Industry Leading Speakers

Myra Altman, PhD

Chief Clinical Officer

Brightline

Dr. Myra Altman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Chief Clinical Officer at Brightline, where she stewards Brightline's commitment to clinical quality, provider satisfaction, clinical research, overall care model development, and safe innovation for care services.

Dr. Altman received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, where her research focused on the health behavior change for children and families. She has spent over a decade providing evidence-based care for anxiety, OCD, and health psychology (e.g., sleep, coping with physical illness) for children, adults, and families. She primarily practices Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and believes in aligning care to the values and strengths of each individual family. She completed a fellowship in value-based care at Stanford University Clinical Excellence Research Center, which solidified her drive to change the way health care is delivered to improve access to high-quality, sustainable, and equitable care.

Prior to joining Brightline she was an early employee at Modern Health where she built and led the Clinical Strategy & Research team.

Brian Athow

Director - Head of Enterprise Health and Welfare Benefits

FedEx

Brian is a leader who is focused on innovation, empathy, and the employee experience as part of the overall business strategy. In his 25 years at FedEx, Brian lead operational, data, security, customer service, program management, M&A, sales operations organizations prior to his current role. The FedEx US group health and welfare plans cover over 400,000 US members with a total investment over $2.4B annually. Brian has aggressively implemented plan innovations, health equity improvements, and provider transparency as he and his team support a large, diverse, and geographically dispersed member base.

Heidi Baines, MD

Family Physician and Medical Director

apree health

Heidi Baines, MD is a practicing Family Physician and a Medical Director at apree health. Dr Baines has worked in outpatient primary care in various settings in Alaska since 2002, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, Tribal Health, and at Vera Whole Health, now part of apree health. In addition to caring for individuals, Dr Baines has focused on population level health, systems that address individuals' biopsychosocial context and its impact on their health, and patient centered health home transformation in primary care. Dr Baines enjoys Alaskan seasonal subsistence activities like fishing and berry picking with her family, cross country skiing, biking and fiber arts.

Jean-François Beaulé

Executive Vice President, Health Plan Strategy & Innovation

UnitedHealthcare

Jean-François leads health design strategy and innovation for the commercial segment of UnitedHealthcare, focusing on large employers. His work focuses studying data of over 400 large employer experiments and identifying best practices in health engagement, total cost affordability as well as their combined impact on business performance. Jean-François is a frequent speaker at business forums representing the broad analytical capabilities of the enterprise.  He is an active collaborator with UHG’s largest clients to innovate new benefit strategies to drive greater health ownership in their populations and optimize the value of their overall health plans.

Jean-François joined the company in 2006 as chief actuary of national accounts for UnitedHealthcare. He has authored key innovations related to individual health engagement, including the Health Activation Index®, the Health Plan Manager reporting platform and the development of personal health scorecards used by participants in wellness programs. Most recently, he has taken on the additional responsibilities of network strategy and value-based care to modernize the portfolio and performance for our clients who are seeking more advanced network-based solutions.

He began his career in Montreal in 1991 at Towers Perrin as a consultant in benefits and pension valuations. In 1997, he moved to Connecticut and joined CIGNA, where he served in various capacities, including CFO of West Coast operations.

Jean-François holds a bachelor's degree in actuarial sciences from Laval University, Quebec City, and has been a fellow of the Society of Actuaries since 1994. He resides in Connecticut with his wife and four daughters.

Samara Bishop

Senior Account Executive, Backup Care

Wellthy

Samara Bishop is a Senior Account Executive at Wellthy and leads Wellthy's latest offering, Backup Care, assisting families in managing complex care situations for their children, aging loved ones, and relatives. Samara has worked with dozens of companies to expand their support for working caregivers, and focus on expanding holistic wellness and employee well-being benefits to drive retention, reduce attrition, and create world-class team cultures.

Prior to joining Welthy, Samara worked as a sales and growth consultant, and as a leader in companies including Care.com, Galore Inc. (acquired by Care.com), LivingSocial, MyNewPlace, Cord Blood Registry, and Paychex.

Linda Brady

VBC Portfolio and Network Strategy Manager, Health Care Strategy and Well Being

The Boeing Company

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support.

Linda is a member of Boeing’s Global Benefits Health Care and Well Being Strategy team, managing their provider network strategy and health care analytics strategy. In her role, Linda manages the overall portfolio of Boeing’s Value Based Care (VBC) direct-contracting initiatives, from the initial design/concept, through contract development, implementation and sustainment. She has over 20 years of experience in the health care industry, studied at the University of Illinois and is a Six Sigma Green Belt. Prior to Boeing, she was a consultant at two of the leading health benefits consulting firms, where she advised large complex organizations on their health care benefits strategy, including direct contracting arrangements, TPA integration, ACO implementations and health care analytics.

Kate Brown

Partner, Center for Health Innovation Leader

Mercer

Kate Brown leads Mercer's Center for Health Innovation (CHI), a group within the U.S. Health business dedicated to driving innovation that works for our employer clients.  Kate is responsible for creating and executing on Mercer’s health innovation roadmap, and gathering signals to understand what the future of health may look like, and how employers can shape that future.

Kate’s current focus areas include artificial intelligence, virtual-first care, digital health, how technology is reshaping care delivery, and the role of the consumer in benefits. During her tenure as the CHI leader, Kate has expanded Mercer’s innovation portfolio with several key initiatives that benefit employer plan sponsors. One is MercerVIP, a proprietary tool to understand the ever-complicating world of point solutions. Her team has also built diagnostic tools employers can use to assess quality and value in their health plans including Mercer Beacon and QualPiC. She is currently leading the development of MercerFIBER, an interactive tool designed to leverage Mercer’s proprietary data assets for more efficient client delivery.

Prior to leading CHI, Kate served as a consultant in Mercer’s Total Health Management practice.  She was responsible for developing well-being strategies for large employers. Her work included designing pilots, running large-scale implementations, and ongoing vendor management.

Kate has 8 years of experience in the health and benefits space, with 6 years focused on health innovation. Prior to Mercer, Kate held sales and operations positions at Apple, where the notion to “think different” took hold. She has a master’s degree in Kinesiology from the University of Texas, a bachelor’s in psychology, and is a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS).

Julia Bryan

Benefits and Compensation Manager

Subaru of Indiana Automotive

Julia Bryan is a Human Resources Manager for Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. in Lafayette, Indiana.  In her role, she oversees the benefits, compensation, payroll and employee health initiatives for 5,500 Subaru Associates. Julia graduated from Purdue University and has worked in a variety of Human Resources roles ranging from benefits consulting to employee relations, and everything in between. Her human resources experience spans across industries as well, with over 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry and 10 years in the manufacturing industry. Julia’s true passion is developing programs that encompass a holistic approach to total employee health.

Derek Butts

Manager, Benefits

Phillips 66

Derek Butts is an experienced human capital consultant with over 15 years of experience. Derek graduated earned a B.B.A. with a concentration in insurance / actuarial science from Howard University. Derek held actuarial analyst, consultant, and director positions with Aon and Willis Towers Watson prior to joining Phillips 66 as the Manager of Health & Welfare in 2019. He currently runs Benefits globally for Phillips 66. In this position, Derek oversees vendors, programs, and employment policies designed to attract, retain, and engage the high-performing workforce that fuels Phillips 66’s performance.

