21

September

9am – 12pm

Virtual Session

22

September

9am – 12pm

Virtual Session

What needs to be done to achieve educational and economic equity in the Inland Empire?

Join us as we discuss some of our region’s greatest challenges and the importance of working together on solutions.

Introducing new regional goals and strategies

Join a panel discussion with GIA’s Board of Directors.

GIA has reached an important 5-year organizational milestone and is excited to discuss five ambitious and unapologetic regional goals resulting from broad stakeholder feedback and a bold vision set forth by our Board of Directors. Don’t miss it!

Collective Impact training and professional Development

Work alongside the team from Collective Impact Forum as they share strategies and best practices for jointly tackling our region’s most challenging issues.


Keynote Speaker

Lauren Smith, Co-CEO, FSG

As co-CEO of FSG, Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH oversees one of the world’s leading social impact consulting firms. She helps drive the vision and growth of the firm to advance its mission of achieving equitable social impact at scale.

Lauren brings more than 25 years of experience working at the intersection of the health care delivery and management, public policy, and public health fields. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed literature on health equity and the implication of social policies on child and family wellbeing. She has also served on numerous national and state advisory committees focused on public health and health care.

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Since joining FSG in 2015 to oversee the firm’s U.S. health practice, Lauren has led dozens of engagements with health foundations, health insurers, health systems, and health care companies, as well as multisector collaboration projects focused on infant mortality reduction and early childhood care and education. She speaks regularly on the topics of strategic philanthropy and collective impact. She has also helped lead FSG’s staff development efforts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Lauren’s previous leadership roles have included serving as the medical director and then interim commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the senior strategic advisor for a 50-state, federally-funded innovation and improvement network focused on reducing infant mortality, the national medical director of the Medical Legal Partnership for Children, and the medical director of the pediatric inpatient service at Boston Medical Center, where she was on faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine. Her experience in federal and state government includes roles as a policy analyst in the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as a W.T. Grant Health Policy Fellow in the office of the Massachusetts Speaker of the House.

Regional Action network teams – breakout sessions

Breakout sessions with Action Network Teams (ANTs) focused on addressing specific issues

EQUITY

FINANACIAL AFFORDABILITY

COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS

TRANSFER & ADVISING

ADULT & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

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