Tentative Schedule
Sunday, October 26, 2008
2:30 pm Check-in
Rauenhorst Hall, Coeur de Catherine
3:30 pm Welcome
Andrea J. Lee, IHM, PhD
President, College of St. Catherine
3:45 pm Opening Address
“Catholic Values in Healthcare and Healthcare Education”

Carol Keehan, DC
President and CEO, Catholic Health Association
5:00 pm Sunday Liturgy
Rev. Larry Snyder
President and CEO, Catholic Charities USA

Music by Lori True, David Haas and friends
Festival Choirs – College of St. Catherine &
University of St. Thomas

6:30 pm President's Reception
Atrium, Rauenhorst Hall
7:00 pm Dinner
9:00 pm Return to Hotel
Monday, October 27, 2008
7:30 am Breakfast and Morning Prayer
8:15 am Introduction to the Day
Andrea J. Lee, IHM, PhD
President, College of St. Catherine
8:30 am Plenary Session I: Workforce Needs and Educational Capacity
• Healthcare Education Perspective
Mary K. Walker, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Chicago, Illinois
• Healthcare Systems Perspective
Debra A. Canales, BBA
Chief Human Resource Officer and Executive Vice President
of Organization and Talent Effectiveness, Trinity Health System
Novi, Michigan
9:30 am Audience Response
Facilitated by Mary Wakefield
Associate Dean for Rural Health,
University of North Dakota
School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Grand Forks, North Dakota
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Breakout Session I
• Opportunities for Advocacy Collaboration

Colleen Scanlon, JD, RN
Senior Vice President, Catholic Health Initiatives
Denver, Colorado
Chair-Elect, Catholic Health Association

MaryAnn Brenden
National Board: NETWORK
A Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Associate Professor of Social Work
College of St. Catherine
St. Paul, Minnesota

• Creative Partnerships to Meet the Long Term Care Needs
of our Aging and Under Served Populations

Dan Gannon, JD
CEO and President, Catholic Senior Services
Archdiocese of St.Paul/Minneapolis
St. Paul, Minnesota

Mary Broderick, PhD, RN
CEO, Catholic Elder Care
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mary Madonna Ashton, CSJ, MSW, MHA
Former Minnesota Commissioner of Health
St. Mary's Clinics
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

Valinda Pearson, PhD, RN
Program Director, Professor of Nursing
College of St. Catherine
Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Partnerships for Developing Cultural Capacity to Meet the Needs of Diverse Patient & Student Populations

Chrishonda Smith, MBA, CCDP
Trinity Health System
Diversity Manager

Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Farmington Hills, Michigan

Roseanne S. Cook, CSJ, MD
Grace Busse Rural Clinic
Pine Apple, Alabama

Rene Padilla
Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs,
Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska

• Collaborative and Action Research

Charlotte Royeen, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Dean of Health Sciences
St. Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri

Teresa Cochran, PhD, RTP
School of Pharmacy & Health Professions

Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska

Kathleen Sanford, DBA, RN, FACHE
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Catholic Health Initiatives

• Creative Models for Didactic and Clinical Learning

Joanne Warner, DNP, RN
Dean & Professor
University of Portland School of Nursing

11:45 am Lunch
12:45 pm Breakout Session II
• Innovations in Technology and Digital Learning:
Creating a Master Plan

Marty Witrak, PhD, RN
Dean, School of Nursing
College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota

Shirley Eichenwald Maki
Assistant Professor, HIM/ATHENS Project Director
College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota

Charlotte Weaver
Chief Nursing Officer
Cerner Corporation
Kansas City, Missouri

• Catholic Identity in Healthcare and Higher Education

Amata Miller, IHM, PhD
Professor of Economics
Director, Myser Initiative on Catholic Identity
College of St. Catherine
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

Anita Ho, PhD
Assistant Professor, Centre for Applied Ethics
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Ethicist, Providence Health Care, Canada

Brian J. Yanofchick, MA
Senior Director of Mission Integration & Leadership Development
Catholic Health Association of the United States

• Challenges & Solutions to Recruitment, Development,
& Retention of Healthcare Professionals

Patricia Schoon, PhD, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing & FACES Project Coordinator
College of St. Catherine
St. Paul, Minnesota

Heather Froehlich, RN, MSN
Learning & Development Specialist
St. Francis Hospital Center for Learning
Shakopee, MN

Cheryl Olson
Former Associate Administrator for Nursing Resource Mgmt
HealthEast Care System
College of St. Catherine
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Community Partnerships and Clinical Resource Development

• Health Policy for the Future

Former U.S. Senator, David Durenberger
Senior Fellow & Chair, National Insitute of Health Policy
University of St. Thomas Opus School of Business
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2:15 pm Break
2:45 pm Plenary Session II:
Likely Futures for Primary Care: Preparing for and
Creating ChangeThrough Educational Innovation

Mary Jane England
President, Regis College
Boston, Massachusetts

Lois Lenarz
Board of Directors, St. Mary's Clinics
Senior Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer
Fairview University Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN

Larry Green, MD
Epperson-Zorn Chair for Innovation
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Colorado at Denver

3:45 pm Forging Partnerships
5:15 pm Art Feature: St. John’s Bible Exhibition
6:30 pm Dinner on your own
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
8:00 am Breakfast
8:40 am Plenary Session III:
Transformational Leadership for Healthcare:
Challenges for Systems & Educational Institutions

Herbert Vallier
Senior Vice President for Human Resources
Catholic Health Initiatives
Denver, Colorado

Andrea J. Lee, IHM, PhD
President, College of St. Catherine

10:00 am Break
10:15 am Forging Partnerships
11:00 am Closing Ritual

Karen Hilgers, CSJ, PhD
Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN
Andrea Lee, IHM, PhD

12:00 pm Box lunch to go

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