- Events & Workshops
Shifting Policies and Local Realities: The State of Healthcare in Greater New Haven
Date
Dec 15, 2025
Time
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location
Online via Zoom
Topic
Presenter(s)
Paul Mounds Jr., Yale New Haven Health System; Natasha Ray, MS, New Haven Healthy Start; Amanda Skinner, MSN, MBA, Planned Parenthood Votes! Connecticut and Planned Parenthood of Southern New England
Join us Dec. 15 for a webinar on the state of health care and the effects of recent federal policy changes on local providers, families and communities. This online panel, moderated by The Community Foundation President & CEO Karen DuBois-Walton, will explore topics including recent changes to reproductive and maternal health care access, hospital and clinical service delivery and community-based supports.
Panelists:
Paul Mounds Jr. is vice president of community and corporate alliances at Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS), where he is responsible for partnerships between YNHHS and key community-based stakeholders. Mounds is also a board member of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership.
Natasha Ray, MS, is the director of New Haven Healthy Start at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and a longtime healthcare and family advocate in New Haven. Ray established the Maternal and Child Health Consortium, involving residents, medical providers and other community-based organizations in creating a community-driven approach to reducing the infant mortality rates in New Haven.
Amanda Skinner, MSN, MBA, is president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood Votes! Connecticut and of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. Additionally, she serves on the boards of BetterHealth and the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, and is a Donaldson Fellow of the Yale School of Management.