2025 ACU Workforce Symposium
March 12-13, 2025 | Nashville, TN | Graduate Hotel
Agenda
NEW! We’re thrilled to announce that this year’s Workforce Symposium will be open to both PCA and health center staff. Recognizing the need to support all organizations within the health center movement, we’re excited to offer programming tailored to the needs of both health centers and the PCAs that assist them.
Over 32 million patients depend on community health centers (CHCs) for access to high-quality care, and CHCs depend on a dedicated, mission-driven workforce to provide those services. Primary Care Associations (PCAs) and health centers each play vital roles in shaping and supporting that workforce, but they face countless challenges to helping to boost their retention and recruitment. To help PCAs and CHCs envision how to build, sustain, and empower their workforces to improve care for all, the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved is excited to invite you to attend our 2025 Workforce Symposium, Transforming Tomorrow: Solutions for Workforce Success!
Facilitated by ACU’s National Center for Workforce Development & Training, this two-day symposium on March 12-13 at the Graduate Hotel in Nashville, TN, will take PCA and CHC staff through an intensive workforce building journey. Join us to delve into effective strategies for change management and become equipped with tools to navigate workforce challenges in today’s evolving healthcare landscape. Participants will explore actionable approaches for recruiting, retaining, and engaging employees. Through interactive sessions, case studies, and peer-driven discussions, you will gain practical insights to drive positive organizational change and foster a resilient, thriving CHC workforce.
Who Should Attend?
- PCA workforce staff and others involved in workforce development efforts (not limited to just one per state – bring your team!)
- CHC administrators, workforce leaders, and others involved in retention and recruitment efforts
Registration Costs
$750: Non-Members – includes two full days of training, meals (breakfast and lunch), and refreshments
$650: ACU Members – includes two full days of training, meals (breakfast and lunch), and refreshments
To access the member rate, please contact Mariah Blake, Associate Director of Associate Director of Workforce Operations and Compliance, for a promo code. Not sure if you or your organization is a member? Please contact us.
Select Symposium Faculty Will Include
April Lewis
Director, National Center for Workforce Development & Training, ACU
A national thought leader on health center workforce well-being, management, and executive strategy, April Lewis has over 15 years of experience in data and leadership. Lewis is a passionate speaker, strategist, and consultant whose has presented at hundreds of national, state, and health-center specific trainings through her A. Lewis Academy and formerly served as Director of Health Center Operations & HR Training at the National Association of Community Health Centers and Chief Executive Officer at Community Integrated Management Systems.
Suzanne K. Speer
Vice President, Workforce Development, ACU
A national leader in workforce retention and recruitment, Suzanne K. Speer joined ACU in 2017 and serves as Vice President of Workforce Development. In this role, she oversees ACU’s workforce development efforts and initiatives. She works directly with a variety of stakeholders, including federal, state, and corporate partners to accomplish ACU’s strategic workforce priorities. She has worked with community health centers since 2013, first by recruiting providers at the Virginia Community Healthcare Association. She received a Bachelor of Science from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Hotel & Symposium Venue
Graduate by Hilton Nashville
101 20th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
Booking Your Hotel Room
The booking cutoff date closed on Feb. 27th.
For travel planning purposes, please note that the Symposium begins at 8:30 a.m. CT on March 12 and ends at 3:30 p.m. CT on March 13. See the complete agenda.
Questions?
For more information about this training, please contact April Lewis, Director of ACU’s National Center, or Suzanne Speer, VP of Workforce Development.
More Resources and Trainings on Building and Sustaining Health Center Workforces
ACU’s National Center for Workforce Development & Training offers comprehensive training, technical assistance, and consultation in all aspects of healthcare workforce development—from shaping pathways to recruit a more resilient, effective, and multifaceted workforce to better meet the needs of communities to advancing specific strategies for retention and resilience.
Thank You to Our Exhibitors and Sponsors
