RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health 2024 | Wilmington FRA | 15 April 2024 | Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 601 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113, USA

This summit is the place for cross-sectional thought leaders to discuss actionable, tactical, and scalable solutions to social determinants of health (SDoH) challenges and achieve better outcomes for the most vulnerable populations. It’s not just an event; it’s your chance to be part of the movement to create an impact!

2024 Speakers

Karen Iapoce
Senior Director, Government Programs, ZeOmega, Inc.

Cesar Armendariz
Senior Director, Community Health; Community Health Administration, Inland Empire Health Plan

Rhonda Barcus
Program Manager, National Rural Health Resource Center

Priya Bathija
Health Equity Consultant; Founder & CEO, AHIMA; Nyoo Health

Malia Beckwith
AVP of Ambulatory Medical Practices and Section Chief of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Children’s Specialized Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility

Carmen Bell
Sr. Director, Healthy Aging, United Way of the Lehigh Valley

Anne Boffa
Vice President of Population Health and Network Quality Strategy, Commonwealth Care Alliance

Becky Bradley, AICP
Executive Director, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission

Jennifer Bradley, RD
Project Manager – Population Health Operations, IU Health Plans

Alfonso Brown, Ed.D
Let’s Get to Work

Pablo Buitron de la Vega
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of THRIVE, Boston Medical Center

Mariah Chrans
Programs Director, Community Health Council of Wyandotte County

Samantha Cornell, JD
Director of Community-Based Services, Access Health

Dr. Shannon Decker, MBA, MEd., PhD
Principal, VBC One

Felicia Dortch MPH, BSN, RN CCM, DNCM
MDPCP Practice Transformation Coach, Program Management Office for Maryland Primary Care Program Maryland Department of Health

Tim Driscoll
Assistant Director of Service Coordination, Veterans Services of the Carolinas

Michael Dulin
Chief Medical Officer, Gray Matter Analytics

Saeeda Lesley Dunston
CEO, Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities Inc.

Esther Dyson
Founder, Wellville

Corazon Eaton
Director of Health Equity, Buckeye Health Plan

Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, CRP, DBH-C
Wholistic Health Equity Strategist, Content Developer, Educator, EFS Supervision Strategies, LLC

Mona Fouad, MD, MPH
Associate Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UAB Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Heersink School of Medicine; Edward E. Partridge, M.D., Endowed Chair for Cancer Disparity Research Director, UAB Minority Health and Health Equity Research Center University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Bill Friedman
Vice President of Payer and Provider Engagement, Wider Circle

Janet Giordano
Director of Patient Care Coordination & Patient Experience, Children’s Specialized Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility

Jurema Gobena
System Director Social Care Integration, CommonSpirit Health

Christa Green
Program Director, Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Victoria Gregorio
Director for the Center for Discovery, Innovation, and Development (CDID), Children’s Specialized Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility

Emily Gruber, MPH
Associate Director, Maryland Primary Care Program, Maryland Department of Health

Erin Hahn
Lead Policy Analyst, Value Based Care & Quality, The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)

Ana Handshuh
Principal, CAT5 Strategies

Denise Harlow
CEO, National Community Action Partnership

Amy Helwig, MD, MS, FAAP, CPE
Chief Quality Officer, Commonwealth Care Alliance

Haile Hernandez
Head of Social Determinants of Health, Point32 Health

Dr. T Charles Howell
Director of Workforce Development and Financial Coaching, Mon Valley Initiative

Nikki Hungate
Quality Product Consultant, Bright Star Health Solutions

Palak Jalan, BDS, MPH
Chief Operations Officer, Access Health

Meryl Katz
Executive Director of Medicaid Compliance, Kaiser Permanente

Jenn Kerfoot
Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, DUOS

Adam Kohlrus, MS, CPHQ, CPPS
Partner and Chief Health Strategist, Do Tank

Rachel Landauer
Clinical Instructor- Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School

Amy Lasher
System Administrative Director, Community Impact, Adventist Health

Yolanda Lawson, MD, FACOG
Executive Director, Maternal Infant Health, HCSC

Alison LeBlanc
Executive Director of the Child Health Equity Center, UMass Memorial

Marci Lesko
Chief Operating Officer, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley

Brian Li
System Director Community Health Strategic Initiatives, CommonSpirit Health

Suyanna Linhales Barker, DrPH
Chief of Programs and Community Services, La Clinical Del Pueblo

Angie Lockwood
Sr. Mgr, Health Care Quality, Quality and Compliance Operations, Aetna Clinical Solutions

Jo Ellen McNamara
VP of Housing + Health Partnerships, National Equity Fund

Alyssa Meller
Chief Operating Officer, National Rural Health Resource Center

Mary Messarra
Director of Crisis Ministry, Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry

Sarah Mills
Senior Manager, Health Systems, Share Our Strength

DeAnna Minus-Vincent
Founder and Managing Partner, The Outcomes Architect

Angela Mott
Project Manager, Centene

Tracy Muday, MD
Executive Medical Director, Regence BCBS of Oregon

Robert Mundy
Health Policy Analyst, Maryland Department of Health

Vivian Nava-Schellinger, J.D.
Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Community Impact, The SCAN Foundation

Zeev Neuwirth, MD
Internal Medicine Physician Podcast Host, 'Creating a New Healthcare'; Lecturer, Yale School of Public Health

Len Nichols
Non-Resident Fellow, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute

Kelly Nielsen
Director, Omaha Pathways Community HUB, Omaha Community Foundation

Aaron Novotny, Ph.D.
Director of Healthcare Economics and Outcomes, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield

Jennifer Obadia
Senior Director, Health Care Partnerships, Project Bread

Brent & Kyle Pease
Ironman Champion Triathletes

Sheila Phicil
Director of Innovation, Health Equity Accelerator, Boston Medical Center

Cheria Poole
Director of Healthcare Strategy and Innovation, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Davina Prabhu
Vice President, Operations of Ambulatory Care and Community & Population Health, NewYork-Presbyterian

Spencer Pratt
Chief Growth Officer, NourishedRx

Katrina Pratt-Roebuck, MBA
Senior Director of Systems Integration, Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services- City of Philadelphia

Kim Prendergast
VP, Policy, Community Care Cooperative

Maria Ramirez Perez, MPH
NC Medicaid; North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Program Manager, Healthy Opportunities Pilots

Lauren Riplinger
Chief Public Policy & Impact Officer, AHIMA

Indie Rodriguez
Patient Perspective

Marc Rosen
System Director Community Impact, Operations, and Partnerships, CommonSpirit Health

Hillery Ross-CCHW, B.S., CLE
Community Programs Manager, Access Health

Charlotte Safrit
Breast Cancer Advocate and Content Creator

Athena Santos
Executive Director, Quality Performance and Value, AdventHealth Primary Care Division

Maggie Schano
Director, Community Benefit Organization Engagement, Highmark Health

Alexandra Schweitzer
Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative

Megan Shreve
CEO, SCCAP

Michael-Sean Spence
Managing Director, Community Safety Initiatives, Everytown for Gun Safety

Celina Sullivan, JD, BSHCM
Regional Director, Medicaid, Kaiser Permanente

Mikal Sutton
Managing Director, Medicaid Policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA)

Kate Tullio
Associate Vice President, Health Equity, CareSource

Brian Urban
Director of Innovation and Emerging Markets, FinThrive

Kellie VonStein
Associate State Director Outreach and Advocacy, AARP PA

Linda Waddell
Family Faculty Supervisor, Children’s Specialized Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility

Rick Whitted
CEO, US Hunger

Pamela Wilbon
Interim Executive Director, Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc.

Aviva Woog
Director, Health Equity & Drivers of Health, Centene Corporation

Rebecca Yanniello
Vice President, Population Health, Regal Medical Group

Alla Zilbering
Medicare National Medical Director for Health Equity,Cigna HealthCare

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Lexis Nexis

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Clear Ache
• CAAP
• DUOS
• Farmborx
• Finthrive
• Graymatter
• Nourished
• Action Community

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Healthrageous
• PlanAllies
• Wider Circle
• Zeomega

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Joy For All
• Canopy
• Health Solutions
• Find Help
• Jellyvision
• Medical Guardian
• Medline
• Onward
• Papa
• Policy Map
• Solutran
• The Helper Bees