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The National AHEC Organization team pictured below presented at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)  2009 Community Health Institute (CHI) and EXPO in Chicago on Monday, August 24, 2009.

(left to right): 

Gerrard L. Jolly, Deputy Director, Community HealthCorps, National Association of Community Health Centers, Bethesda, MD

Kimberly Y. Owens, Health Promotion Coordinator, Suwannee River AHEC, Alachua, FL

Steven R. Shelton, M.B.A, PA-C, Assistant Vice President for Community Outreach Program Director,East Texas AHEC, Galveston, TX

Tatyana Gorodetsky, M.Ed. (eq.), Director of the Outreach Worker Training Institute (OWTI), A program of Central Massachusetts AHEC, Inc., Worcester, MA

Donald E. Proulx, M.Ed., Associate Director, Arizona AHEC Program, Tucson, AZ

Jason Patnosh, Associate Vice President, Community Health Corps, NACHC, was the lead staff for the presentation. Donald Proulx, Associate Director, Arizona AHEC Program coordinated the team’s effort and facilitated the session. Gerrard, Steven, Tatyana and Kimberly outlined current trends and practices in community health workforce training, recognition, and utilization.  Presenters had shared their successes partnering with federally qualified community health centers actively engaged in the development and deployment of community health workers (CHWs).