Derek spends his personal time with his wife and 3 children enjoying Houston and exploring the world.

Jenna Carl, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

Big Health

Dr. Jenna Carl, Ph.D., is Chief Medical Officer at Big Health, where she advances the company’s clinical strategy and industry-leading body of clinical evidence that validates the safety and efficacy of its digital mental health treatments, Sleepio, Daylight and SparkRx. Responsible for a team of psychologists, researchers, medical affairs and regulatory experts, Dr. Carl leads Big Health’s development of digital treatments for high prevalence, poorly treated mental health conditions and was the clinical architect of the company’s Daylight treatment for anxiety.

A practicing clinical psychologist who specializes in the research and treatment of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and related mental health disorders, she has developed multiple novel cognitive behavioral treatments (CBT) for anxiety and related disorders, including both in-person and digital treatments. Dr. Carl has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications, and has presented her research at leading international conferences, including the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, World Congress for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the American Psychological Association (APA). From 2020-2022, she served as Chair of the APA’s Division 12 Presidential Task Force on the integration of technology and mental health treatment.

Dr. Carl obtained her doctorate in clinical psychology from Boston University. She trained at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University; Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School; and the VA Health System’s National Center for Innovation to Implementation.

Sharon Castillo

Director, Plan Administration, Interpretation, and Regulatory Matters

The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)

Sharon is the Director, Plan Administration, Interpretation, and Regulatory Matters at the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The Board is a non-profit organization that provides benefits and services – medical, prescription drug, dental care, vision care services, flexible spending account services, retirement benefits, and death and disability benefits to 65,000 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) church workers and all Presbyterian Churches nationwide. Sharon is responsible for overall administration, compliance and coordination of the healthcare program and related benefit programs for all plan members. She also works very closely with general counsel to interpret and implement new and existing legal requirements. Sharon was the co-chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Council and has been with the Board for 26 years.

Sharon is passionate about improving employee health and well-being through education by promoting transparency, best practices, and healthcare quality. Sharon serves on the Board of the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health and is active in the Transparency Work Group and Benefit Design Group. Sharon was an advisor on the Oncology Transparency Reporting Group for the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalition. Sharon also was a Leapfrog Bruce Bradley Fellow in 2019 and spent the year enhancing her knowledge and expertise on best practices, innovation, and the challenges to achieve high quality care.

Sharon is married has two grown children and one granddaughter. In her spare time, she likes to spend to with family, especially around the table!

Bechara Choucair, MD

Senior Vice President, Chief Health Officer

Kaiser Permanente

Dr. Bechara Choucair is the senior vice president and chief health officer for Kaiser Permanente, one of America’s leading integrated health systems with more than 12.5 million members. His work includes the creation of the nation’s largest social health network to meet the housing, food and transportation needs of Kaiser Permanente’s members. He also manages the organization’s community health portfolio, including $3.4 billion dedicated to supporting medical financial assistance and charitable care as well as grants and community health initiatives.

From January through November 2021, Dr. Choucair served as the White House national COVID-19 vaccinations coordinator. In that role he focused on coordinating the timely, safe, and equitable administration of COVID-19 vaccinations for the U.S. population. During his tenure, more than 450 million doses of the vaccine were administered nationwide. He returned to Kaiser Permanente in December 2021. Dr. Choucair served as Chicago’s Public Health Commissioner from 2009 to 2014.

Among other accolades, Dr. Choucair has been named by Modern Healthcare as one of the 50 Most Influential Health Executives in the U.S., one of the Most Influential People in Healthcare, and as one of the Top 25 Innovators in Healthcare. A family physician by training, he completed his Family Practice Residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He holds an MD from the American University of Beirut and a master’s degree in health care management from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Sandra Clarke

Chief Operating Officer

Blue Shield of California

Sandra Clarke is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Blue Shield of California, a nonprofit health plan with over $24 billion in annual revenue serving 4.8 million members in the state's commercial, individual and government markets. She is responsible for day-to-day operations of the health plan to deliver transformational results that improve the health of Blue Shield’s members, physicians and communities it serves. Clarke leads the company’s operations, customer experience, growth and marketing departments. She is responsible for corporate development, enacting Blue Shield’s strategies to support growth.

Clarke has demonstrated her ability to improve operations in global businesses, with over 25 years of experience directing worldwide organizations in an array of critical industries. Prior to joining Blue Shield in 2018 as chief financial officer, she was senior vice president and US head of finance for pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. She actively serves on the board of trustees at Blue Shield of California Foundation, chairperson of Blue Venture Fund V board, board of trustees chair of Plan Investment Fund, board of manager’s member of CivicaScript, and board member of Evio Pharmacy Solutions.

She has spoken recently at Reuters Total Health, Health Evolution Summit, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Quartz Network, CFO Leadership Council and Fierce Healthcare’s Podnosis. Clarke has a Master of Science in healthcare law from Seton Hall University School of Law, a Master of Science in accounting from Bentley

Erin Commons

VP, Care Management

Vivante Health

Erin Commons, MS, RDN has 25+ years experience in healthcare as a registered dietitian, health coach, and telehealth leader. Erin is VP Care Management at Vivante Health, a digital healthcare company that is reinventing the way chronic conditions are managed. Vivante’s all-in-one gut health program, GIThrive, empowers people to improve digestive health through easy-to-use technology, advanced science and on-demand human support while also lowering their cost of care.

Jennifer Cook, MD

Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon

Florida Joint Care Institute

Dr. Cook joined Florida Joint Care Institute in August 2006, and since her start has performed over 7,000 surgeries. She completed a fellowship in adult reconstruction and sports medicine at the Insall Scott Kelly Institute in New York City. Dr. Cook is a member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and specializes in minimally invasive surgery. She is also a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America. She is the medical director of the brand new ambulatory surgery center, Comprehensive Outpatient Joint and Spine Institute in Odessa. .

Dr. Cook has been involved with the Perry Initiative for over a decade. This annual program allows local high school girls to spend a day with hands-on training in engineering and orthopaedics. The lab gives these young women an opportunity to practice suturing and perform surgeries on bone models. She co-founded the charity organization WOGO (Women Orthopaedist Global Outreach).

Dr. Cook’s areas of expertise include primary knee, hip, shoulder, and reverse shoulder replacements, revision knee, and shoulder replacements, arthroscopy of the knee and shoulder, ligament reconstruction including primary and revision ACL reconstruction, primary and revision rotator cuff and labral repairs, instability surgery for the knee and shoulder, and fracture management. She also performs surgery for metastatic bone lesions. She treats all ages and can treat most pediatric orthopaedic injuries. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Joanne Copas

Manager, Health and Welfare

Illinois Tool Works

Joanne Copas is a Human Resources Manager for Illinois Tool Works Inc. in Glenview, Illinois. In her role, she oversees health and life benefits for 16,000+ U.S. employees. Joanne’s career in Human Resources spans 30 years. After starting out in executive compensation, Joanne moved over to employee benefits and enjoys making sure all ITW employees have access to excellent benefit programs that support them and their families. Joanne earned a Masters in Benefits Administration from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Evansville. Joanne lives in a suburb of Chicago with her husband and their Fox Red Labrador Retriever.

