Morgan McDonald
National Director for Population Health and Health Equity Leadership Milbank Memorial Fund
Inactive
MD, FACP, FAAP
Innovation Through Policy
Applying Adaptive Leadership to Innovation Roadblocks
How can I be my authentic self and get the job done? How can I help my team strengthen our work when the ground and the sky seem to keep moving? How can I courageously represent who I am and those I serve without creating roadblocks for the mission? The “how” of innovative change is as important as the “what.” This workshop will give participants time to dig deeper into leadership skill development with case studies and discussion working through difficult challenges faced by the nursing workforce.Learning Objectives: By the close of this session, participants will be able to:
- Apply adaptive leadership tools to the complex problems of nursing leadership
- Discuss strategies for creating common ground on population health needs
- Practice sharing narratives and data to influence community and organizational decision-making
Biography
Morgan McDonald leads the Milbank Memorial Fund’s state health policy programming and leadership development, bringing together state and local executive and legislative branch leaders and connecting them with nonpartisan, evidence-based resources and experience. Dr. McDonald served for eight years in executive administration at the Tennessee Department of Health, most recently as the Interim Health Commissioner and previously as Deputy Commissioner for Population Health and Assistant Commissioner for Family Health and Wellness. In these roles, she provided senior leadership for the state’s pandemic response and recovery efforts, championed the Department’s rural health and health equity implementation work, and successfully led the state’s maternal and child health improvement initiatives.
Dr. McDonald began her career as a primary care physician and advocate for people experiencing homelessness and has held educational leadership positions at the University of North Carolina and then Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She led curricula in
inter-professional education, protective community factors, and the care of marginalized populations for medical school and residency programs. Board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics, Dr. McDonald has continued to see patients in Nashville’s immigrant community to maintain the roots of policy making in patient journeys.