In the Headlines

May 17, 2018 - Foodlink, the City of Rochester, the City School District, the Rochester Area Community Foundation and Common Ground Health, will be hosting a "Spring into Summer" event at Frontier Field on Saturday May 19th. The annual fest allows children to play games and activities, learn about local programs and services, sample food and provide feedback for this year's Summer Meals program. The program offers free meals to children 18 and younger at more than 100 sites across the city during the summer, when food insecurity increases.

May 7, 2018 -  Do community

April 2, 2018 - On a recent Friday morning, the reception area at CASA

March 27, 2018 -  A second blog by ReThink Health Ventures coach Sherry Immediato offers lessons that other multisector transformation efforts might learn from the experience in the Finger Lakes. She stated "it’s inspiring to see Common Ground Health expand its vision to include reducing health disparities in the region. Moving forward, Common Ground Health has established a new working group that is focused on what it would mean to deliver on the value proposition."

March 20, 2018 -  ReThink Health Ventures launched at the end of 2016 to help regional multisector partnerships accelerate momentum and break through barriers to transform health. They invited Trilby de Jung, CEO of Common Ground Health, to share her perspective about how the stakeholders’ decision to work with an established multisector partnership to accomplish their goals has been playing out in the Finger Lakes.

March 15, 2018 -  Jocelyn Goldberg

February 21, 2018 -  Wade Norwood will succeed Trilby de Jung as CEO of Common Ground Health, the region’s heath planning organization, starting July 13. Norwood currently serves as chief strategy officer for Common Ground Health. He has more than three decades of service in public office, education and regional health improvement. de Jung will rejoin her family in Portland, Oregon, after her youngest son graduates from high school.

February 14, 2018 - Wade Norwood, community leader, New York State Regent, and current chief strategy officer of Common Ground Health will succeed Trilby de Jung as chief executive officer of Common Ground Health, the region’s heath planning organization. Marilyn Dollinger, board chair stated, "we will be saddened to say goodbye to Trilby. She has been an absolutely wonderful CEO, but we are also exceedingly fortunate to have among the ranks such a trusted and inspirational leader as Wade Norwood.”

February 14, 2018 -  Community leader and New York State Regent Wade Norwood will succeed Trilby de Jung as chief executive officer of Common Ground Health, the region’s heath planning organization. Norwood is currently chief strategy officer of the organization. CEO of Common Ground Health since 2014, de Jung has led an organization with an annual budget of more than $6.5 million and a team of 40 data analysts, clinicians, researchers, community engagement specialists and other staff.

February 13, 2018 -  Common Ground Health has named chief strategy officer and Board of Regents member Wade Norwood as CEO, effective July 13. The organization’s board of directors unanimously approved Norwood’s appointment following the resignation of Trilby de Jung, who’d served in the position since 2014. Prior to joining Common Ground, de Jung had directed health advocacy work at the Empire Justice Center. She will be rejoining her family in Oregon.

February 13, 2018 -  Wade Norwood, who served on City Council and is a member of the NYS Board of Regents, has been named chief executive officer of Common Ground Health. He is currently chief strategy officer for the nonprofit planning agency. Norwood succeeds Trilby de Jung, who served as CEO since 2014. De Jung led Common Ground Health for four years. De Jung formerly directed health advocacy work at the Empire Justice Center and plans to return to Portland, Oregon.  

February 13, 2018 -  Common Ground Health, which is the health planning organization for Rochester and the Finger Lakes, has a new leader. Wade Norwood, who currently serves as chief strategy officer and has been in management at Common Ground Health since 2006. He is also a member of the New York State Board of Regents. He will succeed Trilby de Jung who is leaving that post after four years to join her family in Oregon. Norwood takes on the new position on July 13th.