NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL & MINORITY HEALTH
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SPEAKERS
Susan Orsega
Eugene J. Lengerich
Professor, Public Health Sciences & Family and Community Medicine Penn State University, Pennsylvania
Kimberly Elenberg
David J. Dausey
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Executive Vice President, Provost Duquesne University
John Kalafut
Deborah Cardenas
Past President, Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA) Board of Directors, Pennsylvania
Kim Cleveland
Kimberly Cleveland
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The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) Immediate Past President, Nurses on Board Coalition Board Chair Emeritus and Co-Chair of the Value of Nurses and Board Committee
Susan Orsega
Kendall Simmons
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American Coach, Two-time NFL Superbowl Champion, World Diabetes Day Champion and Advocate, United States
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Kimberly Elenberg
Nancy Mannion
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Chair of Nurses on Boards Coalition, President, NMB Global Leadership, LLC, Past President Emergency Nurses Association, Madison WI
John Kalafut
Honorable Jason Kavulich
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging
Kim Cleveland
José de Arimatéia da Cruz
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National Cybersecurity Army War College Center for Strategic Leadership Homeland Defense and Security Issues, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and United States
Susan Orsega
Stephanie Meyers
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The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Executive Housing Director, Interagency Coordinated Invested Planning, Liaison for Housing and homelessness Response, Special Advisor to the PA DHS Secretary Honorable Valerie Arkoosh
Kimberly Elenberg
Deborah Dillon
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Clinical Associate Professor, Director AG-ACNP Program, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Pennsylvania
John Kalafut
John F. Kalafut
Chief Executive Officer, Asher Orion Group
Kim Cleveland
Philip M. Alberti
President 2024 The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, Board Chair Emeritus, The Nurses on Boards Coalition Associate Professor & Course Coordinator Health Policy at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Susan Orsega
Garett Craig
Nurse Engineer, Application Consultant at Brainlab, Pennsylvania
Kimberly Elenberg
Gary C. Norman
Past State Civil Rights Chair in Maryland, Adjunct Law Professor at Cleveland State University, College of Law in Ohio, & Past Member of the Multi-Sector Partner Group at the Center for Health Justice at the AAMC
John Kalafut
Vanessa Rastović
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Disability Advocate in Rural America for Oral Health, Individualized Healthcare Access, and Policy, USA
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Kim Cleveland
Sherri Landis
Executive Director at Arc of Pennsylvania, Disability Health Action Network (DHAN)
Susan Orsega
Leda Kloudas
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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of Undergraduate Research at Duquesne University, Pennsylvania
Kimberly Elenberg
Julia McCulloh Nair
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Professor, School of Nursing, West Chester University, PA; Nurse Scientist, & Honorary Research Fellow, USA and Scotland
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John Kalafut
James Benedict
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James Benedict, MDiv, STM, DMin, PhD, Scholar in Residence Center for Global Health Ethics, Duquesne University
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Kim Cleveland
Diane Knoblauch
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The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Past President, Knoblauch Law Offices serving Michigan and Ohio
Susan Orsega
Brianna Sheppard
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Director of West Virginia Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), West Virginia
Kimberly Elenberg
Megan Govindan
Research Scientist at West Virginia University – Institute for Community and Rural Health, West Virginia
John Kalafut
Gerard Magill
Vernon F. Gallagher Chair & Professor, Center for Global Health Ethics at Duquesne University, Pennsylvania
Kim Cleveland
Nicole L Stout
Cancer Survivorship and Rehabilitation Researcher, Senior Director Survivorship and Wellness @ American Cancer Society, Independence, West Virginia
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Susan Orsega
Logan Eisenhart
CNP, DMP (c), Kent State University, Nursing Department, Stark Campus, and Cleveland Clinic, Hematology/Oncology Department, Ohio
Kimberly Elenberg
Wenqi Zhou
Associate Professor in Information Systems and Technology, Managing Director of Viragh Institute for Business Ethics, PwC Alumni Faculty Fellow at Duquesne University
John Kalafut
Linwood M. Smith Jr.
Educator, Community Health and Wellness Organizer, Itinerant Elder at the African Methodist Episcopal Church, & Jazz Musician, Pennsylvania
Kim Cleveland
Jill Buterbaugh
Nurse Practitioner, Everrett Family Health Center (FQHC), and Associate Professor of Nursing at Frostburg State University, Pennsylvania
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David Fakunle
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Assistant Professor, Morgan State University School of Community Health & Policy, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine, and Associate Faculty in Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland
Urmi Ashar
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Physician, Assistant Prr, Director of Public Health Programs in the Rangos School of Health
Sciences Duquesne University, Pennsylvania
Molly McCullough
Registered Nurse, and Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Board Member, Pennsylvania, and Maryland
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Zana Ross
Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Susan Orsega
Julian Feliciano
Office Manager/Outreach Coordinator at Keystone Health Agricultural Worker Program, Pennsylvania
Kimberly Elenberg
Axel Rosa
Physician, Former Fellow at Penn State Health, Pain Management, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
John Kalafut
Max Fedor
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Healthcare Startup Executive
Kim Cleveland
Daisha K. Little
School of Community Health & Policy Morgan State University, Maryland, and Associate Project Manager at the
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, North Bethesda, Maryland
Susan Orsega
Aigerim Aliakparova
Doctoral Student in Global Health Ethics at DU, Faculty Member for the AAP’ ECHO Telementoring Prog. on CRH, & Cultural Responsiveness. Committee Member for the National Promoting Equitable Access to (PEALS) Initiative, U.S. OMH USA
Kimberly Elenberg
Billi L. Mattes
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Executive Director STEM-UP Network, a Social Enterprise Powered by Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Former Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
John Kalafut
Nick Ide
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Rural Health Director for the Eastern States Region of the American Heart Association, USA
Kim Cleveland
Krishna Patel
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Founder and Executive Director of the Health and Education Alliance, Pennsylvania
Susan Orsega
Kacie Jankoski
Associate Director, Community Partnerships at American Cancer Society, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Kimberly Elenberg
Sara Murphy
Vice President- Programs and Services, Alzheimer’s Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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John Kalafut
Tammi Lining
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Board Member, Engaging Transformational Nursing Leader, Adjunct Professor at Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kim Cleveland
Liam Cantellops Mercader
PA Office of Rural Health Summer Intern, Scholar Student in the PSU Schreyer’s Honor College & Integrated Undergraduate Student in HPA & Graduate Student in PHS, COM at PSH. Thesis: Rural Maternal Strategic Plan, Pennsylvania
Susan Orsega
Lee Gidden
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Founder/CEO with Wife Tracy Gidden at Alpha 11 Veterans Logistics Inc., Benefit claims support, Local Veteran Advocacy, Veteran Honors, USA
Kimberly Elenberg
Robert Toporek
Decorated Vietnam War Veteran, Outreach for Improving Computer Access for Anyone in Need, Advanced Certified
Rolf Practitioner/Author/ Non-Profit Leader, Pennsylvania
John Kalafut
Andrea L. Lowe
Partner and Collaborator of The Social Impact Studio Consulting, LLC, Pennsylvania
Kim Cleveland
Oralia G. Dominic
Bio-Behavioral Health Scientist, and Cancer and Co-morbid Diabetes Researcher, Medical Policy Analysts, & Founder and President of NIRMH, Pennsylvania
Susan Orsega
NIRMH
Kimberly Elenberg
NIRMH
John Kalafut
NIRMH
Kim Cleveland
NIRMH
