The Project TeamThe Dow Chemical CompanyDow provided the worksites that were the settings for the study and facilitated the implementation of environmental interventions. Cathy Baase, MD, FAAFP, FACOEMEmory University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies IHPS led the executive team and research design, overseeing the project. Ron Z. Goetzel, PhDThomson Reuters Thomson Reuters stored, prepared, and conducted much of the data analysis. Teresa Gibson, PhDUniversity of Georgia Workplace Health Group UGA's Workplace Health Group was in charge of conducting the initial formative research and measuring the process of implementing intervention programs. David DeJoy, PhDNational Business Group on Health The Business Group has been instrumental in developing marketing, communication, and dissemination materials, including this website. Joneyse Gatling, MS National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)NHLBI is the federal agency that funded the research study and provided overall project direction.The Dow Chemical Company
Cathy Baase, MD, FAAFP, FACOEMCatherine M. Baase, MD, is the Global Director of Health Services for The Dow Chemical Company with direct responsibility for leadership and management of all Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion staff and programs around the world. In addition to these roles, Dr. Baase is the driver of an integrated health vision and Dow's Health Strategy for employees, retirees, and their families. She is also involved in health policy and health issue management at Dow and is on the Dow Health and Wellness Business Management Team. Previously, Dr. Baase was the director of Health Care Strategic Planning with direct responsibility for the US health benefit plans. Dr. Baase is on the Board of Directors of the Partnership for Prevention, a national, public-private partnership dedicated to preventive health services. Dr. Baase serves on the advisory boards of The Institute for Health and Productivity and the US Cochrane Center. For several years she has been a member of the ACOEM Health and Productivity Committee. Dr. Baase has been a member of the Clinical Research Roundtable of the Institute of Medicine, The National Academies. She is a Fellow in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and a Fellow in the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Baase is on the editorial staff for both the American Journal of Health Promotion and the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She has published on a variety of health topics and has been invited to present at numerous conferences. 
Gary Billotti, MSAs Global Leader for Health & Human Performance for Dow Chemical, Mr. Billotti is responsible for the design and implementation of the Dow Health Strategy. This is a global, cross functional effort between the Environmental, Health & Safety, Human Resources, Government Affairs and Public Affairs functions within Dow. The ultimate goals of this approach are improved health, effective management of health-related costs, and improved health-related performance. Having earned a Master's degree in exercise physiology from Kent State University, Mr. Billotti served as a YMCA director and corporate wellness consultant for E.I. DuPont de Nemours, before joining Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems in 1988. Over a ten year career with Johnson & Johnson, he led the design and implementation of over a dozen corporate wellness programs for companies, including Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Sears, Hormel, AT&T, Union Pacific Railroad and the Saturn Corporation. A founding member of the Council on Employee Health & Productivity of the National Business Group on Health, Mr. Billotti has delivered numerous presentations at national and international conferences on health and human performance. He has also been a member of numerous employer advisory councils addressing a variety of health-related topics. His work at Dow has contributed to the achievement of several awards, including the American Psychological Association (APA) Resilient Workplace Award, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Corporate Achievement Award, and the Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) Corporate Health Achievement Award. In 2008, Dow also was recognized with the C. Everett Koop and National business Group on Health awards, recognizing our efforts to build a healthy workplace. He has also served as a member of the judges' panel for selecting the recipients for the IHPM annual awards. He was a co-investigator/author of a research study on the impact of health conditions on Presenteeism, which was published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2004). He is currently involved in wrapping up a four year research project under a grant from the NHLBI, in collaboration with Cornell University, The University of Georgia, MedStat, and the national Business Group on Health. The study is looking to understand the impact of environmental and cultural approaches on obesity. 
