CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

Master of Public Administration Program
Political Science Department
College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Missouri State University

Platinum Sponsors:
St. John’s Corporate Wellness;
Burrell Behavioral Health Center.

Gold Sponsors:
Ozarks Public Health Institute & Master of Public health Program, Missouri State University;
Missouri Foundation for Health, St. Louis.

Silver Sponsors:
Jordan Valley Community Health Center.

Copper Sponsors:
Community Partnerships of the Ozarks;
WIC Program, Springfield-Greene County Public Health Department;
Foundation for Springfield Public Schools.

CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE

Kant Patel, Professor
Political Science Department, MSU

Sheila L. Bowen, RN, BSN, MA,
Employee Wellness Coordinator, MSU

Carmen Parker Bradshaw, MPA.
Health Policy Advocate
Springfield-Greene County Health Department

Denise Bredfeldt, Executive Director
Mayor’s Commission for Children/City of Springfield

Dalen Duitsman, Director
Master of Public Health Program, MSU

Ellen Hammock, Residency Administrator
Cox Family Medicine Residency, Springfield

Jon Mooney, Health and Wellness Coordinator
Jordan Valley Community Health Center
Springfield,

Rebecca Ray, Health Education
Springfield-Greene County Health Department

Mark Rushefsky, Professor,
Political Science Department, MSU

Suzanne Walker-Pacheco, Associate Professor,
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, MSU

Mary Ellison, WIC program, Springfield,

Jessica Johnson, Graduate Assistant
MPA Program, MSU

Warren Robinson, Graduate Assistant
MPA Program, MSU