Dr. Walkes is the Medical Director and Health Authority for the City of Austin. Dr. Walkes has 33 years of experience in health care as a family practitioner, medical authority, medical director, and in administrative medicine. She is responsible for clinical oversight of medically related services rendered by Austin Public Health and the more than 300 licensed professionals. Dr. Walkes will personalize how child injuries impact our communities in Central Texas.

Dr. Kathryn Janda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at Baylor University. Her research focuses on food insecurity mitigation and improving healthy food access to promote health equity in underserved communities. Dr. Janda's work involves collaborating with community organizations and employing various methodologies (geospatial, quantitative, and qualitative) to better understand multi-level influences on food insecurity and limited healthy food access in local and regional contexts. She will provide perspective on the necessity of program evaluation for success.

Ashleigh Alvarez has been working in the healthcare industry for over 25 years, and specifically with families with children with special needs for almost 10 years. She believes that education, awareness and inclusion are vital for an individuals' long-term success and outcomes, and injury prevention is a component of that with the neurodivergent population.