Mark Cuban

Co-founder

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

Since the age of 12, Mark has been a natural businessman. Selling garbage bags door to door, the seed was planted early on for what would eventually become long-term success. After graduating from Indiana University – where he briefly owned the most popular bar in town – Mark moved to Dallas. After a dispute with an employer who wanted him to clean instead of closing an important sale, Mark created MicroSolutions, a computer consulting service. He went on to later sell MicroSolutions in 1990 to CompuServe.

In 1995, Mark and long-time friend Todd Wagner came up with an internet based solution to not being able to listen to Hoosiers Basketball games out in Texas. That solution was Broadcast.com – streaming audio over the internet. In just four short years, Broadcast.com (then Audionet) would be sold to Yahoo for $5.6 billion dollars. His trade to collar his shares of Yahoo! stock received in the sale of Broadcast.com in advance of the popping of the Internet bubble has been called one of the top 10 trades of all time.

Since his acquisition of the Dallas Mavericks in 2000 he has overseen the Mavs competing in the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history in 2006 – and becoming NBA World Champions in 2011. They are currently listed as one of Forbes’ most valuable franchises in sports.

In addition to the Mavs, Mark first appeared as a “Shark” on the ABC show Shark Tank in 2011, becoming the first ever to live Tweet a TV show. He has been a star on the hit show ever since and is an investor in an ever-growing portfolio of small businesses.

Mark is the best selling author of How to Win at the Sport of Business. He holds multiple patents, including a VR solution for vestibular-induced dizziness, and a method for counting objects on the ground from a drone. He is the executive producer on movies that have been nominated for 7 Academy Awards: Good Night and Good Luck, and Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room.

Quick to call out unscrupulous business practices, Mark established Sharesleuth, a research and investigation website to uncover fraud in financial markets, and endowed the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Dumbass Patents, an effort to fight patent trolls.

Mark gives back to the communities that promoted his success through The Mark Cuban Foundation. The Foundation’s AI Bootcamps Initiative hosts free Introduction to AI Bootcamps for low-income high schoolers, starting in Dallas. Mark also saved and annually funds the annual Dallas Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, the largest parade in Dallas and a city institution.

Mark lives in Dallas with wife Tiffany, daughters Alexis and Alyssa, and son Jake.

Rhys Davies

Director, Internal and Benefits Communication

Gallagher

Rhys has been an integral part of our employee communication and people experience practice since he joined Gallagher in 2017, and fetches with him over 25 years’ worth of communications experience of driving and managing effective performance and leading on the delivery of effective communication, cultural transformation and change.

He is a dynamic, results-focused marketing, business development, and communications professional, with an aptitude for building strong and long-standing client relationships with some of the largest brands on the planet. During his career, Rhys has gained a wealth of experience in working with world-class brands across film and music, finance, professional services, publishing, education, pharmaceutical, healthcare, technology, government, and public sectors.

Rhys acts as a trusted advisor to our large market/ enterprise clients, and plays a vital role in leading our cross-functional teams to achieve excellence, push boundaries and deliver tangible results for our clients.

Tanya Dillard

Sr. Vice President, Product & Innovation

CirrusMD

As the Senior Vice President, Product Management & Innovation, Tanya Dillard is responsible for product innovation and development for CirrusMD. In this new role, Tanya brings a blend of thought leadership and innovation honed through various leadership positions spanning public and private health delivery systems, CIGNA, Anthem, and point solutions including Vitality, Welltok, BridgeHealth and Transcarent. With expertise in building energized strategy and product teams, Tanya will lead the development of new groundbreaking products and services needed to reinvent the way care is delivered today.

Tanya’s unique background creates a strong focus on the transformation enabled by digital health systems, and advancement of new care delivery models that improve the health and well-being of all participants seeking care.

Tanya has a B.S. from Clemson University in Public Health and Health Science. She lives in the Denver, Colorado area, with her partner Nathaniel, with whom she shares 3 children who are scattered across the country at various jobs and colleges. In her spare time she enjoys gardening, outdoor fitness activities, travel, and vegan food and wine experiences.

Kim Doyle

Senior Director, Health Benefits and Well-being

Target Corporation

With over a decade of experience in senior leadership roles, Kim Doyle is an expert in the fields of Health Benefits, Total Rewards Strategy and Operations, and Enterprise Well-being. Currently serving as the Senior Director of Health Benefits and Well-being at Target, she is responsible for crafting and executing comprehensive strategies to enhance the health and well-being of Target’s 400,000+ team members.

Prior to her role at Target, Kim held various leadership roles at Nike in both International Benefits strategy and design and Total Rewards Operations. A successful leader committed to enhancing employee well-being and engagement, Kim combines strategic acumen with hands-on operational expertise to create innovative, best-in-class programs and services to improve the lives of the team members she serves.

She has a Master of Science (MS) in Human Resources Management from Chapman University and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in European Studies from Vanderbilt University. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and her Bernese Mountain Dog, Barkley.

Josh Dunsby, PhD

VP Client Advocacy and Consultant Relations

One Medical

Josh Dunsby, PhD, is One Medical's Vice President of Client Advocacy and Consultant Relations and amplifies the voice of employers and their advisors. In this role, he helps employers understand the value of primary care for their workforce and as a foundation for healthcare delivery. He has spent his career fixing healthcare for employers by scaling innovative solutions that raise the standard for member experience and drive exceptional clinical results. These solutions have included benefits and care navigation, expanded access to clinical experts, integration of behavioral health, and onsite/nearsite delivery of care. His training in the social sciences and health policy informs his perspective on everything from individual behavior change to system transformation. He previously spent 15 years working as a health benefits consultant at Mercer and WTW in their well-being and clinical consulting practices.

Kofi D. Essel, MD

Food as Medicine Director

Elevance Health

Dr. Kofi Essel is the inaugural Food as Medicine Program Director at Elevance Health. As a core member of the Health Outcomes Organization team, he works to coordinate with the broader social impact strategy, health equity, and medical policy initiatives throughout the enterprise. He leads efforts in designing innovative approaches to address diet related chronic diseases and social risk using novel food interventions.

Dr. Essel is a board-certified community pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital (CNH) and Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. Most recently serving as the Director of the George Washington University (GWU) School of Medicine and Health Sciences Culinary Medicine Program. Dr. Essel has dedicated his career to advocacy/research around healthcare and public health workforce training, health disparities, and community engagement, with expertise and national recognition in the areas of addressing diet related chronic disease and food insecurity with patients and families.

Dr. Essel sits on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Obesity Solutions’ Lived Experience Innovation Collaborative and was nationally recognized by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation for helping to create an innovative curriculum to enhance pediatric resident trainee skills on nutrition related disease management. Dr.Essel sits on the board of directors for the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) and serves as physician advisor for the Partnership for a Healthier America’s “Veggies Early & Often” campaign. Dr. Essel is a member of the executive committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Obesity. He also co-authored a national toolkit for pediatric providers to address food insecurity in their clinical settings with the AAP and FRAC. Dr. Essel earned a B.S. from Emory University with a focus on human biology/anthropology and earned his M.D. and M.P.H. in Epidemiology from GWU.

