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• Dr. Jaeson Fournier, CommUnityCare

  • When
    January 30, 2019
  •  
    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
  • Location
    The University of Texas Club - 2108 Robert Dedman Dr, Austin, TX 78705
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  I-35: The Great Healthcare Divide & How to Overcome It

  Where a person resides in Travis County plays a significant role in determining how well and how long s/he will live. Join us as Dr. Jaeson Fournier discusses how geography and resource access is influencing the health of Austin and Travis County residents and learn how CommUnityCare Health Centers, as the largest primary care safety net provider in Texas, is using a data-driven approach to inform current and future healthcare delivery strategies.

  About our Speaker
  

  Jaeson Fournier, DC, MPH is the Chief Executive Officer for CommUnityCare Health Centers which is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Texas.  Prior to joining CommUnityCare, Dr. Fournier served as the CEO for West Side Community Health Services (a not-for-profit FQHC in St. Paul, MN), as Deputy Health Officer at the Ingham County Health Department (a public entity FQHC in Lansing, MI) and as CEO of Greater Elgin Family Care Center (a not-for-profit FQHC in Elgin, Illinois).  He also helped form and operationalize the nation’s first FQHC led Medicaid ACO while in MN and served as an expert consultant for Arizona State University’s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supported National Safety Net Advancement Center which aims to transform the ability of U.S. safety net organizations to respond to payment and care delivery reform efforts in fast evolving financial and delivery health care environments.

  Jaeson has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto, a Doctor of Chiropractor degree from the National College of Chiropractic, and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Dr. Fournier also completed a 3 year research residency through the National University of Health Sciences.

  Agenda:

  6:50am - Coffee & Networking 

  7:10am - Breakfast Buffet

  7:25am - Introductions & Announcements

  7:50am - Speaker Introduction

  8:20am - Q&A

  8:30am - Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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• Chief Brian Manley, Austin Police Department

  • When
    February 06, 2019
  •  
    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
  • Location
    The University of Texas Club - 2108 Robert Dedman Dr, Austin, TX 78705
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  Q&A with APD's Chief

  Brian Manley joined the Austin Police Department in 1990 and has served as the Interim Chief of Police since December 2016. Chief Manley leads a department of over 2,500 sworn law enforcement and support personnel, with an annual budget of over $400 million. In his 28 years with the APD, Chief Manley has served in and led many areas of the Department, including Patrol, Narcotics, Child Abuse, Homicide, Highway Enforcement, Internal Affairs, Special Operations & Homeland Security, and Recruiting & Training.

  Having grown up in Austin, Chief Manley’s strong connections within the community have aided him in building and maintaining relationships across all of Austin’s diverse neighborhoods and with the many stakeholder and activist groups. Chief Manley believes in actively engaging the community to set priorities, sustain open lines of communication, and maintain transparency.

  Chief Manley has reengineered the department to better align operations with his commitment to community policing and improving the quality of life for all in Austin.

  Chief Manley attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance in 1992. He earned his Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Ethics (MSOLE) degree from St. Edward’s University in Austin in 2004 and went on to serve as an adjunct professor in the St. Edward’s University Criminal Justice program.

  Chief Manley is a graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police and the Major Cities Chiefs Association Police Executive Leadership Institute.

  Agenda:

  6:50am - Coffee & Networking 

  7:10am - Breakfast Buffet

  7:25am - Introductions & Announcements

  7:50am - Speaker Introduction

  8:20am - Q&A

  8:30am - Have a wonderful Wednesday!

  Directions and Parking to UT Club
  

  Breakfast Fees & Policy
  

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• Dr Colette Burnette, Huston Tillotson University

  • When
    February 13, 2019
  •  
    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
  • Location
    The University of Texas Club - 2108 Robert Dedman Dr, Austin, TX 78705
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  What's Up the Hill?

