Speaker Presentations: Thursday, May 7

Federal Panel

The Fitness Integrated with Teaching (FIT) Kids Act: Derek Scholes, Government Relations Manager, American Heart Association.pdf

Opportunities for Healthy Communities: The Federal Transportation Bill, Margo Pedroso, Policy Manager, Safe Routes to School National Partnership.pdf

2009 Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Margo G. Wootan, DSc, Director, Nutrition Policy.pdf

Workshops

Childhood Obesity in Rural Communities: Essential Tools for Policy-makers to Increase Access to Healthy Foods and Opportunities for Physical Activity

Health is Academic, Shane McNeill, MS, Mississippi Department of Education, Office of Healthy Schools.pdf

Childhood Obesity in Rural Communities, Health Implications and Policy Options, Saundra Glover, MBA, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Health Disparities and Social Justice/Associate Director, S.C. Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina.pdf

Childhood Obesity in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities: Steps Policy-makers Can Take to Reduce Disparities

Taking Action: Successful Health Leadership, Marcella Martinez, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Stephanie Ramirez, Deputy Director of Constituency Services, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund.pdf

The Social Environment: What Policy-makers Can Do to Influence Healthy Behavior

The Social Environment and Health: Challenges and Opportunities, Marsha Lillie-Blanton, DrPH, Associate Research Professor, GW School of Public Health and Health Services.pdf

The Social Environment, National Policy and Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Marice Ashe, JD, MPH.pdf

Promoting Healthy, Active Environments: What Policy-makers Can Do

Promoting Active Living Through Improvements in the Built Environment, Judy Corbett, MS, Executive Director, Local Government Commission.pdf

School District and City Partnerships, Wes Hare, City Manager, Albany, Ore.pdf

Speaker Presentations: Friday, May 8

Plenary 1: Linking Efforts - Innovative Partnerships to Advance Policies Supporting Healthy Communities and Healthy Kids

City of Chicago Inter-Departmental Task Force on Childhood Obesity, Terry Mason, M.D., Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health and Adam Becker, Executive Director, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children.pdf

Linking Efforts: Innovative Partnerships to Advance Policy Making, Honorable Council Member Marlen Garcia, Baldwin Park, Calif.pdf

Linking Efforts: Innovative Partnerships to Advance Policies Supporting Healthy Communities and Healthy Kids, Rosa Soto, Regional Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy.pdf

Plenary 2: The Economic Benefits of Healthy Communities

The Economic Benefits of Healthy Communities, Decatur's Story, 1980-2009, Amanda Thompson, MPA, Planning Director, City of Decatur, Georgia.pdf

Economics of Obesity: Implications for Policy Change, Jeffrey Levy, PhD, Trust for America's Health.pdf