Past Community Health Conferences

• Pivoting to the Future: Opportunity, Complexity, and Working Together
  Tuesday Ryan-Hart and Tim Merry, The Outside; Ned Rousmaniere, Employee Assistance Program

MDH hosted this virtual half-day event in lieu of the 2021 Community Health Conference. Watch the livestream and download materials at the link above.

What did participants think? Event evaluation results: Pivoting to the Future (PPT). When asked for a password, click "read only" to view a read-only version of the evaluation results.

• From Separation to Relationship: How Change Happens in Living Systems
  Deborah Frieze
• Parental Incarceration is a Shared Sentence. What is the Public Health Response? 
  Panelists: Bill Hutton (Minnesota Sheriff’s Association), John Soghigian (early childhood resources advocate and parent consultant), and Tierre Webster (Next Chapter Ministries); Moderator: Dawn Beck (Olmsted County)

• Celebrating and challenging public health leadership
  Jan Malcolm
• Sustaining positive energy and passion for our work
  Jeff Linkenbach, EdD

• Our Stories—Telling our Public Health Stories
  David C. Mann
• Our Communities—How do you Say Equity in Your Language? 
  Abigail Echo-Hawk
• Our Health—Be Part of the Conversation
  Tane Danger and the Theater of Public Policy

• Health Care or Health Equity—Which Contributes More to Good Health?
  Anthony Iton
• Health Equity—Creating a Healthy Community
  Renee Frauendienst
• Somali Mental Health Findings
  Asma Bulale
• Minnesota's Aging Population
  Craig Helmstetter
• My Story—Taking Action in Lake Wobegon
  Eric Bergenson

• Health between Cultures
  Kao Kalia Yang
• All the Water We Have
  Sandy Spieler
• Partners Roundtable
  Kerri Miller, MayKao Hang, Robert Kane, Penny Wheeler

• Gov. Mark Dayton and Commissioner Ed Ehlinger
• Native Pride Dancers and Larry Yazzie
• Clem Bezold

• Creating Community at the Conference and Afterward
  Shawna Suckow
• Health in All Policies: How State Agencies are Creating Opportunities for Health
  Health Commissioner Ed Ehlinger, Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr, Pollution Control Agency Commissioner John Linc Stine, Transportation Commissioner Charlie Zelle
• Public Health and Community Organizing: The Evolution of Public Health Practice in the 21st Century
  Rex Archer
• Telling the Truth about Trauma
  Syl Jones

• Strengthening Public Health: Linking Past Successes to Future Challenges
  Health Commissioner Ed Ehlinger, Past Health Commissioner Sr. Mary Madonna Ashton, Past Health Commissioner Mary Jo O'Brien, Past Health Commissioner Anne Barry, Past Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm, Past Health Commissioner Dianne Mandernach, Past Health Commissioner Sanne Magnan
• Synergy across Sectors
  Glen P. Mays
• Share your Passion for Public Health and Your Community
  Andy Berndt
• Rethink the Impossible
  Billy McLaughlin

• Holding Gains and Framing the Future: Spotlighting the "A" in PDSA
  Tom Mosgaller
• Powers of Three: Recreating, Resilience, and Resolve
  Magda Peck
• The Power of Service in Public Health
  Petra Marquart
• Calories and Culture: A Worldwide Photographic Journey
  Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

• Public Health Informatics: What is it and What does it Mean for Me?
  Arthur Davidson
• If You Think You Can!
  Karla Heeter
• Minnesota and the New Normal
  Tom Gillaspy
• Looking, Leading, Moving Ahead: National Perspectives
  Paul Jarris, Bobby Pestronk

• Public Health 2009: Celebrating Our Achievements and Embracing the Challenge
  Linda Olson Keller
• Leading from your Soul (Instead of a Position of Authority)
  Robin Getman
• Institutional Racism: What is it? Why is it Important? 
  Diana Dunn, John Morrin

• Laugh! For the Health of it
  Robin Getman
• Climate Change—Implications for Public Health
  Mark Seeley
• The Itasca Project—How Business Leaders are Working to "Close the Gap" 
  Donna Zimmerman

• Patrick Libbey
• Deputy State Chaplain Maj. John Morris
• Janet Porter
• Tou Ger Xiong

