Aligning for Better Health

SymposiumMonday, January 14, 2019

Chase Center on the Riverfront Wilmington, Delaware

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About Healthy Communities Delaware

Healthy Communities Delaware (HCD) is a consortium of public, nonprofit and private organizations committed to taking a collective approach to align efforts and invest in projects, programs and policies aimed at improving the health of people in low-wealth communities in the state.

Led by the State of Delaware, University of Delaware and the Delaware Community Foundation, and guided by a diverse Leadership Council, HCD is committed to effective and sustainable ways of investing in our local communities to reduce the health disparities that exist from one zip code or neighborhood to another.

www.HealthyCommunitiesDelaware.org

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Symposium Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Check In

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome Dr. Kara Odom Walker Secretary, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Morning Keynote John Auerbach, MBA President and CEO, Trust for America’s Health

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. Alignment, Investment, Impact—Delaware Experiences See page 8 for details.

Noon – 1:10 p.m. Luncheon and Keynote The Honorable Christopher Coons U.S. Senator

1:20 – 2:20 p.m. Looking Forward, Opportunities for Future Alignment and Investment New Castle County, Lobdell Room Kent County, Jones Room Sussex County, Pusey Room

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks The Honorable John Carney Governor

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Speaker BiographiesDr. Kara Odom Walker

Dr. Kara Odom Walker was sworn in as Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Services on Feb. 6, 2017. As Secretary, she leads the principal agency charged with keeping Delawareans healthy, ensuring they get the health care they need in a fast-changing world, and providing children, families and seniors with essential social services including food benefits, disability-related services, and mental health and addiction treatment. She oversees one of the largest departments in Delaware’s government with an annual budget of more than $2 billion.

As Secretary, Dr. Walker chairs the Health Fund Advisory Council, and is a member of the Delaware Health Care Commission and the Delaware Center for Health Innovation Board. Secretary Walker previously worked as the Deputy Chief Science Officer at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), a nonprofit, nongovernment organization in Washington that is authorized by Congress to improve evidence available to help patients, caregivers, employers, insurers and policymakers make informed health care decisions.

Secretary Walker envisions a Delaware community in which all citizens have the opportunity to access quality, affordable health care in order to attain their optimal health, while working to reduce the cost of that care. She believes in a DHSS that is efficient and effective in terms of service delivery, and is responsive to all Delawareans, including seniors, individuals with disabilities, and people suffering from addiction, serious mental illness or homelessness so they can live and thrive in their communities.

John Auerbach, MBAJohn Auerbach is president and CEO of Trust for America’s Health (TFAH). As

such he oversees TFAH’s work to promote sound public health policy and make disease prevention a national priority. Over the course of a 30-year career he has held senior public health positions at the federal, state, and local levels. As Associate Director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) he oversaw policy and the agency’s collaborative efforts with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, commercial payers, and large health systems.

During his six years as the Commissioner of Public Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he developed innovative programs to promote health equity, combat chronic and infectious disease, and support the successful implementation of the state’s health care reform initiative. As Boston’s health commissioner for nine years, he directed homeless, substance abuse, and emergency medical services for the city as well as a wide range of public health divisions.

Mr. Auerbach was previously a professor of practice in health sciences and director of the Institute on Urban Health Research and Practice at Northeastern University.

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Christopher CoonsOver the past five years, Senator Chris Coons has worked hard to find

bipartisan solutions to the issues confronting Delaware and the nation. Sen. Coons began his career in service to others by fighting aparthied in South Africa with the South African Council for Churches, working in New York City for the Coalition for the Homeless, and the I Have a Dream Foundation with AmeriCorps. Upon returning home to Delaware, Senator Coons worked as an attorney for one of the 200 largest privately held companies in the United States, where he helped the company expand and create hundreds of jobs, while serving on several boards for non-profit organizations.

Senator Coons began his public service in an elected capacity as New Castle County Council President, then New Castle County Executive, and was elected in 2010 to his current position as Senator in a special election to succeed the appointed Ted Kaufman. He is currently serving his first full-term as United States Senator, where he serves on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Ethics, and Small Business committees. Senator Coons is known for working across the political divide in Washington, and was named last year as one of the top bi-partisan lawmakers in the Senate.

He is a native of Hockessin, DE, and is a graduate of Tower Hill. He holds a chemistry degree from Amherst College and JD and divinity degree from Yale Law School and Yale Divinity School. Senator Coons lives in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife, Annie, and their three children, Michael, Jack, and Maggie.

