About
Community Grand Rounds (CGR) is an education and awareness-building campaign seeking to change how health care providers and the communities they serve, think about, talk about, and take action on structural racism’s impact on health within communities of color. Launched in 2018 in collaboration with Spectrum Health Lakeland, CGR hosts nationally noted health equity thought leaders and community-based conversations called Brave Talks. CGR’s mission is to improve the health of the community by challenging structural racism and ultimately, to heal the trauma of racism.
Dr. Lynn Todman, PhD - CGR Founder and Director
Lynn Todman is the Vice President of Health Equity for the Spectrum Health System
Lynn Todman, PhD is the Vice President of Health Equity for the Spectrum Health System in Michigan where she leads efforts to align health equity work across the 19-hospital health system. As part of this work, she assisted in crafting the vision, goals, guiding principles, strategic framework, and priorities for the system’s health equity work. Lynn is the catalyst behind Community Grand Rounds which aims to educate and heighten awareness of the impact of structural racism on health, and to stimulate community and health system action to address racialized health inequities.
Nicki Britten - CGR and Brave Talks Operations
Nicki Britten is Director of Population Health, Spectrum Health Lakeland.
Nicki Britten, MPH, is the Director of Population Health at Spectrum Health Lakeland leading work to improve health through community-based initiatives, expand awareness of the social determinants of health in Berrien County and respond to health inequities. She has helped Community Grand Rounds gain traction in Berrien County and launched Brave Talks, spurring participants to act on newfound knowledge and understanding.
Corey Smith - CGR Evaluation Director
Corey Smith is Health Equity Evaluator, Population Health, Spectrum Health Lakeland
Corey leads the evaluation of Spectrum Health Lakeland’s health equity strategy. In this role he is responsible for collecting and analyzing information about the ways that Community Grand Rounds and Brave Talks is changing the conversation about the impact of structural racism on health, and how it is influencing behavior both within Lakeland and in the broader Berrien County community.
Kyndall McCoy, CGR Education Coordinator
Kyndall McCoy is Social Worker, Population Health, Spectrum Health Lakeland
Kyndall is a social worker for the population health department at Spectrum Health Lakeland where she manages its Center for Better Health. In addition, Kyndall coordinates a variety of educational programming elements for Community Grand Rounds and Spectrum Health Lakeland. Kyndall is committed to ensuring effective learning experiences that promote education and awareness of the impact of structural racism on health.
Geena Seats - CGR Communications
Geena Seats is Communications Specialist, Spectrum Health Lakeland
Geena Seats is a communications specialist and advisor to the population health department at Spectrum Health Lakeland where she is responsible for utilizing internal and external resources to create content for marketing campaigns. In collaboration with community and system stakeholders, she is committed to developing inclusive and accessible communications to reach all populations.
Denard Fenaud - CGR Evaluation Partner
Mary Gayen - Brave Talks Coordinator
Hassana Hachem - Finance Manager and Project Specialist, Population Health, Spectrum Health Lakeland
Jerry Price - Brave Talks Team
Gina Smith - Community Health Program Specialist, Population Health, Spectrum Health Lakeland
Mari Pat Varga - CGR Communications Partner
Kristine Kruse - Digital Partner, Producer/Production
