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The American Democracy and Health Security Initiative: Lighting a Path Amid Pandemic Polarization
June 5, 2024 • 2:00 – 5:30 pm EDT
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- Download Welcome and Highlight Reel Transcript Here 243kb
- Download Session 1 Transcript Here 236kb
- Download Intervention 1 Transcript Here 179kb
- Download Session 2 Transcript Here 210kb
- Download Intervention 2 Transcript Here 133kb
- Download Session 3 Transcript Here 218kb
- Download Intervention 3 Transcript Here 177kb
- Download Session 4 Transcript Here 228kb
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Please join the Brown University School of Public Health Pandemic Center, the COVID Collaborative, and the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security, with support from the National Academy for State Health Policy, for the launch of the American Democracy and Health Security Initiative.
The story of how America fared under the Covid-19 pandemic is actually two stories. While the more well-known story is one of failure, confusion, and polarization, the other story is one of American ingenuity amid profound uncertainty. State and local leaders were at the center of this untold story—in serving their communities they innovated, bridged divides, and illuminated America’s path during the Covid-19 pandemic’s darkest days. The American Democracy and Health Security Initiative spotlights these lamplighters and harvests their hard-won lessons, to ensure the most successful strategies can be sustained or replicated in future crises.
On June 5, the American Democracy and Health Security Initiative will publish its findings on what actionable steps are needed to advance our health security for the future. The event will feature leaders from across the country from Governors, advisors, and health leaders to community organizations, educators, businesses, and crisis managers. We will discuss urgent opportunities to make the country more resilient against future threats to our health security and to our democracy and identify national and local innovations that must be retained and playbooks that are needed to reinvigorate leadership, bipartisanship, and equitable access in the face of the next health emergency in America.
This event is made possible by the generous support of the CDC Foundation.
Welcome and Highlight Reel
2:00 pm
Session 1: What We Learned
2:20 pm
Asa Hutchinson, Former Governor, State of Arkansas
Christine Gregoire, Chief Executive Officer, Challenge Seattle; Former Governor, State of Washington
Moderator: J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center
Intervention 1: Jenny Durkan
3:00 pm
Jenny Durkan, Former Mayor of Seattle, Washington; Chair, Washington State Bar Association Task Force on Emerging Technologies and the Practice of Law
Pre-taped recording
Session 2: Commanding in Crisis
3:05 pm
Raquel Bono, Retired Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; Former Director, U.S. Defense Health Agency; Former Director, Covid-19 Health System Response Management, State of Washington
Gordon Larsen, Senior Advisor for Federal Affairs for Governor Cox, Former Policy Director for Governor Herbert, State of Utah
Jeff Gold, Chancellor, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Incoming President, University of Nebraska System
Moderator: John M. Bridgeland, Co-Founder and CEO, COVID Collaborative
Intervention 2: Mitch Daniels
3:45 pm
Mitch Daniels, President Emeritus, Purdue University; Former Governor, State of Indiana
Pre-taped recording
Session 3: Navigating Chaos
3:50 pm
Anne Zink, Former Chief Medical Officer, State of Alaska
Kody Kinsley, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Former Chief Deputy Secretary for Health and Operations Lead for Covid-19 Response, State of North Carolina
David Bibo, Former Head of Response and Recovery, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Moderator: Elizabeth (Beth) Cameron, Senior Advisor to the Brown Pandemic Center; Professor of the Practice, Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
Intervention 3: Sen. Pete Ricketts
4:30 pm
Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Former Governor, State of Nebraska
Pre-taped recording
Session 4: Creating Lifelines
4:35 pm
Tony Gillespie, Vice President of Public Policy, Indiana Minority Health Coalition
Vicki Lowe, Executive Director, American Indian Health Commission of Washington
David Stegal, Former Deputy State Superintendent of Innovation and Chief Academic Officer, Department of Public Instruction, State of North Carolina
Moderator: Jennifer Nuzzo, Director, Brown Pandemic Center; Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health
Call to Action
5:15 pm
Event Concludes
5:30 pm
Contact Information
- Sophia Hirshfield
- Research Associate, Global Health Policy Center
- shirshfield@csis.org
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Asa Hutchinson
Former Governor, State of Arkansas
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Christine Gregoire
Chief Executive Officer, Challenge Seattle; Former Governor, State of Washington
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Gordon Larsen
Senior Advisor for Federal Affairs for Governor Cox; Former Policy Director for Governor Herbert, State of Utah
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Raquel Bono
Retired Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; Former Director, U.S. Defense Health Agency; Former Director, Covid-19 Health System Response Management, State of Washington
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Kody Kinsley
Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Former Chief Deputy Secretary for Health and Operations Lead for Covid-19 Response, State of North Carolina
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Anne Zink
Former Chief Medical Officer, State of Alaska; Former President, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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Jeffrey Gold
Chancellor, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Incoming President, University of Nebraska System
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David Bibo
Former Head of Response and Recovery, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Mitch Daniels
President Emeritus, Purdue University; Former Governor, State of Indiana
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Jenny Durkan
Former Mayor, City of Seattle; Chair, Washington State Bar Association Task Force on Emerging Technologies and the Practice of Law
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Tony Gillespie
Vice President of Public Policy, Indiana Minority Health Coalition
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Vicki Lowe
Executive Director, American Indian Health Commission
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David Stegall
Former Deputy State Superintendent of Innovation and Chief Academic Officer, Department of Public Instruction, State of North Carolina
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John M. Bridgeland
Co-Founder and CEO, COVID Collaborative
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Elizabeth (Beth) Cameron
Senior Advisor to the Brown Pandemic Center; Professor of the Practice, Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
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Jennifer Nuzzo
Director, Brown Pandemic Center; Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health