Melanie Fowler

Benefits Program Sr. Strategist

Clayton Homes

Melanie received her B.S. in Exercise Science from Tennessee Wesleyan College where she played collegiate volleyball and softball. She later earned her Master of Public Health with an emphasis in Health Policy and Management from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Melanie joined Clayton Homes in 2014 as a Wellness Coordinator where she developed and implemented grassroots wellness programs for Clayton’s 20,000+ team members. In Melanie’s current role, as a Benefits Program Lead, she leads large-scale health promotion initiatives to influence positive health behavior change and decrease the barriers to seeking high-quality medical care.

Melanie has a drive for cultivating a culture of health through meaningful experiences, strategic planning, engaging marketing and communications, and delivering innovative solutions to improve health outcomes for team members, families, and their communities.

Noora Garnett

VP, Global Benefits

Hasbro, Inc.

Noora Garnett, CEBS, PMP, is the head of Global Benefits at Hasbro Inc. She is passionate about employee health and wellbeing and how these support the company culture in creating virtuous cycles of good health and good business results. Noora has a master’s degree in business administration and commonly leads service model changes, business integrations and organizational change projects.

Donna Gibson

Staff Vice President, Associate Benefits, HR Benefits and Total Rewards

Elevance Health

Donna leads the strategy and design of Elevance Health’s associate health and welfare, retirement and wellness benefits total rewards plans, where she responsible for ensuring the most innovative benefits are available for Elevance Health associates and is challenged with achieving the Healthiest House Account. As the Staff VP, Associate Benefits and HR, she leads a design team that designs benefit programs and policies, including our Total Rewards program, wellness programs and retirement plans for Anthem’s 100k+ associates.

In her current role, Donna leads a team who focuses on optimizing efficiency and effectiveness in the area of Total Rewards that allow Anthem to attract and retain talent. Donna’s greatest strength is her ability to lead her team into unknown and ever-changing territory where business initiatives are met through innovative solutions and doing things differently. These strengths are reflected in Donna’s implementation and on-going refinement of the Total Rewards function.

Prior to her five years at Anthem, Inc., Donna has over 25 years’ experience in the total rewards space in a variety of different industries and companies. Equally as important, Donna enjoys boating, triathlon, traveling and spending time with her spouse and ‘the criminals’, also known as her dogs.

Donna earned her bachelor’s degree in business management at Mt. Vernon Nazarene University and her MBA from Franklin University. She holds her SPHR from the human resource certification institute and is a certified styles and climates coach.

Suzette Glasner, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Pelago Health

Suzette Glasner, Ph.D., VP of Clinical Affairs at Pelago, the world’s first technology-enabled digital clinic for substance use management and is an Associate Professor at UCLA, in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. Dr. Glasner is a licensed clinical psychologist and scientist whose research focuses on developing and testing digital behavioral treatments for addictions and related psychiatric and medical conditions, and understanding the “key ingredients” of psychotherapy, or how psychotherapy helps people to change their behavior. Three evidence-based treatment approaches that have been the focus of her research studies: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), and mindfulness based treatments.

Recently she has developed and is testing interventions that deliver these types of treatments using text messaging, social media, and other digital platforms. Dr. Glasner’s award-winning book, The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook (New Harbinger, 2015), integrates her scientific knowledge about the causes and most effective treatments for addictions, and more than a decade of clinical experience treating individuals and families who are affected by addictions and mental health difficulties.

Greg Goggans

Director of Benefits

Walmart Inc.

Greg Goggans is the Director of Benefits for Walmart, Inc. Over the course of his nearly 30-year career with Walmart, he has led various teams, with a special focus on actuarial services, financial management, business intelligence, and analytics. Today, Greg and his team are focused on employing the latest data science and advanced analytic techniques to quantify the effect of various health programs on both the wellness of their associates and overall business performance. The insights derived from their work fuel the design of next-generation innovations at Walmart.

Joe Grasso, PhD

Vice President, Workforce Transformation

Lyra Health

Joe Grasso, PhD, is the Vice President of Workforce Transformation at Lyra Health and a clinical psychologist by training. At Lyra, he oversees Lyra's product suite for supporting workplace mental health and he leads a team of experts who consult with employers on their management practices, corporate policies, and learning and development programs. Dr. Grasso has been interviewed by national media outlets including CNN, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Fast Company, and Washington Post for his perspective on workforce mental health topics. Prior to joining Lyra, Dr. Grasso managed the implementation of a national training program for the US Department of Veterans Affairs, where he also led quality improvement initiatives and conducted health services research. His peer-reviewed research spans topics including integrated health care, psychotherapy outcomes, and the intersection of social identities and mental health.

Ashley Hayes

Director of Client Success

DarioHealth

Ashley Hayes is DarioHealth’s Director of Client Success, where she is accountable to oversee and ensure client retention and satisfaction. With over 10 years of dedicated experience in client success and digital healthcare, Ashley has consistently demonstrated her commitment to enhancing the well-being of individuals. Throughout her career, Ashley has partnered with clients and consultants developing strategies focused on driving engagement in health improvement programs. Ashley resides in Minnesota with her husband, 2 kids and dog.

Samuel Holliday

Co-Founder & CEO

Oshi Health

As the Co-Founder and CEO of Oshi Health, Sam is combining his passion for redesigning healthcare around the needs of patients with a mission to increase access to the high quality, whole-person care that two of his family members have needed to manage their digestive conditions.

He is a leading thinker and speaker on critical topics to the future of healthcare, including redesigning care delivery to truly solve patient needs, bringing value-based care into medical specialties, how health plans need to modernize to fully incorporate virtual-first care, the regulatory barriers to next-generation care models, and more. He has spoken on these topics at leading industry conferences and events including HLTH, American Telemedicine Association, Virtual-First Care East & West, the Wharton Health Care Business Conference, and more.

He has held leadership roles across healthcare technology and tech-enabled services companies focused on improving population health. These include scaling a tech-enabled diabetes management company, a data-driven health system patient acquisition platform and population health tools for a leading electronic medical record (EMR) company.

Sam lives in New York City with his family and enjoys comparing notes with other innovators in healthcare, deepening his knowledge of how our bodies and brains work, and cheering on Philadelphia sports teams and NYCFC.

Lindsay Jurist-Rosner

CEO and Co-Founder

Wellthy

Lindsay Jurist-Rosner is the co-founder and CEO of Wellthy – a market-leading caregiving concierge company that combines precision technology with in-depth human expertise in care to revolutionize the way families support their loved ones and themselves. Millions of families have direct access to Wellthy’s services through some of the largest and best-known health plans and employers across the country, including Best Buy, Cisco, Hilton, and Meta.

With Wellthy, Lindsay is building the company she needed as she cared for her mother, who had a nearly 30 year battle with Multiple Sclerosis. Today Wellthy has more than 300 staff working to support family caregivers, has been named one of Fast Company’s “Top 10 Most Innovative Workplace Companies,” and Lindsay herself was named to Inc. Magazine’s “Female Founders 200” list celebrating dynamic women entrepreneurs.

Prior to founding Wellthy, Lindsay was in the advertising technology and media industries with responsibilities and leadership in marketing, product, and sales. She served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing for NY-based advertising technology startup Simulmedia, ran Marketing Research at Machinima, and worked in product and strategic marketing at Microsoft.

Lindsay received an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics-Operations Research from Columbia University. She's written for Fortune, Good Housekeeping, Employee Benefit News, and more, and has spoken at numerous panels and conferences, including most recently at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Lindsay lives in New York City with her husband and four kids.

