CHCF Alumni Network fall Meeting
The Future is Now
Past Event | Long Beach
Meeting Highlights:
Health care innovations
Access to mental health services
Hot topics (climate change, gun violence, reproductive rights)
Cohort 20 CHIP plenary and graduation
Day 1: Thursday, September 15
11:00am-11:15am: Welcome!
Alumni Board President: Sarita Mohanty, Cohort 8, President and CEO, The SCAN Foundation
11:15am-11:45am: Opening Keynote
Kelly Pfeifer, Cohort 7, Health Care and Consulting Services
CHCF alumni have the opportunity and drive to make significant strides towards better health, access to care, human rights, environment, and more, but it's not always a straightforward path! This keynote is a reminder of how to apply your leadership skills and knowledge to make decisions that align with your passions.
12:30pm-2:00pm: Mental Health Panel
Access to mental services is a major challenge in health care. This panel will share different approaches to addressing access to mental health services, including discussing provider shortage, mental health for youth, and peer providers. Panelists will share their personal motivations for working in this area and how policy changes can positively impact on how care is delivered.
Mariana Torres, C17 (moderator)
Senior Program Officer-Integration, California Health Care Foundation
Elizabeth Morrison, C11
CEO & Principal, EM Consulting
2:30pm-5:30pm: Cohort 20 CHIP & Leadership Journey Plenary
Gain insights from Cohort 20 CHIP and leadership journeys to take back to your organization.
5:30pm-6:30pm: Interest Group Meetings
Through facilitated group discussions, alumni can process the day's content and identify how to implement new learning into their organizations.
6:30pm-10:00pm: Cohort 20 Graduation Celebration
Day 2: Friday, SEPTEMBER 16
9:00am-10:30am: CHIPs that Scaled
A panel of alumni will share their work, vision, and leadership journey that made their CHIPs successfully scale beyond the original concept.
Andy Lee, C15 (moderator), Medical Director, LAC+USC Medical Center
Laura Miller, C12
Medical Consultant, CA Department of Health Care Services
Melissa Marshall, C12
CEO, CommuniCare Health Centers
Peter Currie, C12
Senior Director of Behavioral Health, Alameda Alliance for Health
Martha Ryan, C6
Founder & Executive Director, Homeless Prenatal Program
11:00am-12:30pm: Hot Topics - climate change, gun violence & reproductive rights
There's no question that these topics impact health care. Panelists will share reflections on the topics as a social justice and equity issue in health care, their personal motivations for working in these areas, and what alumni can do to advocate for issues they care about.
1:30pm-2:15pm: Closing Keynote
Rohan Radhakrishna, Cohort 15, Deputy Director, Office of Health Equity, California Department of Public Health
Close out the alumni meeting energized around what health care leaders can do now to make tomorrow better.
2:15pm-2:30pm: Closing Remarks
Alumni Board President: Sarita Mohanty, Cohort 8, President and CEO, The SCAN Foundation
