Dr. Lynn R. Goldman, the Michael and Lori Milken Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, will deliver the keynote address, “Resilient and Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times,” at Salem College’s Health Leadership Forum.

Dr. Goldman will talk about how, in public health, she has learned to expect the unexpected and lessons learned in leading organizations in times of great uncertainty.  Facing the upheavals in academia of the last two years were the culmination of a journey that began with leading responses to toxic spills, dioxin contamination and lead poisoning in California but also included the challenges of serving as the nation’s top regulator of pesticides and toxic chemicals.

For the Health Leadership Forum on October 23, 2026 at Salem Academy & College, the agenda is as follows:

• 8:30 to 9:00 am – Check-in
• 9:00 to 9:10 am – Welcome, Dr. Jill Fleuriet, Salem Academy and College President
• 9:10 to 9:50 am – The Katherine Graham Howard Keynote Address
  “Resilient and Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times”
  Lynn R. Goldman, MD, the Michael and Lori Milken Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University
• 9:50 to 10:00 am – Break
• 10:00 to 10:40 am -Leadership Roundtable
• 10:40 to 10:50 am – Break
• 10:50 to 11:30 am – Special topics sessions
  Session A – The Legal Landscape Shaping the Fight Against Plastic Pollution
  Sarah J. Morath, JD, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs at Wake Forest University School of Law

  Session B – Securing Water and Sanitation Where It Matters Most
  Vedika Bhandarkar, President & Chief Operating Officer, Water.orgSession C – Narrative Medicine: Writing as a Meaningful Part of the Health Professions
  Anna Reismam, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine

• 11:30 to 11:40 am – Break
• 11:40 am to 12:10 pm – Fireside Chat: Restoring Connection as a Foundation for Individual and Collective Wellbeing
  Lucy Rose C’76, Founder and CEO of The Cost of Loneliness Project
  In conversation with President Jill Fleuriet, Lucy Rose will discuss the Project’s mission to drive systemic change that fosters belonging and inclusion, the Walk Across America and The National Day of Connection
  
• 12:15 pm – Luncheon in the Refectory Dining Hall

2.5 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC

Nurses: This educational activity (2.5 contact hours) can be applied toward your continuing competence plan for maintaining your current licensure with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.

Northwest AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category A) Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. This program will provide 2.5 contact hours of (Category A) continuing education for North Carolina psychologists. No partial credit will be given.