8:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30

Welcome

• Valerie Romero-Leggott MD, Vice President for Diversity, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine, University of New Mexico
• Heather Balas, President, New Mexico First

8:45

Opening Keynote Presentation: The Health Careers Pipeline

• Robert Otto Valdez, PhD, Executive Director, The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy Professor, Family & Community Medicine and Economics, University of New Mexico

9:15

Forum Overview

9:30

Knowledge Café: Best Practices

10:30

Break

10:50

Knowledge Café, cont’d.: Best Practices

11:15

Knowledge Café Report: Best Practices

11:45

Lunch & Panel Presentation: New Mexico Experiences

• Nancy Martine Alonzo, Assistant Secretary of Indian Education, New Mexico Department of Education
• Todd M. LeCesne, MPAS, PA-C, Instructional Faculty, University of New Mexico
• Ron Martinez, Regional Director, ENLACE
• Valerie Romero-Leggott, MD, Vice President for Diversity, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
• Charlie Alfero, CEO, Hidalgo Medical Services

1:00

Stakeholder Group Discussion: Challenge & Request

1:30

Stakeholder Group Reports: Challenge & Request

2:00

Break

2:20

Small Group Discussion: Vision for Common Ground

5:00

Forum Adjourns for the Day

DAY 2, Saturday, May 3, 2008

8:30

Continental Breakfast and Welcome

• Alfredo Vigil, MD, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Department of Health

9:00

Small Group Discussion: Strengthening the Pipeline through Education

10:15

Break

10:30

Small Group Discussion: Strengthening the Pipeline through Recruitment and Retention

11:45

Buffet Lunch and Presentation

• Senator Jeff Bingaman (via video), United States Senate

12:30

Small Group Discussion: Draft Recommendations

1:30

Break

1:50

Full Group Reviews/Revisions: Final Recommendations

3:15

Next Steps

• Valerie Romero-Leggott, MD
• Kathy Lopez-Bushnell, Clinical Nurse Researcher, UNM Hospitals

3:30

Forum Adjourns