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Institute Focus

The Institute will provide an opportunity to discuss how the universal experience of family--and its diverse definitions--can be integrated into family-centered programs and policies that enhance family resilience and improve individual and population health. We will also affirm that family-centered care is fundamental to health equity: individuals who are at social disadvantage can thrive when programs and policies strengthen and support their core support systems.

Keynote Speakers

Maureen Reed, MD, Adjunct Instructor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
Dr. Reed has dedicated her career to delivering better health outcomes for Minnesotans and is a former Medical Director of HealthPartners. Dr. Reed is a nationally sought speaker on health care quality, health care improvement and patient safety. Dr. Reed served on the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents from 1997-2005 (and chaired the Board from 2001-2003). In addition to her clinical and administrative expertise, Dr. Reed extended her advocacy and policy skills as Peter Hutchinson’s running mate in Minnesota’s 2006 gubernatorial race. Dr. Reed graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where she also completed her residency in internal medicine.

Joe Kelly has two grown daughters and is the President of the national organization Dads & Daughters. He is a nationally recognized fatherhood speaker and trainer; and author of Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand and Support Your Daughter, The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Being an Expectant Father, The Pocket Idiot’s Guide to Being a New Dad, Clean: A New Generation in Recovery Speaks Out, and The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to Be Perfect. Mr. Kelly is a co-founder of the award-winning New Moon magazine for girls, has a BS degree in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

Jacquelyn Boggess, JD is the Co-Director of the Center for Family Policy and Practice (CFPP). She has worked with the CFPP since its inception in 1995 and is the Project Director for the Center’s Legal Assistance Project. The Project is designed to provide legal information and education about child support to low-income parents. Ms. Boggess has expertise in state and federal child support and paternity establishment law and policy, with a particular emphasis on low-income, never-married fathers. She has also developed a Q&A legal resource and co-authored a child support manual for parents and practitioners who have questions and concerns about child support and paternity establishment. Ms. Boggess is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison Law School.

Sponsored by

The Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota