Agenda

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Abagail Edwards
Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health

Cody Knight
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board

Naresh Bhandari
Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH)

Christie Byars-Chavez
Prevention Specialist for the Chickasaw Nation

Birdie Wermy
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Jerico Cummings
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Erin Martin
President of the Tulsa Urban Ag Coalition, Director of FreshRx Oklahoma, and co-lead of Oklahoma’s Food is Medicine Policy Coalition

Robert Lincoln
Health Director for the Sac and Fox Nation at the Black Hawk Health Center

Ashley Comiford
Epidemiologist for Cherokee Nation

Kimberly Farris
Director of the Behavioral Health Department at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic

Alayna Johnson
Integrated Coordinator for the Behavioral Health Department at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic

Rochelle Plummer
Registered and Licensed Dietitian and Certificated Lactation Consultant at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic

Carla Neal
Manager of the Diabetes Prevention Program

Anne Kapka
Ph.D. Student at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Hudson College of Public Health

Jacob Guinan
Healthy Brain Coordinator at the Oklahoma State Department of Health

Aurora Martinez
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Danny Walters
Director of the Division of Environmental Health Services with the Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Service

Evaren Page
Director of Science and Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH)

Jon Gilgoff
Founder and former Executive Director of Oakland-based youth nonprofit, Brothers on the Rise

Michelle Dennison
Vice-President of Policy and Prevention at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic

Steven Craig
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Perkins Family Clinic

Misti Wall

Ashly Taylor

Marty Lofgren, MD
Medical Director of the AST Health System

Katie Ferguson
Special Projects Officer at Cherokee Nation

Julie Seward

Brook Bender

M. Angela Thompson

Donna Enfield
Indian Health Service

Christina Peters
NPAIHB

Terri Parton
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

Colton Shaver
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board

Blake Moore
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board

J.T. Neuzil

Margo Gray
President of Margo Gray and Associates and member of the Osage Nation Minerals Council

Linda Santi
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska's Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System (WCHS)

Roxann Taormina
College of Behavioral and Community Sciences at the University of South Florida

Connie Walker-Egea
University of South Florida

Cathy Sowell
University of South Florida, Child and Family Studies

Marianna Wetherill
Associate Professor of Health Promotion Sciences and Family and Community Medicine, Henry Zarrow Presidential Professor, and the George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair in Population Healthcare at the University of Oklahoma Tulsa Schusterman Center.

Nicole Butt
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board

Blake Moore
Southern Plains Tribal Health Board

J.T. Neuzil

Joni Bokovoy
Health Scientist

Michelle Singer
Regional Partner Network Project Director housed at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) – Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (NWTEC)

Taylor Dean
Healthy Native Youth Outreach Specialist at Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB)

Elizabeth Dee
Public Health Advisor in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Melvin Battiest
Executive Director of Native Wings Like an Eagle Inc.

Norene Starr
Executive Coordinator for Special Projects and Resources for the Healing to Wellness Program

Casandra Fraser
C-PRSS with the Southern Plains 988 Tribal Response Project

Cortney Yarholar
Founder of Evergreen Training & Development, LLC

Jaclyn Smith
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ashleigh Coser
Health Service Psychologist with Cherokee Nation

Evan White
Principal Investigator at Laureate Institute for Brain Research

Carrie Sampson Samuels
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Jason Butler
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Tribal Health and Human Services Department

Yakaiyastai Gorman
Wellness Coordinator at Northwest Indian College and Environmental Science Instructor

Josh DeBartolo
Senior Manager of Community Integration for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Mary Culley
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Tribal Government Relations

Kara Hawthorne
Manager of VA' I-T-U Healthcare Reimbursement Agreement Program

Michael Duncan
Founder and CEO of Native Dads Network

Andrea Blair
Epidemiologist for Cherokee Nation Public Health

Ashley Comiford
Epidemiologist for Cherokee Nation

David Roberts
David Roberts Consulting, LLC & OK RIDE CARE

Toni McGee

Rachel Davis-Tate
CARA Project Coordinator at Southern Plains Tribal Health Board

Chandee Kott
Program Director for the Autism Foundation of Oklahoma

Toni Emmons
OFMQ

Rachel Davis-Tate
CARA Project Coordinator at Southern Plains Tribal Health Board

Vicki Ittel
VP of Behavioral Health Solutions for Relias

Johnney Johnson
Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA)

Larissa Molina
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

Julia Lothrop
Acting Regional Director and Executive Officer in the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA) for the Region VI Office of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

Greggory Woitte
Oklahoma City Area Chief Medical Officer, RDML

Sarah Schildecker
Senior Public Health Advisor for HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) in Region 6

Travis Watts
Director of the Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Service

Haley Shea

Paul Branscum
Professor of Public Health

Stacee Read
Director of Network Development and the Child Welfare Expert for National DEC

Otakuye Conroy-Ben
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University

Jessica McGuire
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBN)

Jessica Mullin
Executive Director for Modoc Nation Health Services

Renee McPherson
Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma and University Director of the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center

Amelia Cook

Orville Dejarlais
Air Force Veteran & Keya LLC

Timothy Zientek
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Director of Housekeeping/Maintenance/Emergency Management/Homeland Security/Fire/Emergency Communications

Chad Larman
Director of Emergency Management for Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Roselyn Tso
Indian Health Service