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CA State Rural Health Association Conference

March 27, 2025

Event Description

The California State Rural Health Association’s (CSRHA) core mission is to improve the quality and length of life of rural Californians through advocacy, collaboration, and education. For the past 26 years, CRSHA has hosted a conferences to provide an environment for networking and dissemination of pertinent information among professionals and community members from California’s rural communities. Find our CTRC team at the event, and look out for AI and digital health access sessions in the agenda!

Each year, a statewide planning committee selects the theme and topics for the conference. The conference engages statewide participants and presenters who share an interest in rural health issues, building and strengthening partnerships and discussing projects/programs in a variety of general sessions and exhibits. Exhibitors, along with the presenters and participants, play an important role in this event. They demonstrate how their services or products can enhance an organization’s viability allowing them to make connections with rural populations.

Agenda lineup

8:30 am
Check-in

9:00 am
Opening Remarks

9:10 am
The Landscape of Rural Health
Brock Slabach – Chief Operations Officer, National Rural Health Association

10:00 am
Identify Innovative Solutions to Support Health and Well-Being of All Californians
Karol Swartzlander – Executive Director of CA Commission on Aging (CCoA)

10:50 am
BREAK

11:00 am
Findings of Rural Landscape Analysis
Holly Laird – California Department of Public Health

11:50 am
Taking Care of Our Staff: Maintaining Purpose and Impacting Quality
Kirsten Storne-Piazza, CRHCP – Clinic Administrator, Orchard Hospital, Gridley, CA

12:30 pm
Lunch and Exhibitor Networking

1:45 pm
AI and Rural Health
Nathan Sundheimer – Director, Digital Strategy, Healthcare, Wipfli LLP

2:35 pm
Healthy Rural California – Addressing Access to Care and Health Inequities in the Rural North

3:05 pm
BREAK

3:15 pm
Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Ingrid Villeda – Program and Community Engagement Specialist, Alzheimer’s Association

3:55 pm
The California Statewide Area Health
JD Garza – Program Manager / Associate Director, California Health Education Health Center

4:45 pm
Reception

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