John CarneyBorn in Wilmington and raised in Claymont, Governor John Carney has been

working for the Delaware people for more than 30 years. From 2011 to 2017, John served as Delaware’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives. During his three terms in Congress, John worked with members of both parties to find solutions to the most important challenges facing the nation. He supported the revitalization of American manufacturing through the “Make It In America” agenda. He was a lead sponsor of the centerpiece of the Jumpstart our Businesses (JOBS) Act that made it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to grow and create jobs. John also introduced legislation that was signed into law to prevent critical prescription drug shortages, and he was the lead sponsor on a successful bill to help veterans more easily enter the job market.

Prior to his time in Congress, John served two terms as Delaware’s Lieutenant Governor. Between 2001 and 2009, John developed the Lt. Governor’s Challenge to encourage Delawareans to live active, healthier lifestyles. He also created and implemented the Models of Excellence in Education program that allowed schools throughout the state to share best practices. In addition, John was a strong supporter of the Delaware smoking ban and he led the fight for a Cancer Right to Know law, ultimately passed in 2008. John also served as Chairman of the Delaware Healthcare Commission, the Criminal Justice Council, and the Delaware Science & Technology Council.

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Stuart Comstock-Gay Stuart Comstock-Gay was appointed president and CEO of the Delaware

Community Foundation in February 2016. Previously, he spent seven years as president and CEO of the Vermont Community Foundation, where he led the team in growing the VCF’s charitable assets and overseeing the foundation’s use of data to enhance the impact of philanthropic resources.

Prior to joining the VCF, Stuart worked in states across the country to reduce barriers to voter registration and to encourage broad civic engagement, first as director of the Democracy Program at Dēmos and then as executive director of the National Voting Rights Institute in Boston. Stuart also spent seven years in various leadership positions with the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and 14 years with the ACLU, including 10 as executive director of the Maryland affiliate.

He has served on the adjunct faculty at Marlboro College, teaching about nonprofit leadership, has written for numerous national publications, been a regular radio commentator, and spoken before hundreds of audiences on a wide range of foundation, democracy, voting rights, and civil liberties issues. Stuart holds a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Bucknell University.

Rita LandgrafRita Landgraf joined the University of Delaware’s College of Health Sciences in

early 2017 as professor of practice and distinguished health and social services administrator in residence. She also serves as director of the UD Partnership for Healthy Communities (PHC), a cross-college, cross-state initiative.

As Partnership Director, Rita’s focus is concentrated on the social, economic, and environmental conditions that support and sustain healthy communities and the relationship of these conditions to a cost-effective healthcare system. Many UD faculty, professionals, and students already are working to address community health challenges and have developed relationships with community and state institutions to promote healthy communities. PHC supports and grows these relationships into full-scale and sustained community-campus partnerships that achieve greater impact in Delaware and beyond. PHC also will facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship, graduate and undergraduate programs, and collaborations across university units and with community institutions.

Prior to joining the faculty at UD, she served as Cabinet Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services from Jan. 22, 2009 through Feb 6, 2017, under Governor Jack Markell’s administration. As Secretary, she led the principal agency charged with keeping Delawareans healthy, ensuring they get the health care they need, and providing children, families, individuals with disabilities and seniors with the essential services they depend on. She managed one of the largest departments in Delaware’s government, with an annual budget of more than $2 billion.

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HCD AmbassadorsDr. Steven W. Peuquet

Dr. Peuquet has been with the University of Delaware for 36 years and has been a co-leading the development of the Healthy Communities Delaware initiative over the past year. From 2005 through June 2018 he was the Director of the university’s Center for Community Research and Service and continues to be an Associate Professor in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration. He is a city planner and urban economist with expertise in the areas of poverty, housing, fair housing, homelessness, community revitalization and other social determinants of health.

In addition to leading his center’s efforts to develop new knowledge and approaches to reduce poverty, increase social and economic opportunity, and promote healthy communities, he has taught graduate courses in research design and data analysis, microeconomics, housing policy, and community analysis and development. He has worked in Western Europe and West Africa and has led many graduate student study trips to The Netherlands focusing on urban planning and community development policies and practices.

Dr. Karyl RattayKaryl Thomas Rattay, MD, MS, is the Director of the Delaware Division of

Public Health (DPH). Rita M. Landgraf, Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, appointed Dr. Rattay on May 2, 2009. As DPH Director and Delaware’s State Health Officer, Dr. Rattay leads 700 employees.

