Presented by The Foundation for Better Health

Maternal Child Health Summit

Name: Maternal Child Health Summit
Start: 2025-02-18T07:45:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-18T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Old National Events Plaza

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Old National Events Plaza
715 Locust Street
Evansville, Indiana 47708
United States

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Date & Time

Tuesday, 02/18/2025
7:45am CDT - 4:00pm CDT

Add to Calendar 02/18/2025 07:45:00 AM 02/18/2025 04:00:00 PM America/Chicago Maternal Child Health Summit The Maternal Child Health Summit 2025 will continue the advocacy, awareness, education, and collaboration of the previous Infant Mortality Summit, hosted by the Vanderburgh County Health Department on February 17, 2023. We will share updates concerning infant and maternal mortality rates, celebrate positive partnerships and steps, and identify and discuss continuing issues. We thank Ronald McDonald House Charities® of the Ohio Valley for their title sponsorship, which made this year's summit possible, and for showcasing their new Ronald McDonald Care Mobile onsite. We heard your feedback from the previous 2023 summit. This year's schedule will include more time for breakout sessions and networking. Thank you for your passion and continuing efforts! Tentative Schedule 7:45 - 9:00 - Registration/Breakfast/Networking 9:00 - 9:15 – Welcome by The Foundation for Better Health 9:15 - 10:15 - Living Your Values, Owning Your Voice with Leah Brown 10:15 - 10:45 – Break/Vendors/Networking 10:45 - 11:45 – Breakout Sessions 11:45 - 12:15 - Data Update by VCHD 12:15 - 1:00 – Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 – Breakout Sessions 2:00 - 2:30 – Break/Vendors/Networking 2:30 - 3:30 – Keynote by Dr. Jerome Adams 3:30 - 4:00 – Closing with Leah Brown Breakout Session Topics Addressing the Social Determinants of Maternal Child Health Mark Loafman MD, MPH Ronald McDonald Care Mobile TBD Talent EVV: Aligning Regional Efforts for Better Health Outcomes Andrea Hays, MPH and Tyler Stock Community Health Worker Utilization and Billing: Panel Discussion Kelly Holzmeyer, Joe Gries, and Sophie French, RN, BSN Speakers and Presenters Dr. Jerome Adams was appointed as a Presidential Fellow and the Executive Director of Purdue's Health Equity Initiatives on October 1, 2021. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Practice in the departments of Pharmacy Practice and Public Health. As the 20th U.S. Surgeon General and a prior member of the President’s Coronavirus task force, Dr. Adams has been at the forefront of America’s most pressing health challenges. A regular communicator via tv, radio, and in print, Dr. Adams is an expert not just in the science, but also in communicating the science to the lay public, and making it relevant. With almost 30 years of experience, Leah Brown is a powerful and recognized speaker, coach, and facilitator in leadership, employee engagement, organizational development, and workforce retention. Her energetic approach to learning through experience and storytelling engages audiences, involves them in the learning process, and creates opportunities to connect with their teams across roles and functions, building stronger relationships. She is consistently recognized for powerful environments of change, growth, performance and excellence for leaders, teams, and individuals. Dr. Loafman is System Chair for Family and Community Medicine at Cook County Health. He received his medical degree from Rush University Medical School, a Master of Public Health at University of Illinois, and Family Medicine residency at Brown University, where he served as Chief Resident and completed a fellowship in Maternal Child Health. Prior to joining the Cook County Health, he was Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chief Clinical Integration Officer at Humboldt Park Health and Chief Medical Officer at Near North federally qualified health center. Sophie French graduated from Austin Peay State University with her BSN in 1992. She has been working in the field of public health for 28 years and has been with the Vanderburgh County Health Department for the past 6 years. She currently serves as the Pre to 3 Program supervisor and has assisted in the program development and implementation since its inception in March of 2018. The Pre to 3 Program is a home-visiting program designed to support families from the beginning of pregnancy to their child’s 3rd birthdaywith the ultimate goal of lowering infant mortality rates in Southwest Indiana. Tyler Stock is the Executive Director of Talent EVV and Director of Talent for the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP), Tyler leads and grows the Evansville Region’s strategic development plan, Talent EVV, while serving as a public ambassador. He collaborates with the United Way of Southwestern Indiana, Welborn Baptist Foundation, Junior Achievement of Southwest Indiana, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, Community Foundation Alliance, and other key organizations. Andrea Hays is the Chief Program & Impact Officer for the Welborn Baptist Foundation, a private foundation with a service area comprised of fourteen counties in the Tri-State region. In her role, Andrea develops, leads, aligns, and integrates Welborn’s Impact Strategies across the organization’s focus areas to improve the quality of life for all residents. She also leads the Live Well Goal area for Talent EVV, a regional quality of place initiative. Lynn Herr is the Director of Clinical and Outreach Divisions at the Vanderburgh County Health Department (VCHD). Before this position, Lynn practiced at St. Vincent for 31 years in the pediatric setting as an educator, pediatric trauma coordinator, and PICU/NICU staff nurse. She has held positions of Fetal, Infant, and Child Mortality Coordinator, leadership for immunization and sexual health clinics, health promotions programming, Pre to 3 program coordinator, and public health accreditation coordinator. Charissa Schuetz is the Director of Outreach Services at the Vanderburgh County Health Department (VCHD). She oversees the Pre to 3 home visiting program and health promotion programming in this role. Charissa has held various positions within the Vanderburgh County Health Department, focusing on maternal/child health, data collection, and analysis. Before her current role, Charissa was the Director of Accreditation and Public Health Expansion. She coordinated with department leadership to prepare for reaccreditation, develop new programs, and expand services to meet Health First Indiana requirements. Read full biographies here. Sponsors and Partners Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ohio Valley Ascension St. Vincent Evansville Browning Funeral Home The Women's Hospital - Deaconess Donaldson Capital Management ECHO Community Healthcare CareSource St. Vincent Early Learning Center Welborn Baptist Foundation Vanderburgh County Health Department The Foundation for Better Health Old National Events Plaza 715 Locust Street Evansville, Indiana 47708

The Maternal Child Health Summit 2025 will continue the advocacy, awareness, education, and collaboration of the previous Infant Mortality Summit, hosted by the Vanderburgh County Health Department on February 17, 2023.

