Registration and Breakfast

Welcome and Introductions

• (Moderator) Erin Waters, Publisher, GOVERNING

Our Opportunity: Generating Positive Outcomes while Driving the Economy

• Jeff Levi, Ph.D., Executive Director, Trust for America's Health and Member of the US Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health

Group Discussion

Moderator: Paul Taylor, Ph.D., Editor-at-Large, GOVERNING... more

Opening Keynote: Changing our Communities, One Leader at a Time

State, local, community based, leaders everywhere will be the driving force in changing negative health outcomes. Moderator: Paul Taylor, Ph.D., Editor-at-Large, GOVERNING... more

• Dr. Aaron Shirley, Chairman of the Board, Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, Jackson, Mississippi
• Lenny Eliason, County Commissioner, Athens, Ohio and Immediate Past President, National Association of Counties (NaCO)

Group Discussion

Moderator: Paul Taylor, Ph.D., Editor-at-Large, GOVERNING... more

Break

Health Enterprise Zones: Solving Health Disparity Issues

Maryland is the first state in the nation to address the health of its citizens by solving health disparity issues through health enterprise zones. Legislation... more

• Beth Blauer, former Director of StateStat and the Governors Delivery Unit, Office of Governor Martin OMalley, State of Maryland
• Hon. Anthony G. Brown, Lieutenant Governor, Maryland

Keynote and Discussion: How Healthy is Your Community and Why Should You Care?

• James S. Marks, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Vice President & Director, Health Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Lunch

Creating Outcomes through Model Policy, Programs, and Coalitions

Moderator: Mark Funkhouser, Ph.D., Director, Governing Institute, former mayor, Kansas City, Missouri... more

• Hon. Chris Beutler, Mayor, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Hon. Karen Freeman-Wilson, Mayor, Gary, Indiana
• Hon. Karl Dean, Mayor, City of Nashville, Tennessee

Design and Health

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• Eliza Lawson, MPH, Program Manager, Initiative for a Healthy Weight, Rhode Island Department of Health
• Jill Franken, RN, MS, Public Health Director, Sioux Falls Health Department, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Laura M. Keyes, AICP, Community Development Manager, Lifelong Communities, Atlanta Regional Commission
• Paula Vaughan, AIA, LEED Fellow, LEED Faculty, co-director, Sustainable Design Initiative, Perkins+Will, past president AIA Atlanta chapter

Closing Remarks & Wrap Up

• Paul W. Taylor, Ph.D., Editor at Large, GOVERNING
• Ursula E. Bauer, Ph.D., MPH, Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Reception and Botanical Garden Holiday Lights