Karen Tully, BSSince 1986, Karen has had the opportunity to inspire and motivate employees and coworkers through her work with The Dow Chemical Company’s Health Promotion initiatives. Supporting Dow’s comprehensive Health Strategy, Karen currently co-leads Global Prevention efforts with specific focus and responsibility for Dow’s access to physical activity strategy, including ensuring best practice implementation of the company’s fitness facilities. Karen is an active member of the Health Services Management Team providing strategic direction and decision making for Dow’s Health Services Expertise Center. Karen was a co-investigator and the Dow project team lead of a five year research project, "LightenUP" funded by the NHLBI, in collaboration with Emory University, University of Georgia, Thomson Reuters and the National Business Group on Health. The study investigated environmental approaches to obesity prevention and management at the worksite. Karen is also a contributing author to publications illustrating study intervention and results. Karen’s work at Dow has contributed to achievement of several awards, including recent 2008 accomplishments: C. Everett Koop National Health Award and National Business Group on Health — Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles, Platinum Award Winner. Karen joined Dow in 1986 as Program Director for the Sarnia, Canada fitness facility and assumed a management role in 1992. In June of 1997 her responsibilities were expanded and she became the Canadian Health Promotion Expertise Leader, providing leadership and technical support for Health Promotion implementation at Canadian sites. Having earned a BS degree in Health Sciences from the University of Waterloo, Karen has dedicated her career to preventive health education and leadership. Before joining the Dow organization Karen held the position of Corporate Health Director for Imperial Oil (Exxon) in Sarnia, Canada which included managing their corporate fitness facility. Prior to this position she managed wellness programs and facilities for the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs in Toronto, Canada and was an active Fitness Instructor Trainer for the Canadian National YMCA. Karen has been married to her husband Dave for 22 years. 
John White, PhDJohn White, Ph.D. a Global Health Services Prevention Leader. John is Co-Leader of Dow's Global Prevention effort. John's responsibilities include: strategy development, and oversight of prevention, subject matter expertise in the area of Musculoskeletal Injury and Illness Focal Point and leadership of Dow's global efforts to create and sustain a culture that is supportive of health. John also has oversight of Dow's Gulf Coast Health Promotion program. John has over 20 years of experience in the preventative health field where he has served The Dow Chemical Company and The Institute for Aerobics Research. He earned his Ph.D. in Exercise Science from the University of Mississippi and a Bachelor of Administration in Business from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. John has contributed to the C. Everett Koop Award in 2004 and 2008 and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) Corporate Achievement Award. John has been married to his wife, Barb for 24 years and has three sons named Benjamin, Daniel and Joseph. Emory University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies
Ron Z. Goetzel, PhDRon Z. Goetzel, PhD, Director and Research Professor, Institute for Health and Productivity Studies at Emory University and Vice President of Consulting and Applied Research at Thomson Reuters is a nationally recognized expert in health management, data analysis, and applied research. He has led numerous projects at Thomson Reuters focusing on documenting the health and productivity cost burden of various disease conditions and the ROI achieved by health management programs. He is Principal Investigator (PI) on several large-scale NIH, CDC, and CMS funded studies focused on risk reduction and cost savings. Dr. Goetzel earned his doctorate in Organizational and Administrative Studies and his MA in Applied Social Psychology from New York University, and his BS degree in Psychology from the City College of New York. 
