NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL & MINORITY HEALTH
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SPEAKERS
Susan Orsega
Eugene J. Lengerich
Famer, Epidemiologist, Ret. Professor, Public Health Sciences & Family and Community Medicine Penn State University, Pennsylvania
Kimberly Elenberg
Quintin B. Bullock
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President, Community College of Allegheny College (CCAC), PA
John Kalafut
Nicole L. Stout
Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at ImpediMed, Researcher Cancer Survivorship, Supportive Care, and Cancer Care Delivery, WV, USA, and Global
Kim Cleveland
Kimberly Cleveland
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Dean at Walsh University, OH, 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, and Global
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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
George M. Eid
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Physician, General Surgeon, System Chair of Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Bariatric and Metabolic Institute and system
Division chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery. Pittsburgh, PA
Kim Cleveland
Josie Badger
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Executive Director, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor’s Advisory Commission on People with Disabilities, PA
Susan Orsega
Ketwana D. Schoos
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Faculty of Social Sciences, Community College of Allegheny County, PA
Kimberly Elenberg
Brianna Parsons
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One Health Program Manager and Lecturer in Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet), Philadelphia, PA, and USA.
John Kalafut
John F. Kalafut
Chief Executive Officer, Asher Orion Group
Kim Cleveland
Harold Cameon
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CEO (Chief Encouragement Officer), The People’s Advocate, Consumer Advocate and Government Liaison, SSA Appointed Disability Claims and Appeals Representative, Scranton, PA, and USA
Susan Orsega
Lisa Freeman
Founder of Family Freeman Family Farm Store & Greenhouse, and Advocates for Urban Agriculture, Food Access, Community Health, and Partnerships Advocate, Greater Pittsburgh Region in 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, OH, PA, MD, and the USA
John Kalafut
Vanessa Rastović
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Disability Advocate in Rural America for Oral Health, Individualized Healthcare Access, and Policy, PA and the USA
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Kim Cleveland
Jackie Nixon
Director of Marketing & Communications for Citizens Radioactive Radon Reduction (CR3) and the Publisher of CR3 News Magazine, a CR3 PA State Representative Advocate for Education. Lung Cancer Survivor in PA, and the USA.
Susan Orsega
Miranda Mayer
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Family Nurse Practitioner (ANCC), and completing her DNP-FNP at Walsh University. Founder and President of Shine Your
Light, a nonprofit Supporting Families, Canton, Ohio
Kimberly Elenberg
William J. Schoy
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Human Engineering Research Laboratory, Participant Advocate, Disability Options Network Associate Director, Community Partnerships at American Cancer Society; & the US Department of Veterans Affairs as a center within the Pittsburgh Healthcare System, PA, and USA
John Kalafut
Honorable Debra L. Bogen (Invited)
Secretary, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of Health, Harrisburg, PA
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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
Jackie Smith
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Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, and the USA
Kimberly Elenberg
Rashanna Black
Graduate Student in Health Administration (class of 28) at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA; and Patient Access Supervisor at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital; and previously held the positions of AI Intern at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA
John Kalafut
James Williams
Chairman, Board of Directors Prostate Cancer Coalition (PPCC), Retired Colonel, Harrisburg, PA, and USA
Kim Cleveland
Debora Harvey-Patterson
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Director of Business Administration, Community College of Allegheny College, and Private Citizen Advocate for Self-care,
Health and Wellness, Family & Community Engagement, and Education About Diabetes Awareness During National Diabetes Month and November 14 World Diabetes Day in the Month of November
Susan Orsega
Honorable Carlos Obrador-Garrido Cuesta
Head Consul, Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kimberly Elenberg
Candice Pulkowski
AI and Neuro-Marketing, Co-founder of Benevine, Pennsylvania, the USA, and Global
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
Ambassador Carlos José Escobedo Menéndez
Head Consul, Consulate of Guatemala in Columbus, Ohio|MINEX, Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Guatemala to Peru
Jesabel Rivera
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National Senior Program Lead at the American Heart Association, Community and Public Health Strategist at American Heart Association; Pittsburgh, PA, and the USA, and family and community health and wellness advocate in the USA and Global
Regis Charlton​
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Deputy Director for the Center for Independent Living, Disability Options Network, Penn Hills, PA.
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
DJ Stemmler
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Disability Rights Advocate, Community Organizer, and Advisor for Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Medical Research Project between the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, and the VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, PA
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
Amy Guthrie
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Disability & Family Supports Advocate at Achieva/ Arc of Greater Pittsburgh, PA; and
Local Task Force (LTF3) on the Right to Allegheny Appropriate Education, Pittsburgh, PA
Kim Cleveland
Daniel Hodges
President and Cofounder, Peaces of Me Foundation, Phoenix, AZ and USA
Susan Orsega
Chiranth Punganur
Medical Student (MS3), Researcher at TROGSS and DMC/DRC, and Director of Research Partnerships & Curriculum, International Student Research Mentorship (ISRM); Lead of Research Education and Academic Partnerships in Melaka, Malaysia and Global
Kimberly Elenberg
Cynthia-Grace
Devine-Kepner
PA Special Education PTA-A Founding Charter Member of the First Statewide Special Education PTA in the Nation Treasure, and President, Education Policy Fellowship, PA State PTA – (FLC) Federal Legislative Chairperson, and Public Health Advocate for All Disabilities Special Education, PA, and the USA
John Kalafut
Laura Hoffman
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Dr. Laura C. Hoffman, Esq, Co-Faculty Director of the Center on Healthcare Law and Policy at CSU College of Law, Cleveland
State University Cleveland, Ohio
Kim Cleveland
Pamela Rafferty-Semon​​
Instructor of Practice, The Ohio State University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
Susan Orsega
William J. Schoy
Human Engineering Research Laboratory (HERL), Research Participant Advocate, Disability Options Network (DON) Associate Director, Community Partnerships at ACS. HERL, UPitt under Health Sciences, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs within Pittsburgh Healthcare System, PA, and USA
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
Lauren Feyh
Instructor of Practice, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Health Sciences Division, and Executive Director, and Co-Founder of GrowIN-Intergenerational Community Programming, Columbus, Ohio
Susan Orsega
Silvia Orsulic-Jeras
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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
Libby DesRuisseaux
Neuropsychology Clinic at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Brain Health and Wellness Programs, Ohio, and USA.
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
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Kimberly Elenberg
NIRMH
John Kalafut
NIRMH
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Kim Cleveland
NIRMH
