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What I do here can help her, and others.”

Sibthorp-Moecker’s session, “The Trailblazer’s Guide to Digital Subscriptions: Mapping a Path to Success”, will be Friday, July 20, at 9:30 a.m.

Preston Tolliver and Katie Leath

Preston Tolliver is an Associate Director of Community Programs in the UAMS Office of Community Health and Research. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of Central Arkansas, where he studied journalism and history. He has more than 10 years of experience in writing, editing and communicating messages and information among communities through his work with various publications, including The Madison County Record, The Courier in Russellville and the Log Cabin Democrat in Conway. Through his position with the Office of Community Health and Research, he manages a creative team dedicated to building public awareness of programs and resources available to populations facing health disparities so they can live healthier, longer and better lives.

Katie Leath is a passionate health communicator with nearly a decade of experience in making health information easy to read, understand and use. She leads the team of health literacy and plain language experts at the UAMS Center for Health Literacy. She lends her health communication expertise to help create and edit health-related materials for patients and consumers at UAMS and beyond. Prior to joining the center she worked in various public health roles including administration, communications, and research and evaluation. Leath earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Central Arkansas. She graduated with honors from UAMS with a master of public health degree and from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a master’s degree in applied communication studies. Their session, “Improving Healthcare in Arkansas Through Media and Medicine”, will be Friday at 10:45 a.m.

Janet Harris

Janet Harris serves as the executive director and CEO of The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. She has been with the organization since 2016 when she was tapped to help build the Institute’s programs and bring clarity to the organization’s mission and method, and was was chosen to lead the Institute in 2022.

Harris is passionate about helping others create transformational change. Her achievements include aligning Institute operations to the mission, building staff capacity in professional meeting design, facilitating impactful dialogue and deliberation, and creating educational programs that draw on Winthrop Rockefeller’s legacy, including the Institute’s Walks with the Governor workshop.

Harris earned her bachelor’s degree while playing varsity basketball for the University of Central Arkansas Sugar Bears. While working full-time, Harris completed her Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Arkansas Little Rock. She went on to work for the City of Little Rock, and then to serve in senior leadership roles in three state executive offices, including eight years as Arkansas Deputy Secretary of State.

She is an active alumna of the University of Central Arkansas, where she serves on the Dean’s advisory board for the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. She is a graduate of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Leadership Arkansas Class XI and was named UCA Political Science Distinguished Alumna in 2016.

Harris will present the keynote at the noon Friday Luncheon.

Mark Humphrey

Nashville-based photojournalist Mark Humphrey recently retired from the Associated Press. In his 40 years with the AP, he photographed major news events, sports, entertainment, and people from all walks of life. These days reporters are called upon more and more to make pictures with smart phones and cameras they aren’t all that familiar with. Humphrey will share his tips and tricks for using the camera you have in your pocket – the one on your smartphone – to take better pictures than you have been.

His presentation, “Photojournalism via Smartphone,” is Friday at 2 p.m.