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Agenda
Check in starts at 8:15
8:30-9:00: Music and Breakfast
9:00-10:15: Welcome and Keynote
10:30-12:15: Breakout Sessions
12:15-2:30: Career and Resource Fair
12:30-1:00: Intro to MSU Denver for Future Roadrunners
1:50: Prize Drawing
Keynote Speaker - Annie H Lee, JD
Annie Lee, JD, president and chief executive officer, is responsible for advancing the Colorado Access corporate mission and provides executive oversight for all programs.
Annie is known as a trusted and collaborative leader with extensive experience working within the Medicaid landscape in Colorado. Prior to joining Colorado Access in 2022, she served as executive director of community health and Medicaid strategies at Children’s Hospital Colorado for over five years. In that role, Annie led partnerships with schools, local public health agencies, and primary care providers to develop and support holistic models of care that address social determinants of health. She also served as senior director of Medicaid and charitable coverage programs at Kaiser Permanente Colorado, where she led a payment reform initiative and advanced growth of Kaiser Permanente’s Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) membership. Prior to that, Annie worked at the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing in both CHP+ and Medicaid benefits policy.
She was appointed to serve on the board of the State of Colorado’s health insurance marketplace, Connect for Health Colorado, in 2017. She received her Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Special Guest - DJ CYN
Cynthia Mardones, aka DJ CYN, is an MSU Denver graduate who has curated music globally for over 14 years, starting with extreme sports events like the X-Games and Dew Tour. Known for her genre-fluid sets and crowd-reading skills, she’s performed at artist showcases, weddings, corporate events, and opened for acts like Usher, Doja Cat, and DJ Jazzy Jeff. She is a proud MSU Denver alumni!
Breakout Sessions 1 (10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.)
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Tiv 440
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. and 11:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Tivoli 442
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10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. and 11:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Tivoli 320 A
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10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. and 11:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Tivoli 320 B
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10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. and 11:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Breakout Sessions 2 (11:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.)
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Tiv 440
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. and 11:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Tivoli 442
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10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. and 11:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.
High Schoolers! Intro to MSU Denver for Future Roadrunners - 12:30PM - 1PM | Tiv 261
This session is a career and program exploration designed to help students identify focused career pathways within Health and Human Sciences. Cole will break down how different interests connect to real-world careers and how MSU Denver’s CHHS programs can support those goals. Students will also have the opportunity to ask questions, explore options, and gain a clearer understanding of what their next steps could look.
Resource Fair
Chat with representatives from these employers during the resource fair:
- Advent Health
- Care Options for Kids
- Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Colorado Access
- Colorado Community Health Network
- Colorado Retina Associates
- Denver Health
- Intermountain Health
- Invest in Kids
- Jefferson Center for Mental Health
- Kaiser Permanente
- National Jewish Health
- National Marrow Donor Program
- SCA Health
- TheraPeds
- Touching Hearts at Home
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Wellcare and nurture
Navigate Your Health Career Throwback Pictures
MSU Denver, Community College of Denver, and various high school students attend the Health Institute Navigate Your Health Career Event on Feb 23, 2024, at Tivoli. Photo by Alyson McClaran
MSU Denver, Community College of Denver, and various high school students attend the Health Institute Navigate Your Health Career Event on Feb 23, 2024, at Tivoli. Photo by Alyson McClaran
The Health Institute and C2Hub organized Navigate Your Health Career Event. The event highlighted various career pathways and hosted panel discussions and workshops. Alumni had the opportunity to mingle with Metropolitan State University of Denver Health Institute departments, including master’s programs.
A panel discussion "Working On The Front Lines Of Equality," at Navigate Your Health Career Event, moderated by Dr. Jessica H. Retrum. Panelist, from left to right, Dr. Cerise Hunt, PHD,MSW, Emily Gamm, MSW, LCSW, CAS, ACS, Mekinzi Douglas, MSW, LSW, Hollyanne Giffin, LCSW, LAC.