  Huston-Tillotson University is Austin’s oldest institution of higher learning and proudly serving as East Austin’s Intellectual Heartbeat. Dr. Burnette will share how the University is transforming itself while maintaining its legacy among the rapidly changing landscape in Austin.

  About Our Speaker

  Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, joined Huston-Tillotson University as President and Chief Executive Officer July 1, 2015. Dr. Burnette is an experienced leader in higher education with a deep commitment to student success and advocacy for education as the great equalizer. Her experience includes serving as interim President at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington; and the Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.

  Dr. Burnette has combined her intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and education. Before transitioning into higher education, Dr. Burnette worked as a Computer Analyst at The Washington Post, was an Operations Support Engineer at Proctor and Gamble, held the position of Director of Information Systems at Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp., and ran her own computer consulting firm, CompuMent.

  Agenda:

  6:50am - Coffee & Networking 

  7:10am - Breakfast Buffet

  7:25am - Introductions & Announcements

  7:50am - Speaker Introduction

  8:20am - Q&A

  8:30am - Have a wonderful Wednesday!

  Directions and Parking to UT Club
  

  Breakfast Fees & Policy
  

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• Dewitt Peart, The Downtown Austin Alliance

  • When
    February 20, 2019
  •  
    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
  • Location
    The University of Texas Club - 2108 Robert Dedman Dr, Austin, TX 78705
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Speaker Information Coming Soon!
  

  Whether you're new to Austin or a native Austinite, you'll enjoy a great breakfast with energetic, talented and fun people... no small feat for an early morning breakfast club! Come network, build relationships, expand your knowledge, and start your day with a smile.

  
  

  Agenda:

  6:50am - Coffee & Networking 

  7:10am - Breakfast Buffet

  7:25am - Introductions & Announcements

  7:50am - Speaker Introduction

  8:20am - Q&A

  8:30am - Have a wonderful Wednesday!

  Directions and Parking to UT Club
  

  Breakfast Fees & Policy
  

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• Marina Bhargava, Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce

  • When
    February 27, 2019
  •  
    7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
  • Location
    The University of Texas Club - 2108 Robert Dedman Dr, Austin, TX 78705
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce Overview
  

  The Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce offers a variety of programs to fulfill their mission of promoting economic growth through advocacy for, connections to, and education of small businesses in the Asian Pacific American community in Central Texas. Marina Bhargava will give an overview of the chamber's activities and specific initiatives for minority business certification, starting a business, and international trade with Asia.

  About our Speaker
  

  Marina Bhargava is the President and CEO of the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce (GAACC). She oversees the overall management of the Chamber with specific responsibilities over the Chamber’s grants, program and partnership development, events and execution of the Chamber’s goals and objectives. This includes supporting the City of Austin’s international economic relationships with Asia.

  
  

  Marina currently serves on the board of Community Advancement Network as well as the Economic Prosperity Commission for the City of Austin, E3 Alliance’s Student Success Strike Force committee, and Austin Community College's Equity Leadership Advisory Team. She is a member of the Austin Area Research Organization’s McBee Fellows Class of 2015, and served on the Mayor's Task Force for Institutional Racism in 2017.

  Marina earned her B.A. and M.A. in economics from Northwestern University. Her career has been in a variety of industries, ranging from benefits consulting at Hewitt Associates to family owned plastics manufacturing. Prior to joining the Chamber, she was the Language Access and Outreach Coordinator for Asian Family Support Services of Austin, a domestic violence agency where she created trainings for and built relationships with the various Asian communities in Austin, and recruited and managed 20 contract interpreter advocates.
  

  
  

  Agenda:

  6:50am - Coffee & Networking 

  7:10am - Breakfast Buffet

  7:25am - Introductions & Announcements

  7:50am - Speaker Introduction

  8:20am - Q&A

  8:30am - Have a wonderful Wednesday!

  Directions and Parking to UT Club
  

  Breakfast Fees & Policy
  

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