​SCHEDULE & SPEAKERS

Conference sessions will be approved for CME, nursing, and CHES continuing education credits.
  • Conference Agenda at-a-Glance
  • Keynote Speakers
  • Breakout Sessions Speakers
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Friday, December 9, 2022
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​8:30 - 9:00 AM
        
Welcome Remarks
Sally Kraft, MD, MPH
Vice President, Population Health, Dartmouth Health

Introduced by Hanan Bedri, MS, MA, Executive Director, New Hampshire Public Health Association
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Opening Keynote Address
​Betsy Rosenfeld, JD
Regional Health Administrator - Region 1
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)
US Department of Health and Human Service
​10:00 - 11:00 AM
Morning Breakout Sessions
Breakout Room 1
Speakers: TBA

Breakout Room 2
Speakers: TBA
11:00 - 11:15 AM
Break
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Breakout Room 3
​Speakers: TBA

Breakout Room 4
​Speakers: TBA
12:15 PM
Lunch Break
1:15 PM
Keynote Address
Anne N. Sosin, MPH
Policy Fellow
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center
Dartmouth College​
2:15 - 3:15 PM
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session 1
Speakers: TBA

Breakout Session 2
Speakers: TBA
3:15 - 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Breakout Session 3
Speakers: TBA

Breakout Session 4
Speakers: TBA
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Entertainment
Program schedule - Subject to change. Conference attendees will be notified.  ​

Betsy Rosenfeld, JD
Regional Health Administrator - Region 1
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)
US Department of Health and Human Service

Betsy Rosenfeld is the Regional Health Administrator (RHA) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), which serves the six New England states in HHS Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont).

As the chief regional public health official for HHS/OASH, Ms. Rosenfeld leads a team responsible for a broad portfolio of public health work organized around principles of health equity and eliminating racism: addressing the broad range of health disparities, especially as they have manifested during the COVID-19 pandemic; girls’ and women’s health; infectious disease; substance use and mental health; poverty, economic empowerment, and supporting an economy built on dignity; and climate change and environmental justice.

In addition, the New England HHS/OASH team has led the nation in developing and leading a 75-member community health worker (CHW) regional coalition which works on CHW policy issues across the New England states as well as participating in national-level policy initiatives. The Region 1 CHW policy work underway since 2002 has, with state and other partners, focused on: securing high quality training for CHWs in a variety of health domains; encouraging reliable, insurance-based reimbursement for CHW services; integrating CHWs into the community-based health care team with respect and reciprocity; and supporting the robust evaluation of the impact of CHW services on individuals and communities.

Ms. Rosenfeld serves as the primary liaison for state and local public health officials as they interact with HHS/OASH, and her team regularly partners with other federal agencies, as well as community based organizations, academic public health and medical centers, health delivery systems, philanthropies and a broad range of non-health partners to improve health outcomes across the New England states.

Prior to serving as the RHA in Region 1, Ms. Rosenfeld served as the Deputy Regional Health Administrator (DRHA). Prior to her federal service, Ms. Rosenfeld worked as a health care lawyer at Ropes & Gray in Boston on matters ranging from patient care issues to health system mergers. During law school, Ms. Rosenfeld worked as a legal services lawyer, representing low-income clients on housing and health matters.
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Ms. Rosenfeld graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and has served on numerous non-profit boards and committees in the New England region.

Anne N. Sosin, MPHA
Policy Fellow
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College

Anne is public health practitioner, research, and educator focused on issues of health equity globally and in rural Northern New England. Anne brings nearly two decades of experience leading public health partnerships at the local, national, and International level. Her current research focuses on COVID-19 and rural health equity in Northern New England. Anne holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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