CGS2 - General Session

Sunday, August 25, 2024

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Location: Centennial Ballroom

HRSA Bureau Chiefs Panel
Moderator:
Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, President and CEO, NACHC
Panelists:
James Macrae, MA, MPP, Associate Administrator, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Chantelle Britton, MPA, MS, Director, Office of Pharmacy Affairs, Office of Special Health Initiatives, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Candace Chen, MD, MPH, Acting Associate Administrator, Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Awards of Excellence
Presenters:
Veronica Clarke, MS, Vice Speaker of the House, NACHC Board of Directors and President and CEO, TCA Health, Inc.
Paloma Hernandez, MS, MPH, Chair, NACHC Board of Directors, President and CEO, Urban Health Plan
Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, President and CEO, NACHC

John Gilbert Award:
Richard Bettini, President and Chief Executive Officer, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Waianae, HI

Ethel Bond Memorial Consumer Award:
Betty Bibbins, MD, Board President, Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Onancock, VA

Samuel U. Rodgers, MD Achievement Award:
Steve Federico, MD, Director, of School-Based Health Center, Denver Health’s Community Health Services, Denver, CO

Louis S. Garcia Community/Migrant Health Services Award:
Elizabeth Avila, Ag Worker Health Program Manager, South Carolina Primary Health Care Association, Columbia, SC

Norton Wilson State/Regional Leadership Award:
Michael A. Curry, President and CEO, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Boston, MA

Aaron L. Brown Memorial Public Service Award:
Virginia “Ginger” Fuata, Consumer/Board Member Representative, NACHC Board of Directors, and First Vice-Chair, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Waianae, HI

Innovative Research in Primary Care Award:
Jignesh Sheth, MD, Senior Vice President/Chief Medical Officer, The Wright Center for Community Health, Scranton, PA

Lifetime Achievement Awards
Presenters:
Paloma Hernandez, MS, MPH, Chair, NACHC Board of Directors, President and CEO, Urban Health Plan
Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP, President and CEO, NACHC
Sue Veer, MBA, Secretary, NACHC Board of Directors and President and CEO, Carolina Health Centers, Inc.

Lifetime Achievement Awards Winners
Jerry Isikoff, PhD, CEO, IWS Family Health
Annette Kowal, President and CEO, Colorado Community Health Network
Rick Siclari, Chief Executive Officer, Care Resources Community Health Centers, Inc.
Sylvia Partida, National Center for Farmworker Health

Public Policy and Advocacy Update
Joe Dunn, Chief Policy Officer, NACHC

340B Update
Vacheria Keys, Esq., Associate Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, NACHC

Speaker(s)

James Macrae, MA, MPP

Associate Administrator
Bureau of Primary Health Care/HRSA
Candice Chen, MD, MPH

Acting Associate Administrator for Health Workforce
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Chantelle Britton, MPA, MS

Director, Office of Pharmacy Affairs, Office of Special Health Initiatives
Health Resources and Services Administration

Moderator(s)

Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP

President and CEO
NACHC

Presenter(s)

Veronica Clarke

Vice Speaker of the House, NACHC Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
TCA Health, Inc.
Paloma Hernandez, MPH, MS

Chair, NACHC Board of Directors, and Chief Executive Officer
Urban Health Plan
Sue Veer, MBA, CMPE

Secretary, NACHC Board of Directors and President and CEO
Carolina Health Centers, Inc.

Speaker(s)

Joe Dunn

Chief Policy Officer
NACHC
Vacheria Keys, Esq.

Associate Vice President, Policy & Regulatory Affairs
NACHC