Ryan Kelly

Chief Technology Officer

Capital Rx

Ryan is the head of technology, leading Capital Rx’s software development and catapulting the antiquated systems of the PBM industry into the 21st century. With over a decade of experience in software development, architecture, security, compliance, and analytics, Ryan has the diverse skills and innovative vision necessary to reimagine the modern healthcare startup. Before Capital Rx, Ryan served as the software architect for Truveris, managing the design, implementation, QA/QC, and client delivery for all products. Ryan was uniquely positioned to oversee programs servicing the entirety of the pharmacy supply chain, and during his tenure he securely and efficiently processed and stored over 1 billion claim transactions. Prior to Truveris, Ryan worked as an engineer at LiveTechnology, an ad technology company providing PAAS solutions for media agencies.

Ryan is an alumnus of Emory University where he studied Finance and Computer Science.

Ellen Kelsay

President and CEO

Business Group on Health

Ellen is president and CEO of Business Group on Health. Business Group on Health is the largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to representing large employers' perspectives on critical health, well-being and workforce strategy issues. The Business Group keeps its membership on the leading edge of innovation, thinking and action to address the delivery, financing, affordability and experience with the health care system. Leveraging its network of members and industry thought leaders, the Business Group drives change by sharing best practices, shaping health care policy and crafting innovative solutions to improve employee health and well-being and optimize business performance. Business Group members, many of whom have operations globally, include 72 Fortune 100 companies and over 440 companies in total who provide health coverage and well-being solutions for more than 60 million workers, retirees and their families in over 200 countries.

Previously, Ellen served as Chief Strategy Officer of the Business Group. During this time, she was responsible for shaping the strategy for the organization and its membership. She had overall strategic and operational responsibility for all key initiatives.

Prior to joining the Business Group, Ellen was a senior partner at Mercer; a global human resources consulting firm. During her 20-year tenure with Mercer, she held several leadership roles including: senior strategic consultant, member of the North America Leadership Team, and market business leader for East, South, Mid Atlantic and Canadian regions. She was responsible for leading the successful delivery of strategic consulting services to clients across the geography. She also led several strategic and operational initiatives on behalf Mercer’s North America Health & Benefits business. Ellen worked at Aetna prior to joining Mercer.

Ellen has a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and business administration from the University of Richmond and is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Peyton Kennedy

Senior Benefits Analyst

H&R Block

Peyton Kennedy is a Senior Benefits Analyst at H&R Block, with over seven years of experience in human resources, specializing in benefits administration, analysis, and compliance. Her passion for optimizing employee benefit programs, analytical mindset and problem-solving skills allow her to navigate complex challenges and deliver impactful solutions, ensuring data integrity, and fostering collaborations for innovative solutions.

Katie Kirkland

Director, Benefits & Wellbeing

Southern Company

Katie Kirkland is the Director of Benefits and Wellbeing for Southern Company. Katie focuses her efforts on Southern’s long-term healthcare strategy including plan design and administration, analytics, wellness. She also has oversight of the HRDirect Employee call center and leads the Medical Services and Wellbeing functions. She has worked at Southern Company for 10 years.

Prior to working at Southern Company, Katie worked at Towers Watson where she acted as a Health and Group Benefits Consultant for 11 years. Her past work experience includes developing and executing health and welfare benefits strategies for large employers, and analyzing the legislative and regulatory requirements impacting employee benefits. In addition to her work in healthcare she also has experience in retirement plan management and workforce planning.

Katie holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Nebraska College of Business Administration specializing in Actuarial Science. She has also attained the designation of Fellow in the Society of Actuaries.

Lindsay Krafcik 

Benefits Manager

Autoliv

Krafcik oversees a wide variety of health benefits to care for Autoliv’s diverse employee base of professional and non-professional roles across the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil. In her five years with the automotive supplier, she has continuously worked to understand the most pressing health and wellness needs of the workforce and bring them innovative and clinically proven health benefit programs. She also works to oversee quality and engagement in Autoliv’s health benefits programs, which range from pet insurance to breast milk shipping services for nursing mothers to digestive health. Every day, she lives her professional mission of helping others, working to improve the health and wellbeing of every Autoliv employee.

Erika Kurtz

Senior Director, Global Benefits

Comcast NBCU

Erika Kurtz is a seasoned HR professional, currently serving as Senior Director of Global Benefits for Comcast NBCUniversal, where she oversees the company’s healthcare advocacy and navigation platform, clinic operations, expert medical opinion service, and telehealth strategy, among other responsibilities. Previously, Erika was Senior Director of International Benefit Operations, leading a team responsible for implementation and harmonization of medical and retirement plans across more than 30 countries outside the U.S. Before that she worked with Comcast’s Talent Operations team, designing and overseeing systems that enhanced the talent acquisition experience for candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers. Prior to joining Comcast NBCUniversal in 2010, Erika served in various recruiting, operations, and business development roles in the U.S. and abroad.

Erika is passionate about ensuring the wellbeing of employees and their families and she brings a comprehensive understanding of the intricate landscape of benefits management on a global scale.

Erika holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and is based in the Chapel Hill area with her family. She is also an ardent fan of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Steven Lester, MD

Professor of Medicine, Cardiologist and Health Care Futurist

Mayo Clinic

Steven J. Lester, M.D., is a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. He joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 1999 and holds the academic rank of professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Dr. Lester serves as the medical director of the Mayo Clinic Discovery Oasis project, associated medical director for Contract and Payer Relations and medical director for the Complex Care Program. He served over 8 years as the associate medical director for the Mayo Clinic Department of Business Development. He is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University MedTech Accelerator, a part of the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care. He is a member of the prestigious Prix Galien USA awards committee and board member of the Az Bioindustry Association.

Dr. Lester earned his B.S. at the University of Western Ontario and his M.D. at the University of Toronto School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital and The Toronto Hospital. He continued his training at the University of British Columbia, completing a cardiology fellowship, serving as chief cardiology fellow and went on to complete a cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.

Shelly MacConnell

Chief Strategy Officer

WIN

Shelly MacConnell is a Fem Tech strategist, women’s health proponent, diversity equity and inclusion advocate and employee benefits expert.

She is Chief Strategy Officer for WINFertility. In that capacity, she is responsible for developing WIN’s business strategy including innovation, alignment with external branding, communications and marketing, operational, excellence, channel partners, relationship development, product, partnerships, and acquisitions.

She most recently served as Senior Vice President at Aon. She was responsible for leading Aon’s Health Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consulting solutions for the United States and led Aon’s national Family Building consulting expertise for employers across the country as well as US-based employers with global strategies.

Prior to that, Shelly held other key leadership roles including managing large and jumbo employer relationships, leading Aon’s National Consumerism Work Group, and before that leading Aon’s clinical and well-being solution for the northeast region.

Shelly has more than 25 years of experience in the industry.

Katie Marmann

Benefits Vendor Manager

Koch Industries

Katie Marmann has worked in human resources for the past 10 years. For the past two years, she has been the Benefits Vendor Manager at Koch Industries. Katie is the driving force behind delivering new, innovative solutions to Koch employees and their families through mutually beneficial partnerships with best-in-class health care companies. She is focused on improving the consumer experience, eliminating barriers to care, and improving the quality of health care delivery for Koch.

