers, Providence St. Joseph Health; Kim J. Wicklund, Director, Community Health & Benefit, Kaiser Permanente of Washington; Nichole June Maher, President and CEO, Group Health Foundation |