Building on What Works in Minnesota: New Knowledge. New Partners. Better Solutions.

9:30 a.m. Check-In, Continental Breakfast, and What Works in Minnesota Poster Viewing

10:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:15 Narayana Kocherlakota, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

10:25 Status Report: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2013 Commission to Build a Healthier America Recommendations and

Implications for Minnesota

Elaine Arkin, Manager, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America

11:00 Morning Plenary Session

Case Studies of Collaborations in Minnesota

Clarence Jones, Community Outreach Director, Southside Community Health Services/ Q Health Connections (Clipper Clinic)
Jane Patrick, Early Childhood Dental Network Coordinator, West Central Initiative (Early Childhood Dental Network)
Marna Canterbury, Director of Community Health, Lakeview Foundation (PowerUp)
Moderator: Don Hickman, Vice President for Community and Economic Development, Initiative Foundation

12:00 p.m. Networking Lunch

Recognition of What Works in Minnesota Projects

Stacey Millett, Senior Program Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation

Poster Viewing and Discussion with Poster Project Representatives

1:10 Afternoon Plenary Sessions

Partnering with Community Development

David Erickson, Director, Center for Community Development Investments, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Yael Lehmann, Executive Director, The Food Trust
Pam Kramer, Executive Director, Duluth Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Moderator: Ela Rausch, Community Development Project Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

2:15 Break

2:25 Effective Community Engagement

Joselyn Cousins; Regional Manager of Community Development for Arizona, Nevada, and Utah; Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Las Vegas Healthy Communities Initiative)
Mary Keefe, Executive Director, Hope Community, Inc. (Growing Healthy Food and Strong Community)
Adam Ferrari, Architect, Design Rochester (Creating Safe Places to Play for Oak Terrace Mobile Home Park)
Moderator: Andriana Abariotes, Executive Director, Twin Cities LISC

3:30 Building the Evidence Base

Returning to Our Communities: Next Steps for Building on What Works (Participant dialogue)

4:00 Adjournment

St. Paul, Minnesota | 11/01/2013