2025 Kansas Health Impact Conference
Bridging Gaps for a Healthier Kansas
October 23, 2025
- Agenda and Speaker Biographies (PDF)
- Health Equity Resource Hub
- Health Equity Innovation Award Winner and Nominees
- Sessions
- Welcome
Sarah Irsik-Good, MHA
President and CEO
KFMC Health Improvement Partners - From Trust to Transformation: Bridging Community and Holistic Care for Human Flourishing
Mary Flin, MAT, BECC, SEC
Chaplain, Seminary of Urban Leadership
Shannon Sadowski, AABA, BFA
Community Health Navigator, TUMI Topeka - Improving the Health of Kansas Farmers and Rural Communities through Extension CHWs
Elaine Johannes, PhD, MS, BS
Kansas Health Foundation Distinguished Professor in Community Health, K-State Research and Extension
State Extension Specialist, Department of Applied Human Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Kansas State University - Advancing Quality and Equity in Maternal Care Across Kansas
Sonia Jordan, MA
Health Equity Manager, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
Amy Jantz, RN, BSN, CPN
Quality Clinical Informatics Specialist, Medical Affairs, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
Virginia Barnes, MPH
Director, Blue Health Initiatives, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas - From the Streets to Stability: Multidisciplinary Care at Encampments to Reduce Unsheltered Homelessness
Misty Bosch-Hastings
Director, Homeless Solutions Division, City of Lawrence
Kelby Sanders, ST-LAC, KCPM, KCPS, PCCM
Substance Use Disorder Outreach Clinician, Mirror, Inc. for City of Lawrence, Homeless Response Team
Rebecca Lagger-Dyar, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Outreach Clinician, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Department - Stronger Together: Creating Community Partnerships to Increase Nutrition Security
Katie Martin, PhD
CEO, More Than Food Consulting, LLC - The Future of Community Health Workers in Kansas: Pathways to Access, Sustainability, and Growth
Treva Smith, Certified CHW Instructor
Workforce Development Specialist, Community Care Network of Kansas
Angela Scott, CHW
Co-President, Kansas Community Health Worker Coalition - Sifting Through the Static: Transforming Fragmented Maternal Health Data
Mariah Chrans, PhD, IBCLC
Program Director, Cradle Kansas City
Community Health Council of Wyandotte County - Beyond the Table: Building Bridges for LGBTQIA+ Health Equity
Tori Gleason, DC, MPH
Clinical Analyst, LMH Health - Panel Presentation: From the Ground Up – Local Voices Leading Health Equity Work
Vickie James, Food and Farm Council of Riley County and City of Manhattan
Tony DeRossett, Kansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry
Leanne Eilert and Jay Rowh, Solomon Valley Transportation
Brenda Groves, LPN, CDP, CADDCT
Quality Improvement Manager, KFMC Health Improvement Partners
- Welcome