Paul D. Smith, MD, Medical Advisor, Wisconsin Health Literacy, and Professor, University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
(Pre-Summit Session, Monday, April 3, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. - included in Summit registration fee-no additional charge)

Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
O’Neil Center/GetWellNetwork
(Plenary Session B)

Cindy Brach, M.P.P.
Senior Health Care Researcher for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
(Plenary C)

Christopher Trudeau, JD, Professor of Law, Western Michigan University - Thomas M. Cooley Law School;
Kim Parson, Strategic Consultant, Humana
(Plenary Session D)

Winston F. Wong, MD, MS, FAAFP, Medical Director, Community Benefit, Kaiser Permanente
(Plenary E)

The Power of Ethnodrama Arts: Conveying Health Disparities in Culturally Relevant Ways
Anita Woodley, Emmy Award-winning Journalist, Health Education Entertainer, and Ethnodrama Presenter
(Closing/Plenary F)

Geri Lynn Baumblatt, MA, Executive Director of Patient Engagement, Emmi;
Tarah Knaresboro, Interactive Communication Design Manager, Emmi
(Session A1)

Cindy Brach, M.P.P., Senior Health Care Researcher, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(Session A2)

Karen Hernes, MSN, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor, Purdue University Northwest College of Nursing;
Margaret Carter Richey, Ed.D, MSN, RN, Associate Professor, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, College of Education and Health Services, Department of Nursing & Health
(Session A3)

Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L, President, Health Literacy Consulting, founder of Health Literacy Month, and host of the podcast series, “Health Literacy Out Loud” 
(Session A5)

Iris Feinberg, PhD, Associate Director, Adult Literacy Research Center, Georgia State University;
Maricel G. Santos, Ed.D, Associate Professor of English, San Francisco State University;
Julie McKinney, MS, Independent Consultant with McKinney Health Services, HL Discussion List Moderator, Institute for Healthcare Advancement
(Session A4)

Susan Reid, Director, Health Literacy NZ Limited 
(Session B1)

Audrey Riffenburgh, Ph.D. (candidate) President, Plain Language Works, LLC
(Session B2)

Elizabeth Kiscaden, MLIS, AHIP, Associate Director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region;
Carolyn Martin, MLS, AHIP/Consumer Health Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region
(Session B3)

Matthew N. Noe, MSLS, Library Fellow, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library/National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region
(Session B3)

Leslie Gelders, BBA, Literacy Coordinator, Oklahoma Literacy Resource Office, Oklahoma Department of Libraries;
Pam Bean, MLIS, Head Reference/Adult Services Librarian, Southern Oklahoma Library System
(Session B4)

Cody Fredrick, MPH, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Cancer Health Disparities Initiative;
Mary Ann Schilling, M.Ed., Family Living Educator, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Waushara County
(Session B5)

Anne Punzak Marcus, MS, co-founder and Board Chair of Exceptional Lives, Inc.;
Julie McKinney, MS, Independent Consultant with McKinney Health Services, HL Discussion List Moderator, Institute for Healthcare Advancement
(Session C1)

Melissa G. French, M.S., Program Officer, Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and staff member on the Roundtable on Health Literacy
(Session C2)

Doris Ravotas, PhD, Coordinator of Interdisciplinary Health Services, Western Michigan University
(Session C3)

Maricel Santos, Ed.D., Associate Professor of English, San Francisco State University
(Session C4)

Steven Sparks, MS, Health Literacy Director, Wisconsin Health Literacy
(Session C5)

Virginia Brown, DrPH, Doctor Minor, Extension Educator, University of Maryland Extension
(Session D1)

Make Informed Consent an Informed Choice: Tools from AHRQ
Cindy Brach, M.P.P., Senior Health Care Researcher, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(Session D3)

Dennis Johnson, Managing Partner, Sort Sol Group
Ben Williams, Managing Partner, Sort Sol Group
(Session D4)

Kari LaScala, JD, Health Communications Specialist, Wisconsin Health Literacy;
Omar Eliwa, Compounding Pharmacist, Clinical Services Manager, Hayat Pharmacy
(Session D5)

Stephanie Severs, MA, Health Insurance Literacy Lead at Covering Wisconsin;
Kari LaScala, JD, Health Communications Specialist, Wisconsin Health Literacy 
(Session E1)

Marina De Pablo, Clinical Nurse Educator, Center for Nursing Professional Practice and Research, University of Chicago Medicine;
Katherine Pakieser-Reed, Executive Director, Center for Nursing Professional Practice and Research, University of Chicago Medicine
(Session E2)

Krystal Rafenstein, BSN, RN, Clinical Services Coordinator, Cudahy Health Department
Katie Lepak, MS, Health Officer, Cudahy Health Department
(Session E5)

Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, M.Ed., Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine
(Session E3 with Robert Logan)

Robert A. Logan, PhD, National Library of Medicine
(Session E3 with Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi)

Virginia Brown, DrPH, Doctor Minor, Extension Educator, University of Maryland Extension;
R.V. Rikard, PhD, Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University
(Session E4)