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2024 Appalachian Health Leadership Forum

Thank you for attending the 2024 Appalachian Health Leadership Forum!

To obtain continuing education credit for your attendance at the Forum, you must complete the session evaluation for each session you attend by May 18, 2024. Evaluations will close after that date and the CE certificate will be sent by email after May 18th.

 

Friday, April 26, 2024
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM 

Session 1 Title: Public Health and Community Development: Building Community Infrastructure, Health Equity, and Economic Prosperity  

Presenters:

  • Ashley Hernandez, MSc, Research and Product Manager, Build Healthy Places Network
  • Mario A. Guel, MJur, Senior Program Manager, Build Healthy Places Network 

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11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 

Session 2 Title:  Effective Board Decision-Making:  Not Every Decision Should be Unanimous  

Presenter:  Roger Hanshaw, J.D., Ph.D., Partner, Bowles Rice 

 

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM

Session 3 Title: Smithers & Montgomery Intergenerational Gateway Community: Melding Mobility, Health, and Economic Development

Presenters: 

  • Anne Cavalier, Ed.D., Mayor of Smithers   
  • Greg Ingram, Mayor of Montgomery          
  • Scott Keller, CEO, Dynamis Advisors
  • Kevin Barnett, DrPH, MCP, Executive Director, Center to Advance Community Health and Equity, Public Health Institute

Click here for the presentation slides from Scott Keller and Kevin Barnett.

 

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Session 4 Title: Bridging Outdoor Economic Development and Access to Physical Activity  

Presenter: Danny Twilley, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President- Economic, Community, & Asset Development, West Virginia University  

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3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Session 5 Title: Now that you have a community plan, how do you find funding and financing to realize your community’s vision? 

Presenters: 

  • Jason W. Smith, Ph.D., Senior Community Development Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
  • Jenny Hudson, Development Director, Williamson Health and Wellness Center 

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7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Session 6: Keynote Presentation: Relational Leadership and Media: Using our rural stories of SELF, US and Now for Advocacy 

Presenter: Benjamin Gilmer, MD, MS, Author and Associate Professor, UNC School of Medicine, and Director of MAHEC Rural Health Initiative 

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Saturday, April 27, 2024

9:00am – 10:30am

Session 7 Title: Governing Boards and the Efficiency Trap 

Presenter: Cathy A. Trower, Ph.D. President, Trower & Trower, Inc.

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11:00am – 12:00pm

Session 8 Title: The Evolving Healthcare Landscape: Strategies for Rural Health Leadership 

Presenter:  Robert Coffield, JD, Attorney, Nelson Mullins Law Firm 

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12:30pm – 1:30pm

Session 9 Title: Managing Risk: Best Practices for Healthcare Boards 

Presenter:  Jenna Walker Misiti, Esq., MHA, CHC, Appalachian Healthcare Legal Consulting

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1:45pm- 2:45pm

Session 10 Title: Interactive Governance Clinic  

Presenters:  Governance Presenters: 

  • Robert Coffield, JD, Attorney, Nelson Mullins Law Firm 
  • Jenna Walker Misiti, Esq., MHA, CHC, Appalachian Healthcare Legal Consulting

 

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