2026 NYSACHO Annual Public Health Leaders Summit
- 2026 Summit Agenda
- 2026 Summit Exhibitor Directory
- 2026 Summit Speaker Bios
- NYSACHO’s 2026 Public Health Leaders Summit Evaluation
We recognize the time it takes to fill out evaluations, but your feedback greatly helps us with planning future events and ensuring that sessions are as useful and relevant as possible to attendees.
- Help Us Build Future Public Health Scenarios
We’re looking for real-world public health challenges that could be turned into future “What Would You Do?” discussion scenarios, conference activities, training exercises, or leadership resources.Have you faced a difficult public health situation, leadership dilemma, workforce challenge, emergency response issue, communications crisis, political challenge, or other complex problem that would make a great discussion scenario for your peers?Share it with us. Please do not include confidential or personally identifiable information.
Wednesday, October 14
- 12:00 PM - REGISTRATION OPEN
- 1:15 - 2:15 PM - BEYOND INVESTMENT: SUSTAINING LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH CAPACITY
- Beyond Investment: Sustaining Local Public Health Capacity – PowerPoint Presentation
October 8, 2026
Speakers:
Keshana Owens-Cody, Division Director, Division of Public Health Infrastructure
Meredith R. Patterson, Regional Office Liaison, Division of Public Health Infrastructure
Molly Fleming, LHD Liaison, Division of Public Health Infrastructure - Mission Essential Function (MEF) Toolkit for Local Health Departments October 8, 2026
- Beyond Investment: Sustaining Local Public Health Capacity – PowerPoint Presentation
October 8, 2026
- 2:15 - 3:45 PM - TRANSFORMING PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
- The Evolution of Stay Interviews – PowerPoint Presentation
October 9, 2026
Speaker: Jill Burley
- The Evolution of Stay Interviews – PowerPoint Presentation
October 9, 2026
- 3:45 - 4:15 PM - HOTEL CHECK-IN AND BREAK
- 6:00 PM - DINNER AND COHORT 2 MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
- 6:30 PM - WHO'S IN THE ROOM? AN INTRODUCTION TO COHORT 2 MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND NYSACHO'S PAST BOARD DIRECTORS
Thursday, October 15
- 7:45 AM - REGISTRATION OPEN
- 7:45 - 8:45 AM - RISE & ADVISE: LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS WITH NYSACHO'S PAST BOARD DIRECTORS
- 8:45 - 9:00 AM - CONFERENCE OPENING REMARKS
- 9:00 -10:45 AM - CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS, PART I
- 10:45 - 11:00 AM - BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITORS
- 11:00 -12:30 PM - CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS, PART II
- Managing Change – PowerPoint Presentation
October 9, 2026
Speaker: John Zachary
- Managing Change – PowerPoint Presentation
October 9, 2026
- 12:30 - 1:30 PM - LUNCH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SOLUTIONS PRESENTATION
- Leveraging Lessons Learned to Enhance Public Health Preparedness
October 9, 2026
Speakers:
Tim Riecker & Sarah Ellis
Emergency Preparedness Solutions, LLC
- Leveraging Lessons Learned to Enhance Public Health Preparedness
October 9, 2026
- 1:00 - 3:30 PM - CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS, PART Ill
- 3:30 - 3:45 PM - BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITORS
- 3:45 - 4:15 PM - CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS, PART IV
- 6:00 PM - DINNER & VISIT EXHIBITORS
- 6:45 PM - BEATS & BINGO: A PUBLIC HEALTH REMIX
Friday, October 16
- 7:30 AM - BREAKFAST
- 8:00 AM - REGISTRATION OPEN
- 8:30 - 9:30 AM - WHAT WOULD YOU DO? REAL-WORLD PUBLIC HEALTH SCENARIOS
- 9:30 -10:45 AM - FINDING TRUE NORTH: A CONVERSATION ON THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN NEW YORK STATE
- 10:45 -10:50 AM - CLOSING REMARKS & GIVEAWAY
- 10:50 - 11:15 AM - CHECK OUT OF HOTEL & GRAB LUNCH
- 11:15 -12:30 PM - NYSACHO MEMBERSHIP MEETING