Enid Chung Roemer, PhDEnid Chung Roemer, PhD, is an Assistant Research Professor at the Institute for Health and Productivity Studies at Emory University. She has conducted research in workplace health promotion/disease prevention program design, implementation, and evaluation. Her research covers a variety of health topics including diet/nutrition, physical activity, stress management, smoking, and obesity-related disease prevention. Specifically, her research interests include examining the psychosocial factors that contribute to health beliefs, health behaviors, and motivation to change and maintain health promoting/disease preventing behaviors. She also has conducted social cognitive research, examining the interactions between dispositional and psychosocial factors on stress and anxiety across various domains. Her experiences include project management, quantitative and qualitative data review, process evaluation, interpretation, analysis and presentation. Dr. Roemer earned her doctorate in Applied Social Psychology from The George Washington University, and her BA degree in Psychology from Wellesley College. Thomson ReutersTeresa Gibson, PhDTeresa B. Gibson, Ph.D., a Director in the research division at Thomson Healthcare and is responsible for research and development activities focusing on applications of econometric, statistical, and analytic methods to administrative data and healthcare datasets. Among the topics addressed in her research and publications are chronic illness, prescription drug utilization, financial incentives and managed care. She has considerable experience with administrative data sets and serves as Task Leader for the outpatient database development effort on the AHRQ-funded Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). Previously, Dr. Gibson held management and analytic positions in the MarketScan and Medstat Systems divisions of Medstat. Notably, she directed the development, maintenance, and delivery of Medstat's MarketScan Databases and has developed expertise in analyzing and evaluating the health care experience of privately insured individuals. On occasion, Dr. Gibson serves as a Lecturer in the University of Michigan School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management where she teaches quantitative methods in the residential Masters degree program. She received a PhD in Health Services Organization and Policy and a Master of Arts in Economics, both from the University of Michigan. She holds a Master of Science in Health Administration and Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. University of Georgia Workplace Health Group
David DeJoy, PhDDavid M. DeJoy, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, at The University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. DeJoy directs the Workplace Health Group at the University of Georgia, and this inter-disciplinary research group has been involved in a number of workplace studies examining the impacts of both health promotion and occupational safety and health interventions. His areas of research include: intervention effectiveness, organizational climate/culture, work organization, risk communication, and theory-based intervention design. He serves on a variety of editorial boards, review committees, and advisory panels at the national and international levels. 
Mark Wilson, HSDMark Wilson, HSD, is an associate professor and Department Head for the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior in the College of Public Health at the University of Georgia and Co-Director of the Workplace Health Group. He received his doctorate from Indiana University. His research interests include worksite health promotion, healthy work organizations, and evaluation of behavioral interventions. He has served on a variety of advisory panels and editorial boards at the national level and his current projects include the evaluation of an environmental obesity intervention, a physical activity intervention, and diabetes prevention program. National Business Group on Health
Joneyse Gatling, MSJoneyse Gatling is Program Specialist for the Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity. The Institute develops tools and resources for employer-sponsored wellness and health promotion such as the Wellness Impact ScorecardSM, Promoting Healthy Weight through Healthy Dining at Work Toolkit, employer best practices, incentives for healthy lifestyles and more. Each year, on behalf of the Business Group, the Institute recognizes leading U.S. employers with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards at the platinum, gold and silver level. Gatling manages this program which has recognized over 107 employer programs over five years. Gatling provides program management for the Institute including all deliverables, contracts and budgets. Her professional interests are health improvement and wellness, nutrition, obesity and weight management, and maternal and child health issues. Gatling holds a Master of Science in health promotion management from Marymount University and a Bachelor of Science in biology from Bowie State University. 
LuAnn Heinen, MPPLuAnn Heinen is Vice President, National Business Group on Health. She is responsible for the Business Group's Patient Safety Initiative to promote safer hospital care through employer purchasing and governance strategies. She also leads the Institute on the Costs & Health Effects of Obesity. The Institute develops tools and resources for employer wellness and health promotion such as the Wellness Impact Scorecard, Healthy Dining/Vending/Catering assessments, employer best practices, incentives for healthy lifestyles and more. Each year, on behalf of the Business Group, the Institute recognizes leading U.S. employers with Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards at the Platinum, Gold and Silver level. Heinen currently serves on the NCQA Measurement Advisory Panel for Obesity in Adults, the NICHQ Childhood Obesity Advisory Committee, the STOP Obesity Alliance and the Minnesota Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Steering Committee. She is a frequent speaker, media commentator and author. Before joining the Business Group in 2003, she headed Heinen HealthCare Associates LLC, held key roles at both UnitedHealth Group (Vice President, Center for Health Policy & Evaluation) and Chronimed (Divisional VP, Business Development), and consulted for The Lewin Group. Heinen earned a Master of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and an AB in Human Biology with distinction from Stanford University. |
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