Proudly Announcing the 2023 Faculty and Sessions
KEYNOTES
The Clinical Science of Obesity & Addressing Weight Stigma
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard University and MGH Weight Center
Preparing a Place for Future Generations That Honors the Humanity of All Equally
Gail C. Christopher, DN
Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity
MICHAEL P. O'DONNELL SPECIAL PLENARY SESSION
Well-Being is a Team Sport
Richard Safeer, MD
Chief Medical Director, Employee Health and Well-being, Johns Hopkins Medicine
INTELLECTUAL HUMILITY
Rethinking the Story: The Narrative Path to Community Well-being and Intellectual Humility
Barbara Burgess-Van Aken, PhD
SAGES Fellow, Case Western Reserve University
Elizabeth Click, DNP, ND, RN
Medical Director, Case Western Reserve University
Ann Kowall-Smith, PhD
Founder & Executive Director, Reflection Point
Translating Research into Practice: The Role of Intellectual Humility in Addressing Spiritual Well-being at Work
Jessica Grossmeier, PhD, MPH
CEO, Grossmeier Consulting
The Wisdom of Not (Over)Thinking – How Applied Improvisation Can Enhance Intellectual Humility, Communication, and Resilience
Dayna Gowan, MPH
Senior Health and Wellness Manager and Consultant, Keenan and Associates
Speaker, Improviser, Facilitator of Fun, Improvly Speaking
Jesse Greenfield, MPH
Community Health Worker Liaison, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
Powerful Ignorance: Fostering Intellectual Humility through a Psychologically Safe Environment
Melissa Ford, MPH
Workforce Health Consultant, Kaiser Permanente
Christina Torizzo, MPH
Mental Health & EAP Consultant, Kaiser Permanente
Weight-Inclusion in the Workplace: Making the Case for a Weight-neutral Approach to Employee Health and Well-being
Rebecca Rick, MS, RD
Director of Health & Wellness Consulting, GBS Benefits
ORGANIZATION STRATEGY
Leading from the Middle: Supporting Managers Efforts to Create Subcultures of Well-being
Judd Allen, PhD
President, Human Resources Institute, LLC
The Mindset of a Health & Wellbeing Systems Thinker: Delivering Impact to Employee Wellbeing Across Three Essential Pathways
Marissa Kalkman, MS
Executive Director, Wellness Council of Wisconsin
Beyond Your Group Medical Plan - Using All Benefits and Employment Practices to Enhance Employee Health & Well-Being
Jay Kirschbaum, JD, LLM
Sr. Vice President and Director - Benefits Compliance, World Insurance Associates
Marina Galatro, PHRca, SPHR, SHRM-CP
Director of HR Advisory and Outsourcing Services, World Insurance Associates
Remote Worker Health
Jay Maddock, PhD
Professor, Texas A&M University
Visualizing and Activating the Necessary Complexity of a Health Promoting Organization
Suzy Harrington, RN, DNP
Assistant Vice President Workforce Well-Being, Texas Children's Hospital
Utilizing Design Thinking in Health Promotion Programming
Jolynn Gardner, PhD
Associate Chair, Department of Health Studies, American University
The Mindset of a Health & Wellbeing Systems Thinker: Delivering Impact to Employee Wellbeing Across Three Essential Pathways
Marissa Kalkman, MS
Executive Director, Wellness Council of Wisconsin
MENTAL HEALTH
Talkin’ Loud and Sayin’ Nothing: How to Back Up Your Commitment to Workforce Mental Health with Meaningful Action
Ballard David, PsyD, MBA
Founder and Principal, GhostNote Consulting
Staying Above the Fray: Rethinking Resiliency Skills and Adaptation Strategies in Uncertain Times
Brian Luke Seaward, PhD
Executive Director, Paramount Wellness Institute
Caregiving Bias: Addressing the $23B+ Challenge Employers Are Facing
Miriam Senft
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Motivity Care
Rethinking Resilience: Flourishing During Trying Times
Robert Swoap, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Warren Wilson College
