Montana Healthy Communities Conference: New Knowledge. New Partners. Better Solutions

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CONFERENCE DAY 1

AGENDA │ October 27, 2015

8:45 a.m. Check-In and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Morning Plenary

Welcome

Kristin Juliar, Director for Montana AHEC and Office of Rural Health, Montana State University (M.C.)

Susan Woodrow, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Helena Branch

Aaron Wernham, Chief Executive Officer, Montana Healthcare Foundation

9:15 a.m. Social Determinants of Health: How Do We Fare Nationally and in Montana?

David Erickson, Director, Center for Community Development Investments, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Ela Rausch, Senior Project Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

9:45 a.m. Keynote Address

James S. Marks, Executive Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

10:10 a.m. Community Leader Reactor Panel

Judith LaPan, Public Health Administrator, Richland County Public Health Department

Kevin Howlett, Director, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Health and Human Service Department

Kelly Lynch, Community Development Division Administrator, Montana Department of Commerce

Mike Halligan, Executive Director, Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation

Moderator: Aaron Wernham, Chief Executive Officer, Montana Healthcare Foundation

Q&A (with Keynote and Community Leader Panel)

Break

11:15 a.m. Cross-Sector Collaboration to Improve Health: Ingredients for Success

Julia Resnick, Program Manager, Association for Community Health Improvement

Yael Lehmann, Executive Director, The Food Trust

Amy Gillman, Senior Program Director, National Local Initiatives Support Corporation

David Erickson, Director, Center for Community Development Investments, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Moderator: Doug Jutte, Executive Director, Build Healthy Places Network

12:30 p.m. Networking Lunch

U.S. Senator Jon Tester (video message)

U.S. Senator Steve Daines (video message)

Call to Action

Angela McLean, Lieutenant Governor, State of Montana

1:15 p.m. Afternoon Plenary

Health Sector: Strategies and Opportunities

Heather Fink, Community Healthy Improvement Manager, Healthy By Design

Kenny Smoker, Jr., HP/DP Wellness Program Coordinator, Fort Peck Tribes

Larry Bonderud, Mayor, City of Shelby

Cindy Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Bullhook Community Health Center

Moderator: Kristin Juliar, Director for Montana AHEC and Office of Rural Health, Montana State University

Q&A and Cross-Sector Dialogue with Audience

2:30 p.m. Community Development Sector: Strategies and Opportunities

Sarah Fitzgerald, Chief Lending Officer, Montana CDC

Michael McCormick, Executive Director, Livingston Food Resource Center

Todd Wilson, Director, Crow Tribal Health Department (Supportive Housing)

Danica Jamison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Gallatin United Way

Moderator: Cathy Costakis, Senior Consultant—Built Environment for Montana AHEC and Office of Rural Health, Montana State University

Q&A and Cross-Sector Dialogue with Audience

Break

3:55 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: Better Solutions

Facilitator: Denis Prager, Principal, Strategic Consulting Services

Conference participants will reflect on the day and discuss possible next steps for taking action locally. Proposed ideas might include: developing an action framework, starting a new project or collaborative, devising a strategy to scale up and replicate what works, identifying success measures that can be tracked over time, or other opportunities! National speakers will reflect on highlights from the day to kick off the discussion. (Please refer to your conference folder for a discussion guide.)

5:30 p.m. Adjournment and Networking Reception

Please join us for appetizers and a cash bar in the main ballroom.

7:00 p.m. Dinner on Your Own

CONFERENCE DAY 2

AGENDA │ October 28, 2015

This three-hour workshop will provide an opportunity to further develop action steps and plans for improving the health of Montana’s communities based on the ideas that were generated at the conference.

8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Welcome

Session Overview and Summary from Day 1

Denis Prager, Principal, Strategic Consulting Services

9:10 a.m. Idea Pitch

Participants will have an opportunity to pitch additional ideas for Montana healthy communities projects

9:30 a.m. Metrics for Healthy Communities Logic Models

A resource to facilitate the planning and implementation of cross-sector projects to improve community health

Ela Rausch, Senior Project Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

9:40 a.m. Small Group Discussion, Part I

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Small Group Discussion, Part II

All participants will self-select to table groups organized around ideas pitched, topics identified by registrants, and topics that emerged from day-one discussions

11:15 a.m. Support for Montana Healthy Communities Going Forward

Resources, education, and future convenings

Kristin Juliar, Director for Montana AHEC and Office of Rural Health, Montana State University

Ela Rausch, Senior Project Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

11:30 a.m. Report Out on Next Steps

Discussion Leaders

11:55 a.m. Closing and Adjournment

Denis Prager, Principal, Strategic Consulting Services

Montana Healthy Communities Conference: New Knowledge. New Partners. Better Solutions

Helena, Montana | 10/27/2015

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