Overview
Please join us for our Spring Quarterly Membership & Annual Meeting and the final session of our Rural Health Equity Series as we welcome Dr. Cara James, President and CEO of Grantmakers in Health. With their vision of “Better health for all through better philanthropy,” GIH is a national leading voice on emphasizing “equity, innovation, and responsiveness” with their network of more than 240 health funders. Dr. James will share details about GIH’s strategy development, and why and how she sees policy playing a significant role in population health outcomes. Together we will explore these questions:
- What role may philanthropy play in partnering with public health departments to reduce health disparities?
- In what ways can private funders and public health departments leverage one another's funds and/or expertise to reduce health disparities?
- In what ways may philanthropy engage other sectors (health systems, nonprofits, business, etc.) in support of reducing health disparities?
Dr. James will also highlight some examples from the members in her network and we will have a chance to dialogue with health-focused funders in Iowa.
In the afternoon, the ICoF Board and Staff will unveil ICoF’s new strategic framework. We look forward to reflecting with you on our work to date, and sharing our roadmap for the coming years with you. We will also conduct the FY23 ICoF Annual Meeting and elect new board members. Please register now to join us!
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role population health data plays in informing health equity strategies and philosophies
- Explore the intersection of race equity across multiple health determinants as well as population health outcomes
- Learn about tangible practices and policy impacts of health equity work in Iowa
- Affirm philanthropy’s role in supporting public policy, advocacy and rural equity
- Understand the role policy advocacy plays in supporting equitable outcomes in Iowa
- Identify ways to bolster support from your leadership and community partners
Speaker Bio
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Cara James is President and CEO at Grantmakers In Health (GIH). Prior to joining GIH, she served as Director of the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) where she provided leadership, vision, and direction to advance the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and CMS goals related to reducing disparities and achieving health equity for vulnerable populations, including racial and ethnic populations, persons with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities, and persons living in rural communities. Under her guidance, CMS developed its first CMS Equity Plan to Improve Quality in Medicare, its first Rural Health Strategy, created an ongoing initiative to help individuals understand their coverage and connect to care, increased the collection and reporting of demographic data, and developed numerous resources to help stakeholders in their efforts to reduce disparities. Before joining CMS, Dr. James served as Director of the Disparities Policy Project and Director of the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, where she was responsible for addressing a broad array of health and access to care issues for people of color and other underserved populations, including the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act, analyses of state-level disparities in health and access to care, and disparities in access to care among individuals living in health professional shortage areas. Prior to joining the foundation, she worked at Harvard University and The Picker Institute. Dr. James is a past member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Health and Medicine (NASEM) Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and has served on several NASEM committees. She has published a number of peer-reviewed articles. Dr. James holds her doctorate in health policy and her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard University.
Notes and Logistics:
Cost
For ICoF membership meetings, each membership is given one complimentary registration, with additional registrations invoiced at $25 per person to help cover venue/food costs. Invoices will be sent the week following the event. Please note that for registration purposes we have not listed a cost on the event registration page.
Location + COVID-19 Safety Precautions
Our meeting will be held at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. Attendees assume all risk and responsibility related to possible virus transmission at an in-person event. On the registration form you are asked to review and agree to a COVID-19 liability waiver. If you become ill, test positive for, or are exposed to COVID-19 prior to the event, please stay home and take care.
Accessibility
The facility is an ADA-compliant. More information is available here. If there are specific accommodations that would help you attend and/or more fully participate, please let Laura know with as much notice as possible.
Registration
Online registration will close Friday, April 28 so we can get our final lunch count in. If you want to register after that date please contact Kari or Laura.