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Public Sector Leadership Consortium

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  • 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

  • Practicing Good Public Administration During Challenging Times: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

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    Practicing Good Public Administration During Challenging Times: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

    October 2020 Mark Larson Lauren Moran

    As part of the Public Sector Leadership Consortium’s Leadership Forward podcast series, we recently spoke with Tom Betlach, MPA, former Arizona Medicaid director, and Jim Jones, Medicaid director at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, to discuss the skills they have used to lead public agencies through economic recessions. More

  • Engaging Staff to Be Equity-Minded: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

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    Engaging Staff to Be Equity-Minded: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

    October 2020 Gretchen Hammer Hilary Kennedy

    As part of the Public Sector Leadership Consortium’s new Leadership Forward series, we spoke with Womazetta Jones, secretary of Rhode Island’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and Karen Kimsey, director of the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, to discuss leadership strategies they have implemented to infuse equity into their organizations and in their engagements with stakeholders. More

  • Maintaining Strategic Vision During COVID-19: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

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    Maintaining Strategic Vision During COVID-19: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

    October 2020 Erica Brown

    As part of the Public Sector Leadership Consortium’s Leadership Forward podcast series, I recently spoke with LaQuandra Nesbitt, MD, MPH, director of the District of Columbia Department of Health, and Suzanne Bierman, JD, MPH, administrator of the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy for the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, to discuss how they have remained focused on a long-term vision throughout COVID-19 and used strategic communications and other approaches to advance that vision. More

  • Resiliency During COVID-19: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

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    Resiliency During COVID-19: A Conversation with Public Sector Leaders

    September 2020 Erica Brown

    As part of the Public Sector Leadership Consortium’s new Leadership Forward series, Erica Brown, program officer at the Milbank Memorial Fund, recently spoke with Jami Snyder, director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and Kody Kinsley, deputy secretary for behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disabilities for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, to discuss leadership strategies they implemented to fortify themselves and their staff during the pandemic. More

  • Amid a Pandemic and Beyond: Bolstering the Critical Capacity of Public Sector Leaders

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    Amid a Pandemic and Beyond: Bolstering the Critical Capacity of Public Sector Leaders

    September 2020 Lauren Moran Erica Brown Hilary Kennedy

    The Center for Health Care Strategies, the Milbank Memorial Fund, and the National Association of Medicaid Directors have created the Framework for Public Sector Leadership to provide a foundational tool to bolster state leadership capacity. More