Speaker

Cindy Winters

Ms. Winters is the population health project manager at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF) and project advisor to The Heart of New Ulm Project. She takes the lessons learned from The Heart of New Ulm Project to rural communities working on health improvement initiatives to help accelerate their work. She works with communities to implement evidence-based or evidence-informed initiatives while helping them adopt a policy and systems approach that will sustain healthy lifestyle behaviors over the long term. Winters assists in creating health as a shared value across diverse community partnerships and helps to build their capacity to assess, implement and evaluate their health improvement efforts. Prior to joining MHI, Winters spent 10 years at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in the Bureau of Health Promotion working in a variety of chronic disease prevention programs with a focus on policy, system and environmental strategies.

Moderators

Ashley O’Donnell, MSN, RN, CPHQ

Ms. O’Donnell is a clinical improvement consultant at Iowa Healthcare Collaborative. She has experience as a care coordinator and discharge planner and has served as a registered nurse in the medical/surgical department, neurology and the emergency department. O’Donnell received an associate’s degree in nursing from Mercy College of Health Sciences, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Grand View University and a master’s degree in nursing – clinical leadership from Grand View University.

Cari Seddon, MA, RD, CDE

Ms. Seddon is the director, community integration at Iowa Healthcare Collaborative. In this role she supports collaborative clinical and community partnerships driving sustainable healthcare quality improvements with focused attention on providing person-centered care throughout Iowa. Seddon received a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and a master’s degree in family and consumer science from Western Michigan University. Seddon is a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, is certified in adult weight management and holds a cardiovascular disease and diabetes certificate. She is six sigma lean certified and has more than 17 years of experience in patient care and population health management.

Disclosures

Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with commercial interest companies to disclose.

• Kate Carpenter, BHA, CPHQ, RT (R)(M)(CT) - Activity Director and Planning Committee Member
• Norma Haskins, BS - Activity Coordinator and Planning Committee Member
• Ashley O’Donnell, MSN, RN, CPHQ - Planning Committee Member and Moderator
• Cari Seddon, MA, RD, CDE - Planning Committee Member and Moderator
• Cindy Winters, BA - Speaker