Jeni Mayorskaya

Founder and CEO

Stork Club

Jeni Mayorskaya is the founder and CEO of Stork Club, a next-generation benefits provider that helps enterprises attract diverse top talent, drive better clinical outcomes and reduce their largest area of healthcare cost — maternity care. Stork Club has raised over $32M and is backed by leading healthcare investors, including General Catalyst, Bowery Capital and Slow Ventures. Before founding Stork Club, Jeni co-founded Bookmate, an award-winning cross-platform e-library, and served in several strategic marketing and consulting roles. Jeni brings more than 15 years of strategic leadership experience to the Stork Club team and is inspired by her personal connection to the cause: early in her career, she was diagnosed with reproductive health disorders that carried a risk of infertility. After hearing this same story from hundreds of other women, Jeni started Stork Club with the mission to enable people to take control of their reproductive health and be empowered to build a family on their own terms.

Amy Meister, DO

Chief Medical Officer

WeightWatchers for Business

Amy Meister, D.O., M.R.O., is the Chief Medical Officer at WeightWatchers, where she is responsible for leading access to global medical services across the business with behavioral science, clinical solutions, and virtual and in-person experiences. Dr. Meister brings over 23 years of experience with a strong background in population health management, care delivery best practices, including virtual health, and managed care services.

Before joining WeightWatchers, Dr. Meister held various leadership positions with UnitedHealth Group including CEO of Level2, where she led the creation of a digital platform focused on people living with type 2 diabetes, president of Optum On-Site Solutions, and VP of Employer Health Services at MedExpress. She has also served in several roles at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in both the payer and provider divisions including Associate Chief Medical Officer, Chief Health and Wellness Officer, and VP of Community and Ambulatory Services. Dr. Meister completed her medical degree from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and residency in internal medicine from Johns Hopkins University.

Karina Araceli Farias Mendoza

Payroll Coordinator

Autoliv

Farias oversees a wide range of key functions to support Autoliv employees’ total compensation – centralizing payroll and benefits administration for Autoliv’s U.S., Canada and Latin American operations. She provides front-line assistance to help employees navigate available medical, dental, vision, FSA/HRA, 401(k) benefits, as well supporting employees through life events, open enrollment, COBRA questions and new hire benefits enrollment. Bilingual in English and Spanish, Farias works with great respect and in service to all Autoliv colleagues. Before joining Autoliv in 2023, she held payroll responsibilities at NTT Data, Luxoft, Sealed Air and Hewlett Packard.

Laurie Mitchell

Assistant Vice President of Global Wellbeing & Health Management

Unum Group

Laurie Mitchell boasts over 25 years of experience spearheading employer population health programs, currently serving as part of an integrated team tasked with crafting, implementing, and overseeing Unum's population health strategy. In this capacity, Laurie and her colleagues oversee the holistic well-being—physical, financial, and emotional—of Unum's 10,000 employees and their families across the U.S., U.K., and Ireland.

Tom Moran

Vice President, Global Benefits & Mobility

Nielsen

As Vice President, Global Benefits & Mobility, Moran is responsible for the strategy, governance, development and execution of Nielsen’s US benefits programs as well as global well-being and mobility programs for ~15,000 associates across 40+ countries. Prior to his appointment in 2023, Moran served as Vice President, Talent Strategy acting as key partner and advisor to Nielsen’s CFO and senior leadership within Finance & Enterprise Operations. Moran began his career with Nielsen in Finance and during his 10+ years with the organization has held various positions across Corporate HR, Program Management, FP&A, Treasury,& Investor Relations.

Sanjay Motwani

President

Artemis Health

Sanjay Motwani leads the Artemis business, including strategy, sales, product, engineering, data operations, client services, people success, and finance functions. Sanjay is motivated by the mission of the Healthcare Quadruple Aim and has made his own little contributions through stints at The Advisory Board, Anthem, and NRC Health in domains of healthcare data, analytics, care management, and patient/clinician engagement.

Christine Muldoon

Senior Vice President of Marketing & Strategy

WebMD Health Services

Christine Muldoon is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at WebMD Health Services. In this role, she is responsible for the company’s overall market strategy and execution, including marketing, B2B and B2C communications, and market positioning. Additionally, Christine works extensively with clients and internal stakeholders to evaluate the market, leverage voice of the customer, evaluate partnership opportunities and operationalize opportunities for the company’s success. Christine has more than 20 years experience in the health care industry. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Business from Providence College and a master’s degree in Business and Health Care Management from the University of Connecticut.

Lian Neeman

Director of Benefit Experience and Technology (Global Benefits)

Amazon

Lian Neeman is Director of Benefit Experience and Technology (Global Benefits) at Amazon where she’s committed to helping Amazonians discover, enroll, and access their benefits around the world and building innovative benefit programs as Amazon strives to be Earth’s best employer. Previously Lian was Director of Software Development for People Engine Technology, leading the build out and scaling of Amazon’s human capital management technology as Amazon’s employee population more than doubled. Prior to joining People Experience and Technology (Amazon’s HR), between 2011 and 2017, Lian led technology teams to support selling Amazon’s devices in physical retail stores. She led the offline retail store experience for the first Kindle Fire including the out-of-the-box Amazon account creation experience, launched international in-store demonstration experiences for eReaders, tablets, and Alexa devices, and led development of systems to optimize the supply chain process from the factory to retail store customers. Lian started at Amazon in 2008 as a software developer in Amazon Fulfillment Technology where she developed pallet picking and multi-batch (wave) algorithms to improve pick rates and supported Amazon’s growth from tens to hundreds of fulfillment centers. Lian holds a BS in Computer Science from Brown University.

Urvashi Patel, PhD

Vice President, Data and Analytics

Evernorth Research Institute

Dr. Urvashi Patel is the Vice President, Data and Analytics, Evernorth Research Institute.

Dr. Patel has over 20 years of experience in the data analytics and her career has focused on the evaluation of clinical programs and services, including condition management, complex case management, quality improvement and provider performance programs. As a health services researcher, she has led studies evaluating the impact of health services programs.

In addition, Dr. Patel has extensive health plan and health system experience – most recently serving as the Chief Analytics Officer at Brighton Health Plan Solutions (BHPS) with responsibility for actuarial and analytical functions. Prior to joining BHPS, she was the Associate Vice President, Population Health Analytics and Chief Data Scientist for the Care Management Division of Montefiore Health System, overseeing analytics and data management for value based care contracts and programs. Urvashi also held leadership positions at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Care Management Technologies.

Urvashi earned her doctorate in Health Services Organization & Research from Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia and a Master of Public Health with a focus in Health Administration from the State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health where she also earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry. She is an Assistant Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Department of Family and Social Medicine.

Dave Pawlowski

Chief Operating Officer

CuraLinc Healthcare

Dave Pawlowski joined CuraLinc Healthcare as the Director of Clinical Operations in 2014 and was promoted to Vice President of Administration in 2016, Senior Vice President of Operations in 2020 and Chief Operating Officer in 2023. He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in the state of Illinois with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field, including nearly 20 years in workforce mental health. Dave is also a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP) with expertise in engaging and empowering clients and organizations through solution-focused counseling and consultation.

