Illinois’s McHenry County and Kane County cover more than 400,000 fertile acres that, over the last 50 years, have been used for commodity crops or converted to newly constructed subdivisions. With a growing demand for local foods, both counties have bolstered efforts to meet this demand. This session will cover both traditional (surveys, focus groups) and innovative (health impact assessment) planning tools each community used to assess and plan for increased local food production.
Speaker Details
Jane A. Maxwell
Fit for Kids Coordinator
Kane County
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Bio: Fit for Kids Coordinator, Kane County Health Department Manage the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to Kane County for Making Kane Fit for Kids Manage the implementation of the Fit Kids 2020 Plan working on County wide initiatives to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity. Work in partnership with the Kane County Departments of Development and Transportation on Healthy People, Healthy Living, Healthy Communities
Education: MS Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School BS Medical Dietetics, Pennsylvania State University Post Graduate Internship in Clinical Nutrition Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago RD, Registered Dietitian, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics LDN, State of Illinois Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist
Jackie Forbes
Kane County Health Dept.
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Bio: I have been with the Kane County Health Department since November 2010 and am responsible for the department’s Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), emergency response planning, and participating in the Kane County Planning Cooperative. Prior to my public health career, I spent nine years in the information technology field working for a commercial real estate corporation. My career with Kane County began at the Development and Community Services Department in the Planning Division, working with the land use planners, as part of an internship for a master’s program. My first project for the health department was conducting a comprehensive community health assessment and creating an update to the five year community health improvement plan. This plan is the guiding document for the department and the community, aligning the work of many organizations so they are all focused on the same health issues. In April 2012, the plan was unanimously adopted by the Kane County Board of Health and is now in the implementation phase.
Education: BA in Sociology from Miami University MS in Public Service Management from DePaul University
Other Publications: 2012-2016 Kane County Community Health Improvement Plan
Past Assignments: May 2012: National Association of City & County Health Officials (NACCHO) webinar on selecting priorities and strategies for a community health improvement plan.
Bethany Rogerson
Senior Associate
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Bio: Bethany Rogerson is a senior associate for the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, designed to promote the use of health impact assessments (HIAs) and support the growth of the field in the United States. Ms. Rogerson joined the Health Impact Project after completing her master’s degree. During graduate school, she worked with the Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, where she developed policy briefs and examined studies on mental health bed capacity. Prior to that, she assisted the policy and development departments at the League of Conservation Voters in Washington, D.C., as well as the Michigan League of Conservation Voters.
Education: Ms. Rogerson received a master’s degree in social policy at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor of arts in environmental studies from the University of Michigan.
Kimberly Kolner, AICP
Senior Planner
McHenry County
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Bio: Senior Planner for the Department of Planning and Development of McHenry County, Illinois
Education: Bachelors of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
Janice B. Hill, AICP
Executive Planner
Kane County Dev Dept.
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Bio: Janice Hill is an Executive Planner and Manager of the Kane County Farmland Protection Program which is the only funded agricultural conservation easement program in Illinois. Janice writes, researches and presents on the topics of farmland protection, resource conservation and urban revitalization. Consulting clients include American Farmland Trust and Openlands.
Education: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana B.S. in Psychology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia M.S.in City Planning
Key Publications: Renaissance of the Urban Corridor, Author, 2003 Recommitment: Preserving Farmland and Agriculture in Kane County, Author, 2004 Kane County 2030 Land Resource Management Plan, 2004, Associate Editor.
Past Assignments: Introduction to Agricultural Easements, September, 2008, The National Land Conservation Conference, Rally 2008. Protecting Farmland, October, 2008. State of Illiois Green Government Coordinating Council 2008 Sustainable Cities Symposium. Farmland Protection as a Key Strategy for the Green Infrastructure Vision, November, 2008. Chicago Wilderness Congress 2003.
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