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MHSCN Education Webinar | March 20, 2025 

Healthcare in Flux: Navigating Federal and State Policy Shifts in Minnesota

With President Trump now in office and a packed legislative session underway, healthcare leaders and communicators have a lot to keep up with from executive orders affecting patient care, DEI programs, and federal health agency communications to healthcare legislation being debated in Minnesota.

Join MHSCN for a virtual panel discussion where we will discuss how some of the executive orders are impacting us at a local level and what we should be paying attention to locally. We'll discuss how local healthcare organizations are staying on top of the changes and communicating to employees and patients.

Thursday, March 20, 9:00 am - 10:00 am (CST)

Virtual - link will be sent 1 week prior to webinar.

Speakers:

Diane Tran ,  System Executive Director of Community Health Equity and Engagement at M Health Fairview and Executive Director of the Center for Community Health Equity

Diane Tran is System Executive Director of Community Health Equity and Engagement at M Health Fairview and Executive Director of the Center for Community Health Equity, where she leads social determinant of health initiatives including Food is Medicine, Housing is Health, and Connection is Cure. Diane serves as Immediate Past Chair of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation board of directors. She is honored to have been a 2025 Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Women in Business Honoree, an inaugural member of the Young American Leaders Program (YALP) at Harvard Business School, as well as an international German Marshall Memorial Fellow and University of Minnesota Humphrey School Policy Fellow.

Nick LaFave, Director of Organizational Communications, Children's Minnesota

Nick LaFave is the Director of Organizational Communications at Children's Minnesota. He oversees external communications, internal communication (staff and patient families), and executive communications. Prior to his time at Children's Minnesota, he was a television news anchor, specializing in political reporting and human-interest stories.

Conny Bergerson, Director of System Communications, Allina Health

Conny Bergerson is the Director of System Communications at Allina Health. She helps lead the health care system’s internal, external and executive communications and marketing strategies. Prior to working at Allina Health, her career took her across the country working with news organizations and businesses looking to match their business goals to storytelling opportunities in earned media, events and public relations initiatives. She enjoys coaching clients and employees on how to create authentic, memorable connections to build better brands and engagement, and also helps navigate and manage unexpected business events.

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