Speaker

Professional Affiliation

Session Title

Regina Benjamin,
MD, USPHS

United States Surgeon General,
Washington DC

Closing Keynote Address

Tina Brown

Principal, Ft. Bend ISD

Uniting School and Community to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Patricia Brill PhD

Senior Public Health Mgr,
Harris Cty Health & Environmental Srvcs
Houston, TX

Partnerships to Decrease Childhood Obesity

Gracie Cavnar

Founder and President,
Recipe for Success Foundation,
 Houston, TX

Plenary Speaker

Rusty Coco

Partner/Owner,
Jason’s Deli Restaurant chain,
Beaumont, TX

Learn How to Fight Fat with Fat Company Tactics

Shelley Cohen

SJH Garden AHEC Director,
STEPS for Kids Grant Manager
Bridgetown, NJ

The Next S.T.E.P.S, for Kids Program: Making a Best Practice Better

Kevin Concannon, MSW

USDA Under Secretary,
Food Nutrition and Consumer Services,
Washington, DC

Plenary Speaker

Rachel Condie

Graduate Research Assistant,
Obesity Research and Program Evaluation at
TX A &M Univ., College Station, TX

Consumption of Refined & Complex Carbs and its influence on Fruit, Vegetables, and Whole Grain Consumption- Poster Pres.

Nan Cramer, RD, LD

Program Director School Marketing,& Nutrition
Dairy MAX, Inc, Bellaire, TX

Fuel Up to Play 60: Teamwork = Change

Cassandra Diep

Obesity Research and Program Evaluation at
TX A &M Univ. College Station, TX

Demographic Variables Associated w/Breastfeeding and Duration among Texas WIC participants

Gary Earl

Senior Vice President,
Cigna Healthcare,
Bloomfield, CT

Plenary

Kimberly Avila Edwards, M.D.

Dell Children’s Medical Center,
College Station, TX

Using Economic Impact to Make the Case for Childhood Obesity

Mark Fenton, MS                                                                                                                               

Walking advocate and author, PBS TV Host, America’s Walking Washington, DC

Mall Walk/ Environmental & Policy Determinants of Childhood Obesity/ Healthy Community Environments

Sydney Fucci                                                       

Teen Board Member, The Oliver Foundation

YEAH! Youth Excited About Health Listening to Youth in Obesity Prevention Efforts -Look What I Can Do In The Future

Susan Gale

Field Coordinator
Liaison High Plains Research Network
Aurora, CO                                          

I on Health: Using Photos

 Carissa Gilbert    

Teen Advisory Board Member,
The Oliver Foundation
Sugarland, TX

1) Healthy and Fun Community-based Obesity Prevention Labs that are Sustainable and Evidence-based, 2) YEAH Youth Excited About Health - Look At What I Can Do in My School

Tracey Giang

Program Manager,
The Food Trust,
Philadelphia, PA

Improving Access to Healthy Foods through Policy Change: The Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative

Deanna Hoelscher
PhD, RD, LD, CNS,
T-COPPE Co-PI

Director, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living Professor,
UT School of Public Health, Austin, TX

Improving Evidence Based Practice in Obesity Policy: An Update on he Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation Project

Craig Johnston PhD

Uniting Schools and Community to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Peter Lee, MPH

Program Director,
Massachusetts Partnerships for Healthy Communities, Boston, MA

Blueprints for a Healthy Community

Michelle Lombardo DC

President, The OrganWise Guys Inc.
Duluth, GA

Healthy and Fun Community-based Obesity Prevention Labs that are Sustainable and Evidence-based

David Lopez

President and CEO Harris County Hospital District

Plenary Speaker

Klaus Madsen, MPH

Vice President, Program, Texas Health Institute

Improving Evidence Based Practice in Obesity Policy: An Update on the Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation Project

Jeremy Marchand               

Teen Board Member,
The Oliver Foundation,
Houston ,TX

YEAH! Youth Excited About Health - Look What I Can Do In My Community

Dean McCorkle, PhD

Extension Program Specialist,
Ag Economics,
College Station, TX

Using Economic Impact to Make the Case for Childhood Obesity

Rebecca Mcllwain

National Community Advocate,
Marathon Kids
Austin, TX

Tilling the Soil for Your Program: Community Organizing for Sustainable Impact

Carra Moroni, RD, L, MEd

Regional Nutritionist,
TX Dept. of State Health Services,
Houston, TX

Growing Community         

Norma Olvera, PhD

Associate Professor,
University of Houston,
Houston, TX

Empowering Minority Families to Fight Childhood Obesity & The Bounce Project

Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH,
T-COPPE Co-PI

Regent Prof, Dept. of Social & Behavioral Health,
TX A& M Health Science Cntr Sch of
Rural Public Health, Dir., Active for Life , Austin, TX

Improving Evidence Based Practice in Obesity Policy: An Update on he Texas Childhood Obesity Prevention Policy Evaluation Project

Marissa Rathbone

Director of School Health at Texas Education Agency

School Health (SHAC) & Policy

Kathryn Reeners, CHES

Health & Phys Ed Professor,
Monroe Community College,
Rochester, NY 

A Head Start to a Healthy Future – Poster Presentation

Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Vice- President, Chief Medical Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield Texas
Richardson, TX

Plenary Speaker

Wendy Scinta, MD, MS

Medical Doctor,
Medical Weight Loss,
Manlius NY

Childhood Obesity: Changing the Shape of Things to Come

Katrina Serrano

Obesity Research and Program Evaluation at
TX A & M Univ.
College Station, TX

Demographic Variables Associated w/Breastfeeding  Initiation and Duration among Texas WIC participants

Keith Scruggs

Founder,
B.O.N.A. Foundation,
Houston,TX                                                                                                               

BONA – It Takes a Village to Shrink a Child– Poster Presentation

Kathleen Shields, CHES

Chronic Disease Prevention Mgr,
San Antonio Metro Health District,
San Antonio, TX

Solutions Without Mandate: The San Antonio Health Restaurants Coalition

Linda Simmons

Texas Dept of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Division
Austin, TX

Texans Bring It! 3E’s Education, Exercise and Eating Right  What Will You Bring?

Andrew Smiley

Director, Farm Direct Projects, Austin, TX

Sprouting Healthy Kids: Farm-to-School (breakout), and  Food-Systems Education Programming - (Workshop)               

Ian Smith, MD

TV Host, Celebrity Fit Club,
Author Weight of the Nation,
50 Million Pound Challenge

Opening Keynote Plenary

Michelle Smith

MFS Consulting Chair,
Partnership for a Healthy Texas

The Four P’s in Policy

Christin Sutter

Field Coordinator/Liaison High Plains Research Network Field
Aurora, CO          

Stories to Explore Health Perceptions

Joseph Thompson MD

Surgeon General Arkansas     

Plenary                                                 

Judy Warren PhD

Professor,
AgriLife Extension Service
College Station, TX

Using Economic to Make the Case for Preventing Childhood Obesity

Bill White

Former Mayor, Houston, TX              

Welcome Address

Kathy Winkleman

Community Advisory Council Member /Liaison High Plains Research Network, Aurora, CO  

Choices with Kids in Rural Communities

Deborah Woehler MS, RD, LD

Executive Director,
The Oliver Foundation
Houston, TX

(1) YEAH! Youth Excited About Health  -Listening to Youth in Obesity Prevention Efforts
(2)Uniting Schools & Community to Prevent Childhood Obesity,
(3)Healthy and Fun Community-based Obesity Prevention Labs that are Sustainable and Evidence-based,