George Halvorson, former CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Chair & CEO of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding, author of Three Key Years. He was past Chair of First 5 California Commission for Children & Families for a term which ended in 2021. The Commission uses money raised from tobacco taxes to provide support and education to children in California from birth to five years old.

Deborah McNelis, Founder of Brain Insights, LLC. where the Neuro-Nurturing® model was developed. She started her career as a kindergarten teacher. She then created a community-based organization called Family Network and was the president of The Partners organization. She also coordinated an Even Start Family Literacy program and was an instructor for the early childhood associate degree at a technical college.

Bill Barberg, a co-founder of the Population Health Learning Collaborative, is the President and Founder of InsightFormation, Inc., a Minnesota-based consulting and technology company that helps communities, regions, and states address complex social and health issues that require multi-stakeholder collaboration.   His deep background in strategy implementation has been featured in dozens of conference presentations and webinars, and he both organized and hosted the recent virtual summit on Innovations in Naturally Affordable Housing.   He has been a pioneer in many projects that have pushed forward the practices for achieving Collective Impact on a wide range of issues—from addressing the opioid crisis to transforming housing re-developments into Communities of Hope in Detroit.   

Bill was selected to write the chapter on “Implementing Population Health Strategies” for the book, “Solving Population Health Problems through Collaboration” (Routledge, 2017).   His recommendations for using strategy maps is featured as a core recommendation in the new report by the National Academy of Public Administration.   Bill recently co-authored a paper for the Journal of Change Management on “Leading Social Transformations to Create Public Value and Advance the Common Good”.

Susan Darrow, CEO of Music Together Worldwide. Ms. Darrow started teaching Music Together in the early 1990s. Since becoming CEO in 2015, she has led the organization through initiatives including curriculum redevelopment and the formation of the Song Advisory Board, a rotating panel of experts in ethnomusicology, music history, music education, and culture, to advise on song selection. B.A., Theatre Arts, Pennsylvania State University. M.A., Parent/Child Development, Bank Street College, NYC.

Folami Popoola, MD is a clinical research professional with a passion for advancing healthcare innovation and improving patient outcomes. With a strong background in clinical data management, project leadership, people management and health systems operations, he brings over a decade of diverse experience.

As the Founder and Managing Partner of Folanda Health, the Georgia-based company specializes in delivering strategic solutions in clinical project management, pharmacovigilance, population health research, and healthcare technology. He is deeply committed to mentorship, community engagement, and fostering collaborations that drive meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.

Clarence Jones, MA, is the Hue-MAN Partnership's Executive Director and Community Engagement Strategist. He was the former Director of Community Engagement at an FQHC in Minneapolis. He serves as an Adjunct Instructor of Medicine for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and formally as an Adjunct Professor at Saint Catherine University in the School of Public Health.

He served as a member of the CTSI Executive Leadership team and the Public Health Disparities Research Board (PHDR) at the University of Minnesota. His past experiences include being the Mayor's Representative and co-chair for the Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC) for the City of Minneapolis and also as a National Community Representative for the National Children's Study (NCS).

Sam Simmons, is licensed as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor who has over 30-year experience as a behavioral consultant specializing in practical culturally sensitive trauma informed work with African American males and their families with a focus on chemical dependency, interpersonal violence and historical trauma.

In 2014 Sam was awarded the Minnesota Fathers & Families Network Excellence in Fatherhood Award for his work to advance fatherhood policy and practice throughout Minnesota. He received the 2016 Healing the Hidden Wounds of Racial Trauma award and the Black Tear Drop Award for his vision and leadership in culturally sensitive trauma informed work in the community and around the country. In 2017 he received the Champions for Children Award for his work in making the world a better place for children from the Minnesota Communities Caring for Children. In 2018 he received Public Health Hero Award for his unique, innovative, and culturally specific trauma informed work from the City of Minneapolis. And was honored by the NFL for his work to end violence against women and interpersonal violence.

Carry Sipp, I share, create ways, and connect amazing people and technologies to help prevent and heal adverse childhood experiences — which cause most of society’s most intractable challenges — and to promote positive childhood and community experiences that lead to greater health, equity, compassion, resilience, justice, and joy in individuals, families, businesses, and communities.