ADVANCING EQUITY & FOSTERING INCLUSION & BELONGING
Rethinking Gender: How Benefit Plans, Sponsors and Trustees Can – and Must – Adapt
Karen DeBortoli, LLB
Principal; Director, Knowledge Resource Centre and Canadian Privacy Officer, Buck Consultants Canada
Overcoming the Imposter Phenomenon by Building Organizational Capacity to Promote Belonging, Equity, and Well-being
Robin Dunn, PhD
Associate Professor, Saint Mary's College of California
Community As Medicine: Uplifting Connection, Belonging, Vulnerability, and Joy in Health Promotion
Elizabeth Markle, PhD
Associate Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies; Executive Director, Open Source Wellness
Benjamin Emmert-Aronson, PhD
Director of Operations, Open Source Wellness
Moving from Health to Well-being and Openness: Building Meaningful Strategies for Social Connectedness and Equity
Anjali Rameshbabu, PhD, MS, MSc
Founder, Health2Wellbeing
At the Intersection of Race, Health, and History
Jaqui Rogers, MBA
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant, BJC Healthcare
It Starts Within: The Role of Personal Reflection and Growth in Equity Work
Courtney Waters, MPH, MS
Associate Research Social Scientist, University of Arizona, Southwest Institute for Research on Women
EVALUATION
Do Workplace Health Promotion (Wellness) Programs Work? What Does the Latest Research Tell Us?
Ron Goetzel, PhD
Senior Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Analytic Translation: Skills to Optimize How Analytics Help Businesses Succeed
Wendy Lynch, PhD
Founder, Analytic-translator.com
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
Healthcare in the Kitchen: A Culinary Medicine Approach to Improving Diet Quality in Families
Kristi Artz, MD
Medical Director Lifestyle Medicine, Spectrum Health
Trust Transformation: Transforming Organizational Trust for Improved Humility and Well-being
Leah Gossai, MBA-HR
Education Manager, AdventHealth
Translating from Research to Real-World in Practice: The UBTwell Way
Sam Dolezal, EdD, MSE, MS
Wellbeing Officer, Union Bank & Trust
Embracing a Culture of Continuous Improvement and Intellectual Humility to Optimize Resources to Change Lifestyle Habits
Mary Delaney, MS
Managing Partner, Vital Incite
Elisabeth Prosser, MD
Lead Physician, Carmel Clay Wellness Center
Roger McMichael, MBA
Associate Superintendent, Carmel Clay Schools
RESEARCH REPORT
Encouraging your Employees to Sleep on the Job: Sleep, the Underexplored Workplace Wellness Program Target that may be More Impactful than You Think
Rebecca Robbins, PhD, MS, MMsci
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Stuart Quan, MD
Gerald E. McGinnis Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
It’s a Talent Strategy for Us: Promoting Dialogue to Advance Health and Well-being at Cardinal Health
Christopher Coulter Manager, Sales Technology & Customer Strategy Solutions, Cardinal Health
Ben Fisher
Account Manager Colorado, OptiFreight Logistics, Cardinal Health
Sarah Monley, MPH
Senior Consultant, Population Health and Evaluation, Cardinal Health
Shideh Javan
Manager, Women’s Health, Cardinal Health
Ty Simonton
Advisor, Account Based Marketing, Cardinal Health
EXCITEd for COVID-19 Vaccination: The Role of Health Communication and Promotion to Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Misinformation
Michelle Parisi, PhD, RDN
Assistant Professor/Extension Division Director for Health, Nutrition, and Youth Development, Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service
Maria Mercedes Rossi, PhD
Research Assistant, Clemson University
Kathleen Cartmell, PhD
Associate Professor, College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University
Camden Bryan
Rural Health and Nutrition Extension Agent, Clemson Cooperative Extension, Clemson University