Annual Conferences

Best Practices: Volunteer Management
• Rachel Dillon, Community Relations Manager
MAP Furniture Bank
• Pauli Tice, Director of Volunteer Services
LifeCare Alliance

Colorectal Cancer: Preventable, Treatable, and Beatable
• Craig Wethington, MPH, Senior Director of Health Initiatives
American Cancer Society
• Stacy Lender, Colorectal Cancer Program Consultant
Ohio Department of Health

Culturally Competent Medicine in a Free Clinic
• Dr. Riza Tady Conroy, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor
OSU Department of Family Medicine

11:30-Noon OAFC Annual Meeting

Noon-1:30p Lunch and Awards Ceremony

1:30-2:00p Break/Visit Exhibits

2:00-3:30p BREAKOUT SESSION 2

The Free Clinic Legal Check-Up
• Darrell Ranum, Vice President of Risk Management
OHIC Insurance Company
• Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff

Street Drugs - Not My Patients
• Dr. Joan Nerderman, OD, Clinic Coordinator
OSU College of Optometry & The Clinic at Faith Mission

Clinical Massage Therapy in a Free Clinic
• Lloyd Moore, Licensed Massage Therapist
Lorain County Free Clinic

Marketing & Branding 101
• Miguel Perez, Account Director
Ologie Marketing & Communications

3:30-4:00p Break/Visit Exhibits & Posters

4:00-5:00p BREAKOUT SESSION 3

The Art of the Ask: Donor Cultivation
• Dave & Sue VanWassenhove, Director of Planned Giving & Director
of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving
Ohio Dominican University

Designing Quality Patient Surveys
• Brian Pendleton, Professor of Sociology
University of Akron
• Susan Labuda Schrop, Associate Director for Administration
Department of Family Medicine, NEOUCOM

HIV/AIDS Update: Serving Underserved Populations
• Susan Koletar, Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine & Director,
AIDS Clinical Trial Unit
OSU College of Medicine

Ohio Children’s Health Expansions
• Sandy Erb Wilson, State Field Director
Voices For Ohio’s Children

5:00-7:00p Dinner Reception and Silent Auction

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

7:30a Registration

7:45-8:15a Continental Breakfast

8:15-8:30a Welcome

8:30-9:30a General Session:
If You’ve Seen One Free Clinic, You’ve Seen One Free Clinic:
Findings from a National Study
• Julie Darnell, Ph.D., MHSA, Senior Research Specialist
and Lecturer
University of Illinois, Chicago

9:30-9:45a Break

9:45-11:00a General Session:
Successful Hospital Collaborations Panel Discussion
• Lee Elmore, Executive Director
North Coast Health Ministry
• Jack Gustin, President
Lakewood Community Hospital
• William Sheron, CEO
Wooster Community Hospital
• John Moritz, Executive Director
Viola Startzman Free Clinic

11:00-11:15a Break

11:15-12:30p BREAKOUT SESSION 4

Grant Applications - Practical Tips
• Dr. Lawrence L. Gabel, Ph.D, Professor of Family Medicine
OSU Department of Family Medicine

Understanding Burnout in your Free Clinic
• Barbara Tickton, Nurse Practitioner
Viola Startzman Free Clinic

Called to be Leaders: Practical Tools for Navigating your
Organization through the Storm
• Dr. Keith Holten, M.D., Medical Advisor and Physician
Free Clinic of Clinton County

Diabetes - The New Epidemic
• Joyce Zambito, Health Educator
Wheeling Health Right
• Dee Phillips, Executive Secretary
Wheeling Health Right

12:30-1:00p Closing Luncheon

Previous Conferences

Eighth Annual Conference ~ October 7-9, 2007

Seventh Annual Conference ~ October 22-24, 2006

Sixth Annual Conference~ October 9-11, 2005

Fifth Annual Conference ~ October 10-12, 2004

Fourth Annual Conference ~ October 19-21, 2003

Paul Baumgarnter, OAFC Board President; John Moritz; Sharon Kelly; Tom Kelly, Free Clinic Champion Award winner; Deb Miller, OAFC Board Vice President, Margie Frazier, OAFC Executive Director

Joyce Bourgault and Katie Clark, OAFC Board member

Board Members Elaine Ewald and Susan Labuda Schrop; Brian Pendleton