Staff

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Charlie Alfero

Executive Advisor, The Center for Health Innovation

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Elsie Meeks

Member, Board of Trustees, Native American Agricultural Fund

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Bree Watzak

Director of Technical Assistance, Center for Optimizing Rural Health

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Ines Polonius

CEO, Communities Unlimited, inc.

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Nathan Ohle

CEO, Rural Community Assistance Partnership

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Felecia Lucky

President, Black Belt Community Foundation

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Whitney Kimball Coe

Director of National Programs, Center for Rural Strategies

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Cara James

President and CEO, Grantmakers in Health

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Jason Henderson

Senior Associate Dean and Director of Extension, Purdue University

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Mark Haggerty

Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

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Anita Brown-Graham

Law Professor and Director, ncIMPACT Initiative at the UNC School of Government

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Roque Barros

Director, Ford Institute for Community Building at the Ford Family Foundation

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