2025 Mini College

Meeting Materials

Speaker Bios

June 12, 2025
Session Time Presenters E-Materials
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM
Opening Remarks

Wagahta Semere, MD, MHS | Director, Champion Provider Fellowship and Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine

8:35 AM - 9:20 AM
Champion Provider Fellow & LHD Partnership Work

Wagahta Semere, MD, MHS | Director, Champion Provider Fellowship and Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine

PDF icon 45. Worksheet - Development Planning Worksheet_2025.pdf
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM
Welcome Remarks from CalFresh Healthy Living Program & Office of Oral Health
PDF icon Remarks from CalFresh.pdf

Lauren Whetstone, PhD | Acting Nutrition and Physical Activity Branch (NPAB) Manager, California Department of Public Health

Shakalpi Pendurkar, DDS | Office of Oral Health, California Department of Public Health

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
Keynote Address

Rita Nguyen, MD | Assistant Health Officer and Director of Population Health, California Department of Public Health

10:10 AM - 10:20 AM
Break
10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Data Storytelling Workshop
PDF icon Data Storytelling Workshop.pdf

Andy Krackov | President, Hillcrest Advisory

11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Lunch
12:50 PM - 1:35 PM
Engaging Policy Makers
PDF icon Engaging Policymakers.pdf

Alecia Sanchez | California Medical Association (CMA)

Brianna Pittman-Spencer | California Dental Association (CDA)

1:35 PM - 1:50 PM
Break
1:50 PM - 2:35 PM
Keynote: “No Straight Road Takes You There: Lessons Learned from a Journey in Medicine & Advocacy”
PDF icon Keynote - Beth Griffiths.pdf

Beth Griffiths, MD, MPH | Associate Professor, UCSF School of Medicine

2:35 PM - 3:00 PM
Cohort 2023 Recognition, Group Photo, Closing Remarks & Evaluation

Wagahta Semere, MD, MHS | Director, Champion Provider Fellowship and Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine