Keynote Sessions

Attendees will participate in energizing and thought-provoking keynote sessions led by prominent national leaders looking ahead at how to advance the field in this era of change and challenge.

Healthy Wealthy & Wise:
  Leadership for a Vibrant 3rd American Century

March 4, 2010 Tyler Norris   (Biographical Summary) and (Web Page) Co-Founder, Community Initiatives Senior Community Health Advisor, Kaiser Permanente Twenty-year healthy communities leader

 [Listen to Tyler's keynote preview!] (1 min/33sec)

Mr. Norris is a social entrepreneur who has worked tirelessly on behalf of national and local community health, healthy communities, and community benefit initiatives for more than 20 years.

He will take us on a journey to examine what is next in the process of reforming our systems of care and health improvement, given the current environment (socio/cultural, economic, policy) in our states and nation.

He will help stimulate our thinking on questions such as:

• What shall we ask of ourselves as health leaders and change agents?
• How can we best prepare for change, innovate and build resilience?
• How can we deepen and demonstrate the "business case" for community health?
• What strategies should we employ in our organizations, communities, states and national associations?
• What renews our communities and country, and is the basis for a sound investment strategy for a vibrant 3rd century?

You will leave this session with a sharpened vision of what is possible, and renewed vigor to create the health solutions our communities need.

Advancing Population Health:
  Achieving National Priorities with Shared Accountability

March 5, 2010 Bonnie Zell, MD, MPH   (Biographical Summary) Senior Director, Population Health, National Quality Forum Former Healthcare Sector Partnerships Lead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dr. Zell is the Senior Director for Population Health at the National Quality Forum, where she is supporting the National Priorities Partnership to advance population health measurement to improve health of individuals and populations.

She will share the Partnership's vision for communities that foster health and wellness, as well as national, state, and local systems of care fully invested in the prevention of disease, injury, and disability. Come hear the Partnership's work, other emerging population health initiaitves, strategies for linking measurement and accountability, and a challenge for each of us to be maximally effective in helping all people reduce the risk and burden of disease.