We will share updates concerning infant and maternal mortality rates, celebrate positive partnerships and steps, and identify and discuss continuing issues. We thank Ronald McDonald House Charities® of the Ohio Valley for their title sponsorship, which made this year's summit possible, and for showcasing their new Ronald McDonald Care Mobile onsite.

We heard your feedback from the previous 2023 summit. This year's schedule will include more time for breakout sessions and networking. Thank you for your passion and continuing efforts!

Tentative Schedule

7:45 - 9:00 - Registration/Breakfast/Networking
9:00 - 9:15 – Welcome by The Foundation for Better Health
9:15 - 10:15 - Living Your Values, Owning Your Voice with Leah Brown
10:15 - 10:45 – Break/Vendors/Networking
10:45 - 11:45 – Breakout Sessions
11:45 - 12:15 - Data Update by VCHD
12:15 - 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 – Breakout Sessions
2:00 - 2:30 – Break/Vendors/Networking
2:30 - 3:30 – Keynote by Dr. Jerome Adams
3:30 - 4:00 – Closing with Leah Brown

Breakout Session Topics

Addressing the Social Determinants of Maternal Child Health
Mark Loafman MD, MPH

Ronald McDonald Care Mobile
TBD

Talent EVV: Aligning Regional Efforts for Better Health Outcomes
Andrea Hays, MPH and Tyler Stock

Community Health Worker Utilization and Billing: Panel Discussion
Kelly Holzmeyer, Joe Gries, and Sophie French, RN, BSN

Speakers and Presenters

Dr. Jerome Adams was appointed as a Presidential Fellow and the Executive Director of Purdue's Health Equity Initiatives on October 1, 2021. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Practice in the departments of Pharmacy Practice and Public Health. As the 20th U.S. Surgeon General and a prior member of the President’s Coronavirus task force, Dr. Adams has been at the forefront of America’s most pressing health challenges. A regular communicator via tv, radio, and in print, Dr. Adams is an expert not just in the science, but also in communicating the science to the lay public, and making it relevant.

With almost 30 years of experience, Leah Brown is a powerful and recognized speaker, coach, and facilitator in leadership, employee engagement, organizational development, and workforce retention. Her energetic approach to learning through experience and storytelling engages audiences, involves them in the learning process, and creates opportunities to connect with their teams across roles and functions, building stronger relationships. She is consistently recognized for powerful environments of change, growth, performance and excellence for leaders, teams, and individuals.

Dr. Loafman is System Chair for Family and Community Medicine at Cook County Health. He received his medical degree from Rush University Medical School, a Master of Public Health at University of Illinois, and Family Medicine residency at Brown University, where he served as Chief Resident and completed a fellowship in Maternal Child Health. Prior to joining the Cook County Health, he was Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chief Clinical Integration Officer at Humboldt Park Health and Chief Medical Officer at Near North federally qualified health center.

Sophie French graduated from Austin Peay State University with her BSN in 1992. She has been working in the field of public health for 28 years and has been with the Vanderburgh County Health Department for the past 6 years. She currently serves as the Pre to 3 Program supervisor and has assisted in the program development and implementation since its inception in March of 2018. The Pre to 3 Program is a home-visiting program designed to support families from the beginning of pregnancy to their child’s 3rd birthdaywith the ultimate goal of lowering infant mortality rates in Southwest Indiana.

Tyler Stock is the Executive Director of Talent EVV and Director of Talent for the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership (E-REP), Tyler leads and grows the Evansville Region’s strategic development plan, Talent EVV, while serving as a public ambassador. He collaborates with the United Way of Southwestern Indiana, Welborn Baptist Foundation, Junior Achievement of Southwest Indiana, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, Community Foundation Alliance, and other key organizations.

Andrea Hays is the Chief Program & Impact Officer for the Welborn Baptist Foundation, a private foundation with a service area comprised of fourteen counties in the Tri-State region. In her role, Andrea develops, leads, aligns, and integrates Welborn’s Impact Strategies across the organization’s focus areas to improve the quality of life for all residents. She also leads the Live Well Goal area for Talent EVV, a regional quality of place initiative.

Lynn Herr is the Director of Clinical and Outreach Divisions at the Vanderburgh County Health Department (VCHD). Before this position, Lynn practiced at St. Vincent for 31 years in the pediatric setting as an educator, pediatric trauma coordinator, and PICU/NICU staff nurse. She has held positions of Fetal, Infant, and Child Mortality Coordinator, leadership for immunization and sexual health clinics, health promotions programming, Pre to 3 program coordinator, and public health accreditation coordinator.

Charissa Schuetz is the Director of Outreach Services at the Vanderburgh County Health Department (VCHD). She oversees the Pre to 3 home visiting program and health promotion programming in this role. Charissa has held various positions within the Vanderburgh County Health Department, focusing on maternal/child health, data collection, and analysis. Before her current role, Charissa was the Director of Accreditation and Public Health Expansion. She coordinated with department leadership to prepare for reaccreditation, develop new programs, and expand services to meet Health First Indiana requirements.