Dave provides both clinical and account services for CuraLinc Healthcare. In his current role as Chief Operating Officer, he oversees the delivery of all clinical and organizational services. He also leads CuraLinc’s team of organizational consultants – providing training services, crisis intervention, formal management referral consultation and organizational consultation services.

Dave received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and his master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois.

Matthew Perecich, JD

Program Manager, Health & Life

Illinois Tool Works

Matt Perecich is a Program Manager in the Health & Life department at Illinois Tool Works. In this role, he is responsible for supporting the Health & Life department with the management and operation of centralized benefits for US employees. Matt also works to manage the wellness program, with an additional focus on department-wide communication efforts, compliance, and contract management. Prior to this role, he served in corporate benefit positions and as a benefit and HR consultant/attorney on merger and acquisition transactions. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business from North Central College and his JD from the John Marshall Law School.

Kate Phillips

Head of Global Benefits

Bank of America

As Head of Global Benefits, Kate works to provide competitive benefits that help make Bank of America a great place to work while supporting the diverse needs of our teammates globally. She is responsible for delivering physical, emotional, and financial benefits and wellness programs including, healthcare plans and accounts, Employee Assistance Program, time away, education benefits, the employee discount program and more.

Prior to this role, Kate led Life Event Services (LES), a team dedicated to supporting employees and their families during major life events by providing personalized connections to resources and benefits, leveraging experts inside and outside the company. Since inception, the team has managed more than 200,000 cases to support employees, retirees and their family members needs such as survivor support, domestic violence, specialized leaves, natural and man-made disasters, retirement, transition related to military service and other major life events.

Kate joined Bank of America in 2008 as part of the Global Human Resources (GHR) Development Program. Kate has held HR generalist roles supporting the bank’s Risk, Compliance, Marketing, Legal and Corporate Audit and Credit Review functions.

Prior to joining Bank of America, Kate led a team of researchers at the Corporate Executive Board (now Gartner) managing cross-industry client relationships through customized research support and consultative insight on HR topics and issues.

Kate graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and obtained her Master’s in Business Administration from George Washington University. Kate is a board member of the Alexander Youth Network.

Pam Price

Senior Director of Benefits

Darden Restaurants

Pam Price was named Senior Director of Benefits at Darden in February 2019. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic direction of Darden’s health, welfare and retirement plans. Over the past 25 years, Pam has held various roles with increasing responsibility specializing in benefits plans for Fortune and Fortune Global 500 companies across multiple industries. In addition, she serves on the ERISA Industry Committee’s Board of Directors and as an advisor on the Health Innovations Forum for the Business Group on Health as well as Principal Financial Group's Client Advisory Panel.

Pam holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Ball State University and maintains currency with her Senior Professional in Human Resources, Certified Benefits Professional, and Certified Compensation Professional certifications.

Ryan Ramsey

Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Alliances

Espresa

Ryan Ramsey is the head of Strategic Alliances for Espressa. He has over 20 years of experience growing businesses and collaborating with employers to deliver customer focused human resource and benefit solutions. Most recently he served as the Vice President of Customer Success for Grand Rounds Health. Prior to that he was a Partner at Mercer, where he spent 11 years and held a variety of roles spanning sales and business leadership. Ryan holds a M.B.A from the University of Colorado and a B.S. from the University of Michigan.

Griffin Reynolds

Wellbeing Program Manager, Benefits Strategy

Koch Global Services

Griffin Reynolds is the Wellbeing Program Manager for Koch Global Services. He and his team are responsible for implementing the wellbeing strategy for Koch Industries and its subsidiary companies’ 60,000 domestic employees and their families. Koch Wellbeing is an award-winning program focused on building physical, mental, financial, and social strength. Griffin received a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Behavior from the University of Georgia and is a Certified Health Education Specialist and a Certified Worksite Wellness Specialist.

Francesca Rinaldo, MD, PhD

Senior Vice President of Clinical Product and Innovation

Sharecare

Francesca Rinaldo, MD, PhD, is senior vice president of clinical product and innovation at Sharecare and an affiliated scholar at the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC). At Sharecare, Dr. Rinaldo oversees the strategy and business development for the digital health company’s home care offering, CareLinx by Sharecare. A physician-scientist with a background in basic/translational research, clinical research, and healthcare delivery innovation, Dr. Rinaldo also brings clinical rigor to Sharecare’s offerings across all lines of business, helping teams to evaluate the outcomes and value delivery for the tools, interventions, and offerings within the company’s digital health ecosystem.

She joined Sharecare through its acquisition of doc.ai, where she served as director of clinical quality and innovation after training in general surgery at Stanford Health Care between 2015 and 2020. Her clinical interests include end-of-life care, and the impact of loneliness, social isolation, and other social determinants on the health of the rapidly aging global population. She is passionate about exploring novel applications of medical devices, digital health platforms, and artificial intelligence for improving the quality, cost, and accessibility of healthcare for all individuals.

 In 2018, she completed a healthcare design fellowship at the Stanford CERC. During her fellowship, Dr. Rinaldo and her team used healthcare delivery innovation methodology to synthesize information from site visits, peer-reviewed literature, and interviews with more than 50 national experts to design a cost-effective and high-quality care delivery model for the “late life” population. The Late Life Care Model was published subsequently in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst: Innovations in Care Delivery. Upon completing the fellowship, she remained at CERC as an associate director for the healthcare design fellowship and served as a clinical lead for the Stanford CERC Partnership for AI-assisted Care (PAC). At PAC, she co-led a team of computer scientists and clinicians in a study examining the application of computer vision deep-learning algorithms to detect patterns of mobility in critically ill patients, and how these patterns drive post-ICU clinical outcomes. This work was supported by grant funding from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and published in Nature Digital Medicine. Dr. Rinaldo earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy analysis at the University of Chicago and an MD-PhD dual-degree at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, where she graduated magna cum laude.

Jenn Roberts

VP, Employer Health Strategy

Hello Heart

Jenn brings 20+ years experience in health management and consulting to Hello Heart including roles at AJG and Mercer consulting firms. A former professor of Health at her alma mater the University of Houston and exercise physiologist by training, Jenn began her career in clinical research on multiple NIH and biopharma studies focused on cardiovascular health generating multiple publications highlighting successful interventions. She then moved into the employer space designing award winning wellness programs delivering clinical outcomes and ROI.

Jenn leads Employer Health Strategy for Hello Heart and serves as a clinical subject matter expert. She is married with 3 children, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 2 bunnies and a gaggle of chickens on her small, sustainable farm "Robertshire", just outside of Houston.

Ana Rodriguez

Sr. Manager Benefits DE&I Initiatives

The Walt Disney Company

With more than 20 years of experience in various roles in Employee Benefits, Ana Rodriguez has amassed a wealth of expertise. Ana has been an integral part of Disney for the last 8 years, initially focusing on health & welfare programs and operations, and for the past two years, leading strategy and operations for their DEI initiatives. Prior to her tenure at Disney, Ana held several roles at Northrop Grumman Corporation, first as Sr. Analyst Benefits Contracting and progressing to Manager, H&W Vendor Relationship and Strategy & Design.

Irrespective of the role held, Ana's focus has consistently centered on ensuring that employees and their families receive the best experience possible when accessing healthcare. In her current capacity, Ana has the opportunity to create strategies in collaboration with both Business Employee Resource Groups (BERGs) and vendors. This collaborative effort aims to create content that aligns with the needs of employees–with a focus on informing and educating employees about their available benefits and the vendor navigation and advocacy teams that service them.

