Minnesota School-Based Health Alliance presents
Join Minnesota’s leading healthcare, education, and community professionals to unlock new solutions for student health and school-based care. The MNSBHA Summit 2026 is a transformative event uniting healthcare professionals, educators, policy makers, and community leaders. Together, we’ll explore how expanding school-based health centers in Minnesota is opening doors to healthcare access, education equity, and community vitality.
What is the Summit?
A Pause in the Chaos
Take a breath. This summit offers a chance to reflect, reconnect with your purpose, and reset your direction with practical tools and visionary ideas.
Interactive Learning Tracks
Improve care. Break-out sessions include tracks in physical health, mental health, sustainability, and innovation and policy. A total of 4 Interprofessional Continuing Education Credits will be available through Weitzman.
Networking & Mentorship
Engage with leaders across sectors who are actively re-shaping Minnesota’s health systems.
Dynamic Keynote and Panels
Hear from change-makers, including students, youth advocates, and experts at the intersection of health, education, public health and policy.
Who we are
We are Minnesota’s leading resource for building and improving school-based health centers (SBHCs).
We help communities:
Identify gaps in healthcare access that impede school success
Fill gaps in pediatric preventive and acute care where kids spend time, in school
Build sustainable health systems through community partnerships
Since 2022, we’ve grown our statewide SBHC network by 60%—partnering with government agencies, health systems, and local leaders to reach 100% of emerging and established clinics in Minnesota.
• Communities seeking solutions for student wellness
• Schools expanding preventive care for students
• Leaders supporting new and emerging school-based health centers
• School health professionals supporting pediatric wellness
• Health organizations exploring sustainability and improving pediatric care
Audience
Why this Matters Now
The Need Is Urgent:
Mental health concerns and unmet healthcare needs are rising among children and youth
Many families face overwhelming barriers to timely, affordable care
Schools can’t do it alone: school-based health centers are community partnerships
Access to preventive care is decreasing, even for our youngest Minnesotans
Ways to Get Involved
Volunteer - opportunity open!
Sponsor the Summit - opportunity open!
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Artika R. Tyner
Planting People, Growing Justice
Dr. Artika Tyner is committed to creating a world of inclusive leaders who will meet the pressing needs of today and work towards a better future where racial justice and economic justice reign supreme. As a motivational speaker, author and educator, Dr. Tyner helps people of all ages connect with their gifts and develop tangible tools for bringing forth sustainable, durable change in the family, workplace, community or school. By building and leveraging the tools in The Inclusive Leader she has inspired thousands of people to lead with their own gifts and plant a seed of social change.
Dr. Tyner’s work is grounded in extensive experience as a law and leadership professor, lawyer, social change agent, researcher and nonprofit founder and leader. She is well-known as a thought leader, author and designer of high-profile programs to drive organizational DEI initiatives and create inclusive leaders. Her impact spans Fortune 500 companies, start up tech companies, healthcare providers, government services and agencies, higher education institutions and grassroots organizations.
Dr. Tyner is deftly able to ask the big questions, strategically innovate real solutions and then lead the way. She intentionally invests her time and energy in inspiring change and welcomes opportunities to present, collaborate and innovate with key stakeholders seeking to impact social change and do what no one has done before. LEARN MORE ABOUT DR. TYNER
Conference Schedule
7:45 AM Doors Open / Registration Begins
7:45 – 8:30 AM Breakfast Social & Exhibitor Hall
8:30 – 9:00 AM Opening Remarks
9:00 – 9:50 AM Keynote Address - Dr. Artika Tyner
9:50 – 10:10 AM Exhibitor Break
10:10 – 11:10 AM Breakout Session 1
11:10 – 11:30 AM Exhibitor Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Breakout Session 2
12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch & Exhibit Hall
1:30 – 2:40 PM Panel Discussion
2:40 – 2:50 PM Exhibitor Break
2:50 – 3:50 PM Breakout Session 3
4:00 – 6:00 PM Networking Reception