Tentative Schedule
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 1:00 pm
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Chair
Faina Shtern, MD, CEO and President of AdMeTech Foundation
Host
Senator William N. Brownsberger, Senate President Pro Tempore
Keynote Address
Senate President Karen Spilka
Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo
Featured Speakers
Milagros Abreu, MD, MPH,
President, CEO, and Founder,
The Latino Health Insurance Program, Inc.
Richard Babayan,
MD Professor and Chairman,
Department of Urology, Boston Medical Center
Cheryl Bartlett,
CEO at Greater New Bedford Community Health Inc. and Former Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Stephen Bernard,
Immediate Past President, Brockton Area Branch NAACP
Bill Carpenter
Mayor of Brockton, MA
Juan Cofield
President, New England Area Conference of NAACP
Senator Cynthia Creem
Majority Leader
Darren Duarte
Director of Communications and Community Relations, Brockton Police Department
Representative Carlos Gonzalez
Chairman, Black and Latino Caucus and Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses
Senator Jason Lewis
Chair, Joint Committee on Education
Representative Frank Moran
Chair, House Committee on Personnel and Administration
Senator Michael Rush
Senate Majority Whip and Chair, Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
Mitchell Sokoloff, MD
Professor and Chairman of Urology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Senator James Welch
Chair, Joint Committee on Financial Services
Howard Goldstein, JD
Prostate Cancer Survivor