Chris Rogers

Regional VP, Enterprise Sales West

Vivante Health

My name is Chris Rogers, and I currently lead enterprise sales for the west coast at Vivante Health. Prior to Vivante, I spent about 5 years at Omada Health, so I've been in the digital health industry for some time. I'm a native of the San Francisco Bay Area (born, raised, and proud of it!), and I currently reside here with my wife and our pug, Boba.

Kathleen Romero

Manager, Benefits

H&R Block

Kathleen is a dedicated Benefits Manager with a track record of aligning self-funded and fully funded benefits plans with organizational objectives, while prioritizing cost control and error elimination. Over the past 3 years with H&R Block, she has excelled in optimizing benefits programs, fostering associate relations, and cultivating a positive organizational culture. Other proficiencies encompass enhancing associate engagement, managing vendor relationships, supporting program design, and paying close attention to detail while diplomatically addressing concerns. She is also a proud SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) showcasing her commitment to continuous professional development and staying abreast of industry best practices. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her large family, reading and golfing.

Kate Ryder

Founder & CEO

Maven Clinic

Kate Ryder is the founder and CEO of Maven Clinic, the largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health. Maven offers virtual care and services across fertility, maternity, pediatrics, and menopause, and operates the largest women’s and family health telehealth network globally. With Maven, employers and health plans can see improved maternal outcomes, lower costs, and attract and retain more parents in the workforce. Named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Maven has raised $300 million in capital from top investors, including Sequoia Capital, Oak HC/FT, General Catalyst, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Lux Capital.

Kate founded Maven in 2014, reimagining healthcare for women and families from the ground up after seeing first hand how the lack of access to care impacted those starting a family and returning to work as new parents. Prior to founding Maven, Kate worked in venture capital and as a journalist, writing for The Economist from Southeast Asia, New York and London and for The New Yorker. In 2009, she worked with former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, helping him write his memoirs about the financial crisis.

Kate has been named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 and to Fast Company’s “Most Creative People.” She has spoken on stage at industry events including the Forbes Healthcare Summit, Fortune Brainstorm Health, the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit and HLTH. Kate received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her MSc from the London School of Economics. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children.

Fahimeh Sasan, DO

Chief Innovation Officer and Founding Physician

Kindbody

Dr. Fahimeh Sasan is Chief Innovation Officer at Kindbody where she builds and leads programs that help employers deliver equitable and inclusive reproductive care and family-building benefits programs to their global workforces. Kindbody is a leading fertility clinic network and global family-building benefits provider for employers offering the full-spectrum of reproductive care from preconception to postpartum through menopause.

Dr. Sasan is a board certified Ob/Gyn who completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, which was named to Newsweek’s list of “America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2022”. Dr. Sasan is deeply committed to promoting healthcare literacy as a form of preventative healthcare, empowering people with the essential knowledge to take control of their health. She is a frequent speaker on reproductive health and education, maternal care, and the impact social determinants of health have on people’s health, well-being, and quality of life. She was instrumental in Kindbody’s partnership with Walmart, which provided reproductive and fertility care and surrogacy to Walmart’s entire U.S. workforce for the first time. In addition to her work at Kindbody, Dr. Sasan is a member of the Business Group on Health (BGH) Evidence-based Benefit Design Committee.

Katherine Saunders, MD

Co-Founder

Intellihealth

Dr. Katherine H. Saunders is a physician entrepreneur and an internationally recognized expert in Obesity Medicine. Dr. Saunders co-founded Intellihealth, and she practices at Intellihealth’s clinical services affiliate, Flyte Medical, and she is on faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Saunders received her undergraduate degree Phi Beta Kappa/Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College and her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, where she became a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed her internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell. Dr. Saunders was the first clinical fellow in Obesity Medicine at at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Dr. Saunders is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She hosts the Weight Matters podcast with Dr. Louis Aronne, and she regularly speaks at international conferences. Dr. Saunders has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and she has been featured in multiple national media outlets, including Forbes, Politico, The Atlantic, Associated Press, Women’s Health, and USA Today. Dr. Saunders also makes frequent guest appearances on a variety of podcasts, radio shows and TV shows including PBS NewsHour and ABC’s Good Morning America.

Dr. Saunders’ recent awards and recognition include the Women at Weill Investment Competition, Brown Brothers Harriman 22 Women to Watch in 2022, Medika Life Top 30 Influencers Transforming Wellness in 2023, the Health Innovators’ Top Health Innovators to Watch in 2023 and New York Super Doctors 2023.

Darcy Sementi

Health Care Benefits Manager

State Farm Insurance Companies

Darcy Sementi is the Healthcare Benefits Manager at State Farm Insurance Companies where she is responsible for the overall healthcare benefit strategy for both agents and employees, covering more than 150K lives. Darcy oversees a team of analysts responsible for daily health plan operations, healthcare innovation, program optimization, and plan governance. Prior to joining State Farm, Darcy served as Regional Vice President of Sales and Director of Operations for a national health plan and was the Vice President of Talent Acquisition for the nation’s largest dental support organization. Darcy has her MBA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University.

John Senay

Manager, Benefits, Wellness, and Leave

Holman

As the Manager of Benefits, Wellness, and Leave at Holman, a leading automotive company, John Senay leads a team of specialists responsible for 5,500 US employees’ health and well-being. Ultimately, his goal is to create a benefits program that focuses on the care and support employees and their families need to have content, fulfilling lives. Over the last few years, Mr. Senay has worked towards this goal by creating an award-winning wellness program, reducing medical cost share, and offering point solutions for diabetes, MSK, mental health, and sleep. He also introduced a mobile care nursing program that provides in-person/virtual care for those struggling with complex healthcare issues. Furthermore, he continues to seek opportunities to improve the connection between data analytics and personalized employee feedback to deploy innovative and valuable benefits to meet evolving employee needs.

Mr. Senay holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Risk Management from Temple University. He is currently pursuing an MBA at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. He is also a licensed Accident & Health producer, a Group Benefits Associate (GBA), and a Group Benefits Disability Specialist (GBDS).

Connect with Mr. Senay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-senay/

Scott Shreeve, MD

CEO

Crossover Health

Scott Shreeve, MD, is Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as well as director and founder of Crossover Health. He is an emergency medicine physician who has been actively involved in the design, development, and distribution of healthcare technologies that improve the delivery of care and enhance quality of life for more than two decades. He started Crossover to focus on creating innovative primary health models that improve care delivery, health outcomes, and member experience. Under his leadership, Crossover has become a nationally recognized leader by serving clients like Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Comcast, Amazon, and Boeing.

Prior to founding Crossover Health, Dr. Shreeve was co-founder of Medsphere Systems Corp., the first open-source electronic health record (EHR) for health systems. He drove the fulfillment of large-scale EHR implementations in community hospitals, statewide health systems, and primary care clinic networks. He is also a founding member of the Health 2.0 technology and reform movement, serving as a national spokesperson and conference advisor.

Dr. Shreeve earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, and completed his emergency medicine residency training at the University of Arizona Health Science Center in Tucson. He lives in Southern California with his wife and four children near some of the best breaks on the West Coast. Dr. Shreeve maintains a