Integrating Community Insight into Health System Strategy: The Central Health Policy Council Model

June 11, 2026 10:00 AM

Date & Time

Start: June 11, 2026 10:00 AM

End: June 11, 2026 11:00 AM

Location

Room: New Sweden 3, 2nd Floor

Learning Objectives

Learn how to design and sustain a volunteer-driven, community-led coalition that effectively collaborates with a public health system to influence policy and operational priorities.

Speakers

Monica  Crowley, JD

Monica Crowley, JD

Monica Crowley, J.D., serves as the Chief Strategy & Planning Officer and Senior Counsel at Central Health, the Travis County Hospital District. In this role, she leads strategic planning efforts and integrates state and federal health care policies with system development, while also managing the transformation of critical partnerships and affiliations. Monica was instrumental in the development of Central Health’s 7-year Healthcare Equity Plan, which charts the strategic focus for the organization and includes the first safety-net focused community health needs assessment and a clinical capacity and gap analysis for the Austin/Travis County area.

Megan  Cermak

Megan Cermak