5th Annual Rural ACEs Summit
Save the date for NAC’s 2027 Rural ACEs Summit, on March 17, 2027, at the Rolling Hills Casino in Corning, CA.
The 2027 theme, Rooted in Resilience: From Story to Systems Change, explores how the stories, strengths, and lived experiences of rural communities can shape the systems intended to serve them.
Our Sponsorship Forest
Each sponsorship level is named for a tree native to Northern California — and each carries its own story of resilience. Together they make a forest.
Click + on any level to see what’s included.
Redwood$20,000Roots that hold the whole forest
- Opportunity to deliver opening remarks
- Recognition during event opening and closing sessions
- Top-tier logo placement across all event materials
- Premium exhibitor table
- Verbal and visual recognition throughout the summit
Sequoia$15,000Strength that grows across generations
- Opportunity for panel participation
- Prime logo placement on event promotions
- Prominent exhibitor table
- Verbal recognition during the event
Valley Oak$10,000The anchor of the valley
- Featured logo in all promotional materials
- Preferred exhibitor table
- Verbal recognition during the event
Madrone$5,000Renewal, year after year
- Logo featured in print materials
- Standard exhibitor table
Manzanita$1,000Adaptability through changing seasons
- Recognition in the program and signage
Pinecone$500Seeds of the system
- Recognition in the program
AcornIn-kindHelping hands
- Recognition in the program — contact us to discuss what you can offer
Ready to help our region grow rooted in resilience?
To become a sponsor or for more details, please contact Sue Grinnell, Senior Advisor of the Population Health Innovation Lab, at SGrinnell@phi.org.
Keynote Speaker
Josh Gryniewicz
Founder and Chief Narrative Strategist, Odd Duck
Josh Gryniewicz is the founder and Chief Narrative Strategist of Odd Duck, a storytelling-for-social-change consultancy specializing in health and public interest communication. For more than a decade, he has worked at the intersection of communication, public health, community engagement, and social change, helping organizations understand not only what to say, but how people make sense of the world around them.
Over the past several years, Josh has increasingly focused on the information environment surrounding public health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Odd Duck developed a Navigating Misinformation for Community Health framework after seeing firsthand how misinformation could derail effective health communication. The framework has since been shared with more than 10,000 community-based organizations and incorporated into public-health education and training. Josh has also advised organizations working on vaccine confidence, health misinformation, and community trust, including through the de Beaumont Foundation’s Misinformation Working Group.
Josh is also an author and storyteller. He is the coauthor of the national bestseller Interrupting Violence and has written for publications including STAT, The Guardian, PopMatters, and HuffPost.
