Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM: Innovative General Session Dr. Christopher will explore the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's journey from diversity to Racial Equity to Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and its importance to the future of all sectors. - - - - - - - - - - Dr. Gail Christopher is senior advisor and vice president at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. In this role, she leads the foundation's Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) enterprise and serves on the president's cabinet that provides overall direction and leadership for the foundation. Since joining the foundation in 2007, Gail has served as vice president for program strategy with responsibility for multiple areas of programming, including Racial Equity; Food, Health & Well-Being; Policy; Community Engagement and Leadership; as well as place-based programming in New Orleans and New Mexico. Gail is a nationally recognized leader in health policy, with particular expertise and experience in the issues related to social determinants of health, health inequities and public policy issues of concern to our nation's future. Her distinguished career and contributions to public service were honored in 1996 when she was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. In 2011 she was awarded the "Change Agent Award" by the Schott Foundation for Public Education; in 2012 she was the recipient of the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) John C. MacQueen Lecture Award for her innovation and leadership in the field of maternal and child health. Most recently in 2015 she was the recipient of the Terrance Keenan award for Grantmakers in Health. She is chair of the board of the Trust for America's Health.