Date & Time
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Location Name
Platinum Breakout 5
Session Type
Educational Workshop
Description
Join this group of field experts from diverse communities across 5 States for an interactive session to discuss proven and innovative strategies to authentically engage communities to address equity through shared power and centering the voices of those who use the systems of care. Community Voice in CIE governance relies upon trust and those with years of earned experience will share best practices to move beyond one time focus groups, one-way surveys and other elementary engagements to offer tangible resources and proven outcomes highlighting how trusted governance of data sharing effectively shapes health and social systems.
Presentation Learning Objectives
1). Recognize the importance of centering communities throughout the development, building, and maintenance of a CIE.
2). Compare and contrast approaches to center communities in the work of CIE based on the local context and lived experience of residents.
3). Describe how to identify, manage, and eliminate power differentials between multiple actors in the CIE ecosystem, such as residents, community leaders and systems leaders.
4). Participants will be able to identify current community engagement practices on a spectrum from predatory to liberatory, and what if any movement they hope to make along the spectrum.
2). Compare and contrast approaches to center communities in the work of CIE based on the local context and lived experience of residents.
3). Describe how to identify, manage, and eliminate power differentials between multiple actors in the CIE ecosystem, such as residents, community leaders and systems leaders.
4). Participants will be able to identify current community engagement practices on a spectrum from predatory to liberatory, and what if any movement they hope to make along the spectrum.
Speakers
Samantha Cornell, Access Health
Chris Bailey, MBA,, CareConvene
Miranda Smith, Systems Alignment Manager, Access Health
Elizabeth Hartig, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Jeffrey Chin, MHSA, Director, Data Collaboratives & Governance, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
Janée Tyus, MPH, IMPaCT Care, Inc.
Esperanza Cantú, United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Zenia Torres, 211 San Diego/Community Information Exchange (CIE)
Rashidat Balogun (Ruh-she-duh Bah-low-goon), MPH, Interim Managing Director Community Information Exchange, Illinois Public Health Institute
Joi Ross, BBA, MS, Chief Executive Officer, APEX, & Regionwide CIE Engagement Lead, APEX Direct, Inc.
Ayaz Hyder, PhD, Data and Integrations Lead, Smart Columbus
Paul Sorenson, MSW, Co-Director, UMSL Community Innovation & Action Center
Chris Bailey, MBA,, CareConvene
Miranda Smith, Systems Alignment Manager, Access Health
Elizabeth Hartig, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Jeffrey Chin, MHSA, Director, Data Collaboratives & Governance, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
Janée Tyus, MPH, IMPaCT Care, Inc.
Esperanza Cantú, United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Zenia Torres, 211 San Diego/Community Information Exchange (CIE)
Rashidat Balogun (Ruh-she-duh Bah-low-goon), MPH, Interim Managing Director Community Information Exchange, Illinois Public Health Institute
Joi Ross, BBA, MS, Chief Executive Officer, APEX, & Regionwide CIE Engagement Lead, APEX Direct, Inc.
Ayaz Hyder, PhD, Data and Integrations Lead, Smart Columbus
Paul Sorenson, MSW, Co-Director, UMSL Community Innovation & Action Center