Community

Healthy Communities: Las Vegas

The Culinary Training Academy, North Las Vegas, N.V.

January 19, 2012


Conference Agenda

8:30 – 9:00amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30amWelcome and Opening Remarks
David Erickson
Center for Community Development Investments
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
9:30 – 10:15amMorning Keynote
David Williams
Professor and Robert Wood Johnson Senior Fellow in Residence
Harvard University
10:15 – 10:45amMorning Break
10:45am – 12:00pmWorking Together: Regional Models, Lessons, and Strategies for Scale
Moderator: Maureen Schafer-Peckman
Chief Emerging Business Officer
Cleveland Clinic Nevada 

India Pierce Lee
Program Director, Neighborhoods, Housing, and Community Development
Cleveland Foundation

Jeff Edmondson
Managing Director
Strive Network 

Mariano Diaz
Western Regional Vice President
LISC Sustainable Communities Initiative
12:00 – 1:15pmLunch Keynote
Introduction: Deborah Williams
Manager, Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Southern Nevada Health District

Robin Hacke
Director of Capital Formation
Living Cities

1:15 – 2:15pmWhat’s Happening in Las Vegas Now?
Moderator: Lisa Morris Hibbler
Deputy Director, Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department
City of Las Vegas

Denise Tanata Ashby
Senior Scholar
The Lincy Institute, UNLV 

Cass Palmer
President and CEO
United Way of Southern Nevada

Dr. Lawrence Sands
Chief Health Officer
Southern Nevada Health District

2:15 – 2:45pmAfternoon Break
2:45 – 3:45pmFinancing Healthy Communities
Moderator: Gian Brosco
President
Nevada Community Foundation 

Cyndy Gustafson
Principal
Strategic Progress

Holly Lyman
Director, Women’s Care Center
Catholic Healthcare West

Tracy Ericson
Vice President, Community Lending and Investment
Wells Fargo Bank

3:45 – 4:30pmBring It All Together in Las Vegas: A Facilitated Conversation
Facilitator: Lisa Richter
Principal
GPS Capital Partners
4:30 – 4:45pmClosing and Next Steps
Joselyn Cousins
Vice President, Community Development
United Way of Southern Nevada
4:45 – 6:00pmReception

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