• Charting a Course through Turbulent Times
  Tony Moore
• The Healthiest State in the Nation... but What About Tomorrow?
  Panel
• And the Circle Goes Round and Round
  Gloria Lewis
• The Art and Science of Humor: Are You Joking? 
  Kevin Lee Smith

• Building Community in the Midst of Diversity: Contact, Culture, Complexity, and Conflict
  Juan C. Moreno
• The Intersection between Culture, Health, and Well-Being
  Panel
• "Me" and "Us": Recapturing the Language of Public Health
  John R. Finnegan, Jr.
• Keeping it All in Perspective
  Fr. Nick Mezakapa

• The Power of One
  Janet Porter
• CardioVision 2020: A Community Responds to the Lifestyle Syndrome
  Thomas E. Kottke
• Refugee and Immigrant Health Care in Minnesota
  Patricia Walker

• Protecting the Public from Emerging Threats: Is Minnesota's Public Health System Up to the Job? 
  Michael Osterholm
• When the Going Gets Tough, Who are the Tough that Get Going: State Assets for a Local Emergency Response
  John Hick, Aggie Leitheiser, Maj. Thomas Miller, Terri Smith
• Local Public Health Preparedness Partners Response Panel
  Linda Bedeau, Jo Coover, Denise Dunn, Renee Frauendienst, Dave Gisch, Dave Schuldheisz, Carol Sele
• Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Agents
  Harry Hull, Patricia Bloomgren

• Risk Communication about Bioterrorism: Aiming at Calm Concern, Not Outrage, Denial, Apathy, or Panic
  Peter Sandman
• Public Health Emergency Response Scenario: Who's Responsible for What? 
  Robert Einweck, Myrlah Olson

• America's Changing Democracy
  Christopher Gates
• Building Communities Worth Living In—A Possible Model for Inclusion
  Fr. Anthony Stubeda
• Cultural Competency for Public Health
  Okokon Udo

• Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and Health
  Ichiro Kawachi
• Working Together to Protect Health
  Harry Hull

• A Century of Progress? 
  Hy Berman
• Knowledge Management: A Strategic Public Health Asset for the New Millennium
  Dennis McDowell

• Public Health in the 21st Century: The Future of Goals, Partnerships, and Health
  Clem Bezold
• Public Health is Investment Counseling
  Paul J. Wiesner
• Bioterrorism, Media Hype, or Future Nightmare
  Michael J. Osterholm

• Leading from Anywhere: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century
  Kathleen Allen
• Working Together on Disaster Management: Lessons from the 1997 Floods
  Bonnie Holz, Cathlene Hockert, James Feddema, Nancy Bauer, Cal Michaels, JoAnn Coover, Brenda Menier, Mary Sheehan

• Public Health in the New American Health System
  Jeffrey P Koplan
• Violence Prevention and Public Health: Why Should We be Involved? 
  Rev. Devin Miller
• Shaping a Better Future for Minnesota's Children and Families
  Barbara Colombo, Barbara Yates, Ann Damon, Mary Wellik

• Emerging Infections: A Crisis of Disease or Public Perception
  Michael Osterholm
• Public Health's Heritage—Public Health's Future
  Kristin M. Gebbie, Columbia School of Nursing

• Working Together in a Competitive Environment
  Tyler Norris (National Civic League Healthy Communities Initiative)
• Health as a Shared Responsibility
  Steve Mosow (Health Futures Institute), Gayle Hallin (Bloomington Division of Public Health), Paul Terry (Park Nicollet Foundation)
• Universal Standard Benefits Set 
  Mary Jo O'Brien, Barbara Nerness, Tom Moss, Dee Richards
• Our Key to Well-Being, No Matter What! 
  Mary O'Brien Sippel (College of St. Scholastica)

• Public Health in a Changing World
  Julia Plotnick (US Public Health Service)
• Violence: Causes and Prevention
  Tony Bouza (Minneapolis Chief of Police, ret.)

