Friday April 28, 2023

Creating a Culture of Health and Prosperity in Communities Throughout WV and Appalachia

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM – Pre-Forum Session: Is Your Community Ready to Conduct Community Health Improvement Planning through Wild, Wonderful and Healthy WV?                                                                                    Elaine Darling and Allison Toler, The Center for Rural Health Development       

10:00 AM Forum Opening;  Welcome and Introductions

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM – Improving Health and Well-Being in West Virginia Communities Through Sustained Investments
Jill Rosenthal, MPH; Director, Public Health Policy, Center for American Progress

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – The Role of Arts and Culture in Placemaking
Cheryl Hargrove, Hargrove International

12:20 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM – Two Towns, One Community: The Story of the Upper Kanawha Valley Strategic Initiatives Council

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM – Healthy Community Investments: A Policy Scan and Strategy Map
Colleen Flynn, Co-CEO, Build Healthy Places Network

3:45 PM – 4:45 PM – Faith as Civic Muscle for Mercy and Justice                         

Gary Gunderson, M.Div., D.Min., D.Div; Vice President, FaithHealth, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 

Theresa (TC) Cutts, PhD, School of Medicine, Public Health Science, Wake Forest University

4:45 PM – Closing Remarks and Evaluation

Annual Rural Health Awards Reception and Dinner 5:30 pm

5:30 PM – Appalachian Health Leadership Forum Opening Reception

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Annual Rural Health Leadership Award Dinner

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Keynote: 8 Attributes of a Healthy Work Culture: Strategies for Leaders – Attributes one through four.
Renee Thompson, DNP, RN, FAAN, CSP

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Intentional Governance

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM    Opening Remarks

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM – Intentional Governance: What is  It and How Do We Organize Our Board to Achieve It?
Micheal Daigneault, CEO & Founder, Quantum Governance, L3C

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM  Intentional Governance: What is  It and How Do We Organize Our Board to Achieve It? – continued

10:30 AM –  11:00 AM – Break and Time for Checkout

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Keynote: Social Media Opportunities and Pitfalls
Erin Brown, Director, Social Media, LMC and 
Brock Malcolm, Partner, Bowles Rice

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM – Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM – Keynote: 8 Attributes of a Healthy Work Culture: Strategies for Leaders – Attributes five through eight.
Renee Thompson, DNP, RN, FAAN, CSP

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM – Interactive Governance Clinic
All Governance Presenters facilitated by Sharon Lansdale, Pres/CEO, The Center for Rural Health Development

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM – Forum Closing and Evaluationss

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