American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Health Equity and Patient Safety (March 2023)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (February 2022)

Presentation: Premise Health West Crucial Conversation: Race and Racism in Healthcare (September 2020)

National Academies of Medicine

Presentation: Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety – George Floyd, Patient Safety and Transforming Healthcare Keynote (October 2020)

Presentation: Arkansas Hospital Association – Patient and Family Engagement in COVID-19 Opening Plenary (June 2020)

Presentation: New Hampshire Hospital Association – Health Equity and Patient Engagement Keynote for Annual Conference (November 2019)

Wisconsin Healthcare Quality Collaborative Keynote Speaker – Patient and Family Engaging Transforming Healthcare. (April 2019)

Minority Health Research: Co-Principal Investigator for CEERIAS Stroke Study in collaboration with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and RUSH Medical Center (October 2014 – January 2019) and (June 2020 – May 2021)

Presentation: Engaging Patients, Wisconsin Healthcare Collaborative May 2018

Presentation: Iowa Healthcare Collaborative, Consumerism in Healthcare, February 2018

Presentation: Restoring Humanity in Healthcare: Achieving Safety Across the Board via Health Equity – MedStar Health Columbia, Maryland (December 2014)

Presentation: Understanding Readmissions, Community Care Transitions and Vulnerable Populations, Presented for VHA Corporation at National Press Club in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Siegel and Dr. Paul McGann (November 2014)

Presentation: Reducing Hospital Readmissions through Collaboration with Community Partners, VHA Corporation, (May 2014)

Committee Participation: Northwestern Lurie Cancer Center Office of Minority Health Advisory Council (2013 – 2016)

Committee Participation: St. James Health System, Missions HR Committee Member (2009 – 2013)

Committee Participation: Governors State University Master of Health Administration Advisory Committee (2013 – 2016)

Committee Participation: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) “Seven Pillars Project: Crossing the Patient Safety-Medical Liability Chasm Consumer Advisory Board (2011 – 2013)

Committee Participation: MedStar Health System Patient and Family Advisory Corporate Council Member (2013 – 2018)

Committee Participation: National Quality Forum (NQF) Patient and Family Action Team Council (January 2014 – September 2014)

Committee Participation: American Hospital Association HRET- CANDOR Project. Funded by AHRQ. Patient Safety, Quality and Transparency to improve our health systems. Serving as contracted advisor. (2014 – 2015)

Minority Health Research: Mega Faith Meets Mega Science – Trust Project: A Review of Vulnerable Populations, Health Disparities and Patient and Family Engagement. Research funded by Emory University School of Public Health. Serving as contracted Principal Investigator and Lead Advisor. (2013 - 2016)

International Health Experience: World Congress on Public Health Conference Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Africa (2012), World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland (2009), Country of Belize (2010)

Health Policy: Participating member of the Policy and Advocacy Committee for the Commission to End Health Disparities. The CEHCD was established in 2004 by the American Medical Association and the National Medical Association, and with the National Hispanic Medical Association to address disparities in health care and in response to the Institute of Medicine’s report Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

Health Policy: Partnered with community resources such as: minister coalitions, community health care providers, community residents and health care administrators to understand health care needs and concerns. Works with special interest groups and policy makers to drive positive change in South Chicagoland health care delivery systems (2009-2011)

Public Health: Developed a series of public forum educational workshops utilizing the resources of community health care providers, the AIDs Foundation of Chicago, the American Cancer Society and American Heart Association titled “State of the Union Address: Black America and HIV/AIDs (2010)

Health Policy: Coordinated a health care leadership call-to-action with senior executive leaders of Chicago Southern Cook County Regional hospitals to gain support for tax-increase necessary to funding public health system. Coordinated with lead agencies such as the National Association of Public Hospitals and NAHSE to win hospital tax-payer support. Endeavor resulted in the salvaging of three primary health acute care providers and primary care facilities within health disparate portions of Illinois (2009)

Public Policy: Appointed to the advisory council for Cook County Board President in support of Cook County Health and Hospital System Independent Board selections (2009)