• The Secrets of the Sacred Tree: Making the Extraordinary Ordinary
  Don Coyhis (White Bison, Inc.)
• Wonderland
  Illusion Theater
• Humor as a Stress Manager
  Hal Schippits

• Translating Vision into Action: Leadership in Changing Times
  Stephen Joseph (University of Minnesota School of Public Health)
• Ethical Leadership in Changing Times
  George Shapiro (University of Minnesota)

• Mission and Vision: A New Look at Leadership
  Robert L. Veninga (University of Minnesota School of Public Health)
• Minnesota's Vision for Health: Year 2000
  Roger Cooper (Minnesota House of Representatives)

• The Future of Public Health
  Martin P. Wasserman (National Association of County Health Officials)
• The "Aging" of Minnesota: Implications for Public Health Needs
  Sharon Patten (University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute)

• Mobilizing the Community to Promote Health
  Marshall W. Kreuter (Center for Disease Control)
• Advocacy for Pediatric Injury Control 
  Andrew McGuire (Trauma Foundation)

• Collaboration: A Key to Effective Leadership in Public Health
  Robert Terry (University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute)
• A Public Health Challenge: Suicide Among Farmers
  Paul Gunderson (Minnesota Dept. of Health)

• Community Health Ethics and Leadership: The Confounding Connection
  Robert Terry (University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute)
• AIDS: The Client Concerns and Public Policy (Panel)
  Eric Engstrom (Minnesota AIDS Project), Michael Moen (Minnesota Dept. of Health)
  Michael T. Osterholm, moderator
• Modern Public Health's Ethical Dilemma: Is All Change Progress? 
  Michael T. Osterholm (Minnesota Dept. of Health)

• Decision-Making and Its Importance: Past and Present
  Jon Wefald (State University System)
• The Future of Dental Health in Minnesota
  Richard J. Hastreiter (Minnesota Dept. of Health)

• Commitment in Action
  Robert J. Orth (St. Paul County Commissioner)
• Factors Governing Health Policy and the Effects on the Future Role of Public Health
  John Kralewski (University of Minnesota Center for Health Services Research)
• Timing: A Lot More than Luck
  Dorrine Turecamo (writer, public speaker, management consultant)

• Politics, Planning, and People: How to Stay Hopeful in Tough Times
  Robert L. Veninga (University of Minnesota School of Public Health)
• Healthy People: The Minnesota Experience
  Paul D. Gunderson (Minnesota Dept. of Health)
• Health Costs and Its Sensitivity: Its Impact on Public Health, Acute Health, Care, and Health Wellness Programs
  James Kenney (Minnesota Coalition on Health Care Costs)
• Health Care and Costs from the Consumer's Perspective
  Jerrold M. Peterson (University of Minnesota-Duluth)
• The Prevention Revolution: Choices and Challenges 
  Harold Leppink (St. Louis County Health Department)

• Making Stress Work for You: Coping or Copping Out
  Paul H. Cashman (University of Minnesota)
• Marketing Health Programs
  William Flexner (Flexner and Associates)

Boardsmanship
Phyllis Acker (Governor's Office of Volunteer Services)

• Individual Responsibility and Government Interventions
  Lowell Levin (Yale University School of Medicine)
• Intergovernmental Relations in Health
  Kathleen Sheehan (Office of Federal and State Relations), Ronald Benjamin (CMS), John Dilley (State Health Planning and Development Agency), George R. Pettersen (Commissioner of Health), Ray Cink (Ramsey County Community Health Service Agency)
• Tools for Evaluation
  Duane Johnson (Minnesota Dept. of Health), Ellen Z. Fifer (Minnesota Dept. of Health), Dave Hovet (Minnesota Dept. of Health), William Rush (Minnesota Dept. of Health)

• Opening Address
  Gov. Rudy Perpich
• Assessing Community Health Services Development
  Cliff Halmrast, Vernon Haglund, Bob Orth, Norm Anderson
  Jim Shipman (Association of Minnesota Counties), moderator
• The Role of Boards of Health and Physicians in Community Health Services
  George Pickett (APHA Past President)
• Panel: Physicians in Community Health
  Ellen Alkon, John Thomas, George Pettersen
  Bob Hiller (Minnesota Dept. of Health), moderator
• Building a Community Health Services System: Issues and Relationships
  Fannie Kakela, Margaret Welch, Ray Eckes
  Jerome Crest (Douglas-Grant-Stevens-Traverse Community Health Services Agency), moderator
• Federal Perspective of Health Education
  Horace Ogden (Department of HEW, Atlanta, GA)
• 1979 Legislative Preview
  Warrent R. Lawson (Commissioner of Health), Cynthia Whiteford (Minnesota Dept. of Public Welfare), Lovell Richie (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency), Peter Vanderpoel (Minnesota State Planning Agency)