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Emerging Leaders Program

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  • Blog Post

    Fifty Years of Trust Research in Health Care: What Does It Mean for Policymakers?

    January 2023 Jodyn Platt Lauren A. Taylor

    This review of health services and health policy articles on trust from the past 50 years examined how trust is defined and measured. The authors found murkiness around terms and limited methods in the existing literature. More

  • Let My Love Open the Door: Reflections for State Leaders

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    Let My Love Open the Door: Reflections for State Leaders

    January 2023 Kate McEvoy

    In a View from Here, former Milbank program officer and current National Association of Medicaid Directors executive director Kate McEvoy encourages state executive branch leaders and policymakers to embrace aspects of love including empathy, openness, and self-care as they navigate the vitally important, heart-based work of state health policy. More

  • News Article

    Milbank State Leadership Program Cohorts Selected

    July 2022 Christine Haran

    Each year, the Milbank Memorial Fund invests in the development of state and county leaders who are committed to advancing population health and… More

  • News Article

    The Emerging Leaders and Milbank Fellows Programs’ 2021-2022 Class Launch

    September 2021 Alessa Erawan

    Government leaders are the drivers of innovation and improvement in population health. The Milbank Memorial Fund invests in the development of state… More

  • News Article

    Building State Leadership Skills: The Emerging Leaders Program’s 2019-20 Class Launches

    November 2019

    Many state policymakers yearn for some time away from their frenetic schedules to focus on professional development, but few such opportunities exist. Enter the Milbank Memorial Fund’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), which welcomed its fourth class of participants with an opening meeting in Baltimore last month. More

  • “This Is Incredibly Motivating to Me”

    Blog Post

    “This Is Incredibly Motivating to Me”

    November 2019 Christopher F. Koller

    In his latest “The View from Here” blog post, Milbank Memorial Fund President Christopher F. Koller explains that good leadership involves reflection and self awareness. Milbank’s Emerging Leaders Program asks participants to ask themselves, “Why do this work?” The answers are often motivating, even at a divisive time like this one. More

  • New Cohort Begins the Fund’s Leadership Program

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    New Cohort Begins the Fund’s Leadership Program

    September 2018

    The Fund kicked off the newest session of its Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) earlier this month at an in-person meeting in San Francisco. The third… More

  • Second Class of State Officials Completes the Fund’s Leadership Program

    News Article

    Second Class of State Officials Completes the Fund’s Leadership Program

    July 2018

    The second group of state health policy officials completed the Fund’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) in late June. Fifteen executive and… More

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    Emerging Leaders Program

    The Emerging Leaders Program seeks to develop practical, hands-on leadership skills in future senior executive and legislative officials. More

  • Blog Post

    Saying Yes to Public Leadership

    September 2017 Christopher F. Koller

    Sandy Praeger did not seek to be a leader. “Local party officials had to keep asking me,” she said of her first public position as a member of the… More