Equity in Action: Operationalizing Processes in State Governance.

Susan Weisman¹, Karen Ben-Moshe¹, Vayong Moua¹+1

• ¹Susan Weisman, J.D., is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. She holds a BA from The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) and a JD from Mitchell Hamline School of Law (St. Paul, MN). Karen Ben-Moshe, M.P.H., is the Senior Program Associate with the Public Health Institute, Health in All Policies program. She has a BA from Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT), an MPH from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health (Berkeley, CA), and an MPP from the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy (Berkeley, California). Vayong Moua, M.P.A., is a Health Equity Advocacy Director at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota in Eagan, Minnesota. He received his BA from St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN) and his MPA from the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI). He is responsible for developing strategy and action for Blue Cross's prevention and health equity advocacy initiatives to reduce tobacco use, obesity, and health inequities. Sarah Hernandez, M.P.H., is the director of policy for the Office of Health Equity at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. She has a BA from the University of Colorado (Denver, CO) and an MPH from the Colorado School of Public Health (Aurora, CO).