Speakers at this year's Health Equity Summit are some of the biggest names in public health and health equity. Browse through the speakers below.
2023 Health Equity Summit Speakers
Keynote
Abigail Echo-Hawk, MA
Executive Vice President, Seattle Indian Health Board / Director, Urban Indian Health Institute
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH
Senior Executive Consultant, ASTHO
Aika Aluc, MPH
Director, State and Community Engagement, ASTHO
Kimberly Brazwell, MA
CEO/Founder, KiMISTRY
Julia Caplan, MPP, MPH
Executive Director, State of Equity (Public Health Institute)
Donna Christensen, MD
President, Christensen Institute for Community Health and Empowerment
Jennifer Farfalla, MPH
Director, Overdose Prevention, ASTHO
Michael Fraser, PhD, MS, CAE, FCPP
Chief Executive Officer, ASTHO
(2016 – 2024)
Sarah Hart Weir, MS
Executive Director, Kansas Developmental Disabilities Council
Delmonte Jefferson
Executive Director, The Center for Black Health & Equity
Alicia Justice, MPH
Senior Director, Programmatic Health Equity Initiatives and Strategy, ASTHO
Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, ASTHO
Alum-LA
Tenesha Lewis, MPH
Director, Programmatic Health Equity Initiatives, ASTHO
Palina Louangketh, DSL, MHS, RHIT
Bureau Chief, Equity and Strategic Partnerships | Tribal Liaison, Division of Public Health Bureau of Equity
Clifford S. Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH
Director, Environmental Health Bureau, Maryland Department of Health
Tamira M. Moon, MPH, MCHES
Director, Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, ASTHO
Margarita Northrop, MPH, MIPA
State Health Plan Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Office of Policy and Practice Alignment
Jennifer D. Oliva, JD, MBA, BS
Professor of Law and Co-Director, UCSF/UC Law Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy
Heather Pangelinan, MS
Director of Public Health Services, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
Christopher Ramirez
Co-Founder/Executive Director, Together for Brothers (T4B)
Jeannette Raymond
Public Health Practice Assistant Section Manager, Minnesota Department of Health
Krystal Redman, DrPH, MHA
Executive Director, SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW!, Inc., Adjunct Professor, Emory Rollins School of Public Health
Elke Shaw-Tulloch, MHS
State Health Official, Administrator, Division of Public Health, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Janis Valmond, MS, DrPH, CHES
Deputy Commissioner U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health
Sarah Verbiest, DrPH, MSW, MPH
Co-Director, Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neil Weare, JD
President and Founder, Equally American
Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, ASTHO
Ruqaiijah Yearby, JD, MPH
Co-Founder and Faculty Affiliate, The Institute for Healing Justice & Equity; Kara J Trott Professor in Health Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University
Morgan Zialcita, MSPH
Senior Analyst, Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, ASTHO