Dr. Rattay is board-certified in Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine. Prior to her appointment, she worked at Nemours Health & Prevention Services, where since 2004 she led their childhood obesity initiative and efforts to prevent overweight in primary care settings. Dr. Rattay also provided weight management clinical care at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware.

Between September 2001 and June 2004, Dr. Rattay served as a Senior Public Health Advisor to the Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary of Health in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington, D.C. She provided briefings, speeches, and presentations and supported congressional testimony related to overweight and obesity, physical activity and nutrition, specifically in children. Dr. Rattay staffed the U.S. Department of Agriculture/HHS Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to revise the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. She had a leadership role on the President’s Healthier U.S. Initiative.

As a board-certified pediatrician, Dr. Rattay has practiced pediatrics for nearly 14 years. She previously worked in private practice for five years. She has published multiple articles in the field of childhood obesity. She is an associate professor in the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Rattay served as Initiative Chair of the Delaware Primary Care Initiative on Childhood Overweight, a Nemours quality improvement initiative.

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Alignment, Investment, Impact— Delaware ExperiencesDuring this morning panel session, moderators Stuart Comstock-Gay and Rita Landgraf will explore several exciting projects and initiatives that are underway across the state through a discussion with the panelists and audience. The discussion will follow brief presentations by the panelists about collaborative partnerships formed to positively impact the health of communities in each of Delaware’s counties.

New Castle County: Wilmington Healthy Neighborhood FundDionna SargentCommunity Development Market Leader, Cinnaire

Ebony BrownDirector of Community Health and Well-Being, Saint Francis Hospital

Kent County: Restoring Central Dover and Dover/Smyrna Healthy Neighborhoods Local Council

David L. Edgell, AICPPrincipal Planner, Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination

Chanda JacksonCommunity Engagement Specialist, NCALL

Sussex County: Sussex County School-Based Integration Mental Health Service Program

Cheryl DoucetteProject Director, Sussex County Health Coalition

Kimberly Law TaylorIndian River School District Special Outreach Services Coordinator, Seasons of Respect Facilitator

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Healthy Communities Delaware Leadership Council

Steven Peuquet, Co-Chair, University of Delaware

Karyl Rattay, Co-Chair, Delaware Division of Public Health

Kenneth Anderson, Delaware Division of Small Business

Douglas Azar, eBright Health

Anas Ben Addi, Delaware State Housing Authority

Carrie Casey, New Castle County Community Development & Housing

Stuart Comstock-Gay, Delaware Community Foundation

Dorothy Dillard, Delaware State University

Rysheema Dixon, Wilmington City Council/North Wilmington-Claymont Healthy Neighborhoods Council

David Edgell, Office of State Planning Coordination

Bernice Edwards, First State Community Action Agency

Susan Frank, Cinnaire

Peggy Geisler, Sussex County Health Coalition

Dorrell Green, Delaware Department of Education

Terri Hasson, WSFS Bank

Paul Herdman, Rodel Foundation of Delaware (Invited)

Terrence Keeling, Central Baptist Community Development Corporation

Omar Khan, Delaware Health Sciences Alliance

Rita Landgraf, University of Delaware Partnership for Healthy Communities

Sarah Long, Delaware Bankers Association

Paul Morris, Delaware Technical and Community College

Margaret Norris Bent, Westside Family Healthcare

Matthew Parks, Discover Bank

Tanner Polce, Dover City Council

Cynthia Pritchard, Philanthropy Delaware

Michael Quaranta, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce (Invited)

Brian Rahmer, Health Policy Consultant

Rosa Rivera, La Red Health Center

Christina Showalter, Housing Alliance Delaware (Invited)

Wayne Smith, Delaware Health Care Association

Karen Speakman, NCALL

Matthew Stehl, Highmark Delaware

Matthew Swanson, Delaware Center for Health Innovation

Michelle Taylor, United Way of Delaware

Javier Torrijos, Delaware Hispanic Commission

Jane C.W. Vincent, Community Development Consultant

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The launch of Healthy Communities Delaware was made possible through funds from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) via the

State Innovation Model (SIM) grant.

Thank you to the HCD Development Team:

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Signe BellSarah Bercaw

Cassandra Codes-JohnsonGina Crist

Susan FrankLiddy Garcia-Bunuel

Lisa HenryRoger HeskethEric JacobsonNancy Mears

Kathleen NolanJulia O’Hanlon

Steven PeuquetSarah Pragg

Elisabeth SchenemanBrian RahmerKaryl RattayMimi Rayl

Jane VincentSarah Warkentin