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First Lady Michelle Obama to Keynote 2016 Partnership for a Healthier America Summit

MEDIA ADVISORY: APRIL 29, 2016

First Lady Michelle Obama will join U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy and leaders from The Dannon Company, Kaiser Permanente, Nemours Foundation and more.

WHAT: This May, the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), with its honorary chair First Lady Michelle, will convene its 5th annual Building a Healthier Future Summit in Washington, D.C. The conference will bring together leading health and wellness executives, as well as nonprofit, government and academic leaders to address childhood obesity, an issue critical to the future of this country’s health and well-being, and create solutions that will help make the healthy choice the easy choice for all Americans, regardless of where they live, work or play.

The 2016 Summit will feature breakout sessions focused on topics that include living with obesity, health equity and race, grocery innovation, food trends and forecasts, calorie reduction in sugar sweetened beverages, the future of the movement against childhood obesity, and other topics. Leaders from the public and private sector driving the conversations include The Dannon Company, Kaiser Permanente, Nemours Foundation, American Public Health Association, Coca-Cola North America, J&J Health and Wellness, among many others.

WHO: Featured Keynote: PHA Honorary Chair First Lady Michelle Obama First Lady Obama’s leadership in the fight against childhood obesity is unparalleled. The addition of her voice to the Summit as keynote speaker underscores the importance of achieving the collective goal to end childhood obesity within a generation. Additional Featured Speakers Include:

  • Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, Surgeon General of the United States
  • Alexander M. Douglas, Jr., Executive Vice President, The Coca-Cola Company and President, Coca-Cola North America
  • Len Greer, President, Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions
  • Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, President, American Public Health Association
  • Mariano Lozano, President and CEO, The Dannon Company
  • Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

WHEN: May 18-20, 2016

WHERE: Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel 999 9th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Media interested in covering the event, including First Lady Obama’s keynote, should register for credentials by visiting www.ahealthieramerica.org/summit/press. Please register by May 17, 2016 to ensure that you are included on the Secret Service list for the First Lady’s keynote address.

For the full schedule of plenaries, breakout sessions and more details, visit www.ahealthieramerica.org/summit.

CONTACT: Lynnette Johnson Williams – Lynnette.williams@edelman.com (202) 325-1755 office or (202) 255-0565 (mobile)