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Connect. Collaborate. Coordinate.

The Inaugural Human Services Summit will bring together local government and area non-profit organizations working to meet the health and human services needs of Richmond residents.

The event will feature three plenary sessions: The State of the Greater Richmond Region, Connecting Human Services Across Localities, and A Healthy, Healed, and Whole Richmond. The event will also feature a keynote address on the intersection of upward mobility and race by Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy and Founding Director of the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at the New School.

 

Summit Agenda

8:00 a.m. 

Registration 

Independent Networking 

Continental Breakfast 

 

9:00 a.m. 

Welcome 

Opening Remarks  

 

Traci J. Deshazor 

Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services  

City of Richmond 

 

9:05 a.m. 

Resident Experience 

Richmond City Resident 

 

9:10 a.m. 

Greetings 

Mayor Levar Stoney 

City of Richmond 

 

Lincoln Saunders 

Chief Administrative Officer 

City of Richmond 

 

Kristen Nye 

Council President 

City of Richmond 

 

9:20 a.m. 

Plenary Session I: The State of Human Services Across the Greater Richmond Region 

 

Moderator: 

Caprichia Smith-Spellman 

Director 

City of Richmond Office of Community Wealth Building 

 

Panelist: 

Brian Anderson 

President and CEO 

ChamberRVA 

 

Panelist: 

Barbara Couto Sipe 

President and CEO 

United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg 

 

Panelist: 

Sherrie Armstrong 

President and CEO 

The Community Foundation of Richmond and Central Virginia 

 

10:10 a.m. 

Open Floor Q&A 

City of Richmond  

Human Services 

 

10:25 a.m. 

Resident Experience 

Richmond City Resident 

 

10:30 a.m. 

Plenary Session II: Connecting Human Services Across Localities  

Moderator:  

Vanessa Diamond 

Senior Vice President, Civic Engagement 

Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond 

 

Panelist 

Traci J. Deshazor 

Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services 

City of Richmond 

 

Panelist 

James D. Worsley, Ph.D., ICMA-CM 

Deputy County Administrator 

Chesterfield County 

 

Panelist 

Monica Smith-Callahan 

Deputy County Manager for Community Affairs 

Henrico County 

 

11:20 a.m. 

Open Floor Q&A  

 

City of Richmond 

Human Services 

 

11:40 a.m. 

Resident Experience 

Transition  

Richmond City Resident 

 

11:50 a.m. 

Reading 

Lunch  

 

 

Joanna Lee 

Poet Laureate 

City of Richmond 

 

12:00 p.m. 

Video  

 

An Intimate Conversation with Dr. Darrick Hamilton: The Interconnectivity of Upward Mobility and Race 

 

Dr. Darrick Hamilton 

1:10 p.m. 

Transition 

Resident Experience 

Richmond City Resident 

 

1:25 p.m. 

Plenary Session III 

A Healthy, Healed, and Whole Richmond 

 

Moderator: 

Reginald E. Gordon, Esq. 

President and CEO 

Richmond Memorial Health Foundation 

 

Panelist: 

Kelly King Horne 

Executive Director 

Homeward 

 

Panelist: 

Dr. Traymanesha Lamy 

President and CEO 

NextUp 

 

Panelist: 

Dawn Barber 

Director 

City of Richmond Department of Justice Services 

 

Panelist: 

Scott Firestine 

Director 

City of Richmond Public Library 

 

Panelist: 

Chris Frelke 

Director 

City of Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities 

 

Panelist: 

Shunda Giles 

Director 

City of Richmond Department of Social Services 

 

Panelist: 

Caprichia Spellman 

Director 

City of Richmond Office of Community Wealth Building 

 

Panelist:  

Natasha Houpe 

Manager 

City of Richmond Office of Aging and Disability Services 

 

Panelist: 

Jacqueline Hale 

Early Childhood Specialist 

City of Richmond Office of Children and Families 

 

Panelist:  

Karla Almendarez-Ramos 

Manager 

City of Richmond Office of Immigrant and Refugee Engagement 

 

 

2:15 p.m. 

Open Floor Q&A  

 

City of Richmond 

Human Services 

 

2:35 p.m. 

Next Steps 

Closing Remarks 

 

Traci J. Deshazor 

Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services 

City of Richmond