dr. anthony iton. dr. iton,

dr. anthony iton.

dr. anthony iton. he prefersr tony as to be called, is the senior vice president for healthy communities at the california -- he's been there since october, 2009. building healthy communities initiative is a $1 billion program designed to change policy and encourage civic engagement in 14 california communities that are affected by health care inequality. prior to that he served as director for alameda county's public health department and, if you look up his resume, you will see a string of academic degrees that very impressive to say the least. he's going to be interviewed by vanessa mason. the nasa is the cofounder of pt-2, public health tech venture fund and also ceo of riveted partners, the digital health consultancy. she knows what she is talking about. please join me in welcoming both tony and vanessa to the stage. [applause] vanessa: this promises to be a lovely evening. he has wonderful video to show just why building healthy communities initiative's got started and the impact they had already

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