2025 Appalachian Health Leadership Forum

Thank you for attending the 2025 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 16, 2025. Evaluations will close after that date and the CE certificate will be sent by email after May 30, 2025.

 

Overall Conference Evaluation

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM 

Session 1 Title: Turning Toward Each Other to Build a Thriving West Virginia

Presenter: Becky Payne, MPH, President and CEO, The Rippel Foundation

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11:15 AM – 12:00 PM 

Session 2 Title:  Local Solutions to BRIDGE Physical Activity and Social Connectedness with Economic Development 

Presenters: 

  • Don Burton, Bridgeport City Councilman 
  • Droo Callahan, General Manager Bridge Sports Complex  
  • Andy Lang, Bridgeport Mayor  

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1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Session 3 Title: Multi-Solving in Wild, Wonderful & Healthy Logan: Expanding Food Access & Skill-Building for Individuals in Recovery 

Presenters: 

  • Chad Akers, President, Hungry Lambs Food Initiative  
  • Michelle Akers, MA, Executive Director, Southwestern Day Report Center 
  • Kristin Dial, RN, MS, CEO, Logan Healthcare Foundation 

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2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Session 4 Title: Integrating Community Health Improvement and Community Development  

Presenter:

  • Todd Dorcas, Community Economic Development Program Officer, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation 
  • Teri Harlan, Administrator, Fayette County Health Department
  • Ray Harrell, Jr., Esq., General Counsel & Chief External Affairs Officer, Boone Memorial Hospital 

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4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Session 5 Title: Addressing Vacant, Abandoned, and Dilapidated Properties and the Impact on Recruiting and Retaining Workforce

Presenters: 

  • Zane Hornbeck-Buseman, Program Officer, West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation 
  • Mark Sarver, Ph.D., MBA, Mayor of Glenville, Professor of Business at Glenville State University 

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Friday, May 2, 2025

9:15am – 10:30am

Session 6 Title: Fear-less Leadership: Psychological Safety and the High-Performance Organization

Presenter: Erik L. Carlton, DrPH, MS, CPH, FACHE, Senior Associate Dean & Interim Co-Dean, Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Leadership, WVU School of Public Health 

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11:00am – 12:00pm

Session 7 Title: Welcome Aboard! Orienting Board Members So They Don’t Jump Ship

Presenter: Jenna Misiti, Esq., MHA, CHC, Attorney Owner of Appalachian Healthcare Legal Consulting 

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1:00pm – 2:00pm

Session 8 Title: Bylaw Essentials

Presenter: Brock Malcolm, JD, Partner, Bowles Rice

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2:00pm- 3:00pm

Session 9 Title: Interactive Governance Clinic  

Presenters:  Governance Presenters: 

  • Erik L. Carlton, DrPH, MS, CPH, FACHE, Senior Associate Dean & Interim Co-Dean, Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Leadership, WVU School of Public Health 
  • Brock Malcolm, JD, Partner, Bowles Rice 
  • Jenna Walker Misiti, Esq., MHA, CHC, Appalachian Healthcare Legal Consulting

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