CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting 

Artesian Hotel

1001 West 1st Street, Sulphur, OK

Note: All times are in Central Daylight Time (CDT)

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Federal Moderator: CDC Deputy Director/OSTLTS Director

Tribal Moderator: Tribal Advisory Committee Chair

8:00 am Tribal Caucus (Tribal Members Only) 

 This session is open only to currently enrolled members of federally recognized tribes. This 

session is closed to all federal employees, regardless of Tribal affiliation.

9:00 am Opening Blessing 

 Jefferson Keel, MS (Chickasaw Nation), Lieutenant Governor, Chickasaw Nation 

Presentation of Colors—Chickasaw Nation Honor Guard

9:20 am Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Business and Tribal Support Unit (TSU) Briefing Update

 TSU developmental work and the recent evaluation of the Winter 2017 TAC meeting

 • Roll Call—Priyanka Oza, Public Health Advisor, TSU, OSTLTS, CDC

 •Reading of TAC Roles & Responsibilities—Chester Antone (Tohono O’odham Nation), 

Councilman, Tohono O’odham Nation; TAC Chair

• Welcome from the Designated Federal Official—José T. Montero, MD, MHCDS, Director, 

OSTLTS; Deputy Director for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support, CDC

 •Presentation of TAC business items— 

 Captain Carmen Clelland, PharmD, MPA (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes), US Public 

Health Service (USPHS); Associate Director for Tribal Support, OSTLTS, CDC 

 Commander Damion Killsback, PharmD, MPH (Northern Cheyenne Tribe), USPHS; 

Deputy Associate Director for Tribal Support, OSTLTS, CDC

9:50 am CDC Office of the Director Updates

 Agency-wide activities of importance that connect CDC and ATSDR with Indian Country

 Speaker: José T. Montero, MD, MHCDS, Director, OSTLTS; Deputy Director, CDC
10:20 am Zika Virus Response Update 

 Zika virus emergency response activities and efforts in Indian Country, with emphasis on the 

Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registries

 Stephanie Dulin, MBA, Deputy Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 

Disabilities, CDC

10:50 am Break

11:00 am Budget Overview

CDC budget update, FY16 Tribal funding profile; and how the National Center for Chronic 

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) will approach proposed changes in 

the budget and programs and the proposed new NCCDPHP block grant

 Jenny Sewell, JD, MPA, Public Health Analyst, Congressional Team, Office Of Appropriations, 

Office of Financial Resources, CDC 

 Georgia Moore, MS, Associate Director for Policy, OSTLTS, CDC

 Ursula Bauer, PhD, MPH, Director, NCCDPHP, CDC

12:00 pm Lunch on your own

1:00 pm Welcome and Overview of Public Health Programs 

 Public health in Chickasaw Nation 

 Heather Summers, MS, RN, Under Secretary of Operations, Hospitals and Clinics, 

Chickasaw Nation 

 Bobby Saunkeah, RN, MSGCE, CIP (Kiowa Tribe), Manager, Research and Population Health 

Division, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health

2:00 pm Break

2:10 pm Cultural Practices That Inform Mental Health Prevention Programs 

 Chickasaw Nation’s clinical research and the impact of cultural connectedness to health 

outcomes, and Chickasaw Nation’s integrated services for a system-wide approach to the 

Zero Suicide Initiative, Domestic Violence programs, and Opioid abuse

 Shannon Dial, PhD, LMFT, Executive Officer, Integrated Services Division, Department of 

Family Services, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health

 Kelly M. Roberts, PhD, LMFT, Family Initiatives Advisor, Integrated Services Division, 

Department of Family Services, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
3:00 pm Tribal Health Policy and Law Interventions 

 The legal framework of tribal sovereignty and how tribes engage with other health law 

partners while maintaining their tribal sovereignty, including discussion of how tribes can 

use laws, policies, and/or the legal process to address current health law issues (e.g., 

Internal Review Boards, opioid abuse, mental health, food safety) 

 Debra Gee, JD (Navajo Nation), General Counsel and Executive Officer, Legal Division, 

Chickasaw Nation

 Carolyn Romberg, JD, Director/Deputy General Counsel, Legal Division, Chickasaw Nation

 Kym Cravatt, JD, MPH (Seminole/Muscogee/Creek/Chickasaw), Assistant General Counsel, 

Legal Division, Chickasaw Nation

4:00 PM Break

4:15 pm Tour of Chickasaw Nation Cultural Center and Dinner with the CDC/ATSDR TAC

Pre-Registration Event 

 The Chickasaw Nation will provide roundtrip transportation to the Chickasaw Nation Cultural 

Center at the conclusion of the day’s meeting. The catered CDC/ATSDR TAC dinner will 

include several traditional foods. Dinner will conclude with a tour of the cultural center. 

Please mark your conference registration if you will be attending.

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting

and 17th Bi-Annual Tribal Consultation

Artesian Hotel

1001 West 1st Street, Sulphur, OK

Note: All times are in Central Daylight Time (CDT)

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Federal Moderator: CDC Deputy Director/OSTLTS Director

Tribal Moderator: Tribal Advisory Committee Chair

8:00 am Tribal Caucus (Tribal Members Only) 

 This session is open only to currently enrolled members of federally recognized tribes. This 

session is closed to all federal employees, regardless of Tribal affiliation.

9:00 am Opening Blessing & Reminders 

 Jefferson Keel, MS (Chickasaw Nation), Lieutenant Governor, Chickasaw Nation 

Presentation of Colors—Chickasaw Nation Honor Guard

 Captain Carmen Clelland, PharmD, MPA (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes), USPHS; Associate 

Director for Tribal Support, OSTLTS, CDC

9:10 am Tribal Public Health Accreditation Panel

 “Pearls of wisdom” learned through the accreditation process, highlighting the how, why, 

and lessons learned of accreditation and systems improvement

 Lisa Pivec, MS (Cherokee Nation), Senior Director of Public Health, Cherokee Nation

10:00 am Empowered Living— A Chickasaw Nation Youth Wellness Clinic

Addressing pediatric obesity through a multi-disciplinary behavioral modification clinic, 

highlighting the collaboration with Chickasaw Nation’s public health teams, including a research 

component and an external collaboration with Oklahoma University Children’s Hospital

 Neilsson Rais, MD, Pediatric Medicine Specialist and General Practitioner, Chickasaw Nation 

Medical Center, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health

 Jeffrey Wells, PT, DPT (Chickasaw Nation), Outpatient Physical Therapist, Ardmore Health 

Clinic, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health

 Ashley Weedn, MD, MPH, FAAP, Assistant Professor, General and Community Pediatrics, 

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Medical Director, Healthy Futures, University 

of Oklahoma 

 
 Stephen Gillaspy, PhD, Associate Professor, General and Community Pediatrics, University of 

Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

 Sheryl Goodson, MBA, Executive Officer of Satellite Clinics, Chickasaw Nation Department 

of Health

 Bobby Saunkeah, RN, MSGCE, CIP (Kiowa Tribe), Manager, Research and Population Health 

Division, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health

10:45 am Break

11:00 am Tribal Epidemiology, Data, and Research

 Tribal epidemiology and research program focused on disease surveillance, data protection, 

and research partnerships

 Michael Peercy, MPH, MT(ASCP)H, Epidemiologist/Biostatistician, IRB Administrator, 

Division of Research and Population Health, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health

 Bobby Saunkeah, RN, MSGCE, CIP (Kiowa Tribe), Manager, Research and Population Health 

Division, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health

 Dr. Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH (Choctaw Nation), Associate Professor, Health 

Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences 

Center

12:00 pm Lunch on your own

1:00 pm Built Environment: FITWEL, Resources for Tribes

 The impact of federal partnerships on public health work and an exploration of opportunities 

to advance health in Indian country through the built environment, including an introduction 

of FITWEL certification and the FITWEL scoring system; health impacts of achieving FITWEL 

certification; and research about the impacts of the built environment on Native American 

health and wellness

 Joel Kimmons, PhD, Health Scientist, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, 

NCCDPHP, CDC

 Giselle Sebag, MPH, LEED AP, FITWEL Ambassador, Healthy Places Programs Director. 

Center for Active Design, Strategic Planning & Partnerships Consultant, Equitable & 

Sustainable Cities, Greater New York City Area

2:00 pm Association of American Indian Physicians

 Impacts of national partnerships on public health work in Indian country

 Jamie McDaniel, MS, Program Manager, Million Hearts: Hypertension Control Improvement 

in Indian Country, Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP)

 Gary Lankford (Cherokee Nation): Program Director, Advances in Indian Health Care Student 

Programs, AAIP

Wednesday, August 9, 2017
3:00 pm Break

3:10 pm Tribal Partnerships for Enhanced Emergency Preparedness

 The Chickasaw Nation collaborates with partners to strengthen emergency preparedness 

efforts, including work with the Oklahoma State Department of Health to develop a 

unified response plan for events that cross tribal/state boundaries and to conduct a Mass 

Immunization/Prophylaxis exercise, and with the Oklahoma Medical Emergency Response 

Center to conduct preparedness, mitigation, and response exercises

 Jeff Morris, MPH, Institutional Environmental Health Officer, Chickasaw Nation Department 

of Health

 Mendy Spohn, MPH, Administrative Director for Health Departments, Oklahoma State 

Department of Health

4:00 pm Oral Tribal Testimonies

5:00 pm Adjourn

Wednesday, August 9, 2017