7th Annual Health Leadership "Aha!" Conference

May 18, 9am-5pm AND /OR the May 19 post-conference LeaderSHIFT workshop

LIU Brooklyn, in downtown Brooklyn (corner of Flatbush and DeKalb)

Early Bird Registration extended to Thursday, May 17

EARLY BIRD RATES

UNTIL MAY 17

Fee includes: Friday: light breakfast, lunch, all sessions, speaker materials, certificate, conference souvenir; Saturday: light breakfast, conference, materials

1-4 registrants from one organization

Friday only $75

Saturday only $75

Both days $125

Onsite registration available, but price is significantly higher.

5 or more registrants from same organization

Friday only $60

Saturday only $60

Both days $100

Onsite registration available, but price is significantly higher.

INTENDED AUDIENCES

Aspiring, new and current public and community health leaders

Leaders’ key support staff (see Track B)

Health data specialists/entrepreneurs

THEME

Leading Through Change

GOAL

To inform and inspire health workers to take on leadership roles, and learn how to navigate change at all levels of the health care continuum.

AGENDA

Keynote Address 1 - Yvonne Graham, Director of the NYS Office of Minority Health, NYS Department of Health

Keynote Address 2 - Richard Gitlin, Director, The Gitlin Group

Leader Panel - “Conversations with Courageous Leaders”

Lynda Curtis - Senior Vice President/Executive Director, South Manhattan Care Network/Bellevue Medical Center/Health and Hospitals Corporation

Cheryl A. Hall - Executive Director, Caribbean Women's Health Association

Andy Humm - Broadcast journalist for Gay USA TV; freelance writer and troublemaker

Victor Sidel - Nobel Prize winner and Professor Emeritus, Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center & Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Lunchtime discussion and networking roundtables

Afternoon Workshops - choose Track A or B

Track A: Navigating "Change Challenges" For Aspiring, Rising & Existing Leaders

Select two dynamic discussion topics led by terrific local leaders

Leading through changes in:

Community Demographics - Marjorie Momplasir-Ellis/CAMBA

Values - Lara Emmanuel/On Your Mark (Developmental Disabilities/Autism) and Sarah Olson/Upwardly Global

Employee Expectations - K. Candis Best/St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn Campus

Funding Streams - Hildy J. Dillon/Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Michele Disken Greco/Arthritis Foundation

Ethical Considerations - Sophia Wong/LIU Brooklyn

Shrinking Budgets - Daniel O’Connell/NYS Department of Health

Politics/Policy Makers - Christina Chang/NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Policies - Dana Czuczka/Planned Parenthood of NYC and Lois Uttley/MergerWatch Project/Raising Women’s Voices

Health Care Delivery Models - Jeanne Dennis/Visiting Nurse Service of NY Hospice and Palliative Care, NYC

Technologies - Jack Powers/New York City Department of Education

Workforce Preparation Demands - Sandi Vito/1199 SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund

Priorities - Nancy Miller/VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Track B: Supporting "Change Challenges" for Administrative Assistant/Support Staff of Aspiring, Rising & Existing Leaders

How to Support A Leader & How to Support Yourself While Supporting The Leader

Closing Keynote - Todd Park, US Chief Technology Officer – Leading the Open Government Movement and How to Join the Campaign to Liberate Data to Galvanize Public Health

POST CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Saturday, May 19

LeaderSHIFT Engineering SkillShop

Become more of a leader with Gitlin's "LESS" Model

9:30am-1pm

Richard Gitlin, Director, The Gitlin Group

LOCATION

Convenient downtown Brooklyn – between Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges

Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus - 1 University Plaza

(Across the street from Junior's Restaurant) in downtown Brooklyn.

TRAVEL

Any train to DeKalb, Hoyt, Nevins, Metro Tech (A, B, C, D, F, Q, R, 4, 5)