Leveraging partnerships to drive response efforts now and in the future. 

Departments of health, department of education and educators’ unions will discuss the vertical and horizontal partnerships that they established and strengthened throughout the response, and how they’ll continue to optimize these relationships to support student health. 

• Joel Solomon, Senior Program Manager, Health and Safety, National Education Association, Washington, D.C.

1. Jennifer Lepard, DrPH, MPA, Chief of Health, Wellness and Community Partnerships, State Department of Education, Oklahoma City, OK

2. Jolianne Stone, MPH, State Epidemiologist, State Department of Health, Oklahoma City, OK

3. Daniel Soto, MPH, Project Director, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

4. Kathy Leon, RN, NCSN, Lead District Nurse, San Gabriel Unified School District, San Gabriel, CA

5. Irma Snopek, JD, MEd, Policy and Communications Director, Illinois State Board of Education, Springfied, Illinois

6. Audrey Soglin, Former Executive Director Illinois Education Association, Springfield, Illinois