NLN - COMMITTEES & WORKGROUPS



	C O M M I T T E E S & W O R K G R O U P S The National Public Health Leadership Development Network is a consortium of organizations and individuals from academic institutions, national and international organizations, and local, state, and federal agencies dedicated to advancing the practice of public health leadership in order to achieve optimal health outcomes in communities. Executive Committee: Suzanne Hawley, NLN Chair (Composed of all Committee and Workgroup Chairs, two at-large members, PHLS Chair Elect, Principal Investigator of the CDC grant, and CDC Technical Advisor.) CHARGE: Responsible for the affairs of the Network and establish policy to assure oversight and guidance of the Network’s activities. Reviews and approves Network workplan and makes amendments to the activities/objectives of the Network based upon all committee and workgroup recommendations Establishes new workgroups and committees and attends Network activities Advocates for public health leadership development (e.g., letters to CDC) Reviews nominations and selects recipient for the Balderson Lifetime Award Reviews and approves membership requests Keeps records of its actions and reports its actions to the membership Support development and sustainability of MOUs with other key partners (e.g. PHLS) Education Committee: Magda Peck, NLN Chair-Elect CHARGE: Plans educational activities including the Annual Conference, the Leadership Session at APHA, and technology mediated educational events. Promotes and supports educational resources and documents. Plans the Network Leadership session at APHA Refines and establishes the themes, details, goals/objectives, and activities of the Network Annual conference each year Participates in coordinating teleconferences on various topics of interest related to public health leadership Manages the promotion and dissemination of the Collaborative Leadership materials Identifies potential educational related topics for publication in public health leadership (e.g. non-journal documents, manuals, training materials). Works with Network Committee and/or Workgroup members in disseminating public health leadership information related to training and education. Gathers and disseminates educational and program best practices/resources on topics used within leadership development programs Nominating Committee: David Steffen, Chair CHARGE: Creates a slate of nominations to be brought before the membership for a vote annually. Also revises the Network’s membership criteria, as needed. Creates a slate of officers and chairpersons, including the Chair-elect and the two members at-large, for the Network Brings the slate to the membership for a vote during the spring Annual Conference Reviews and refines the membership criteria for the different classifications of membership (e.g., full member organization, affiliate member organization, affiliate individual member) Sends letters to institutes who are no longer in existence by extending them affiliate individual membership to the Network Balderson Leadership Award Committee: Cynthia Lamberth, Chair CHARGE: Establishes nomination and selection criteria for all Balderson awards (Lifetime, Support, and Leadership Project Awards). Recommends a candidate for the Balderson Lifetime Public Health Leadership Award to the Executive Committee for review and approval Selects the Balderson Leadership Project Awards and the Balderson Award for the Support of Public Health Leadership Award recipients Research and Evaluation Committee: Doug Mains & Mike Reid, Co-Chairs CHARGE: Promotes research efforts that will increase the visibility of the Network. Disseminates evaluation methodologies and tools to advance best practices in leadership development evaluation. Supports the use of the Network's Competency Framework, which is a tool that serves as a foundation for design of core curriculum modules based on expected performance levels. Maintains and shares an inventory of evaluation processes, methodologies, and instruments used by leadership development programs, as well as published research done by public health leadership development programs Identifies potential funding sources required to expand research and evaluation efforts within the Network Uses a social science framework to describe the impact of public health leadership training Creates standards which validate the competency framework Revises the Network's logic model and Competency Framework (as needed) Supports the use of valid competency frameworks among leadership institutes Futures Committee: Lou Rowitz & Dwight Williams, Co-Chairs CHARGE: Establishes relationships/linkages with other organizations and individuals who have the capacity to support leadership development. Develops and implements strategies to sustain the future viability of the Network while also seeking ways to expand leadership development. Collects key stories and other critical data and information that will support the continued expansion of public health leadership development Continues to expand advocacy efforts through the partnership with the Association of Territorial and Health Officials (ASTHO) Provides technical assistance and expertise to developing leadership institutes and programs Creates a conceptual model of how various organizations in the greater public health arena contribute to leadership development Surveys membership to assess which organizations they serve on that could (potentially) contribute to public health leadership development Identifies potential funding sources for leadership development programs and the Network Works with Network Committee and/or Workgroup members to plan and implement actions related to advocacy and the sustainability of the Network Monitors the progress of issues related to sustainability and advocacy Technology Workgroup: Geoff Downie, Chair CHARGE: Supports Education Committee, Network collaboration, and Network resource sharing among members using technology. Manages and/or provides technical assistance for the NLN Ning site and other technology methods as needed

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(Composed of all Committee and Workgroup Chairs, two at-large members, PHLS Chair Elect, Principal Investigator of the CDC grant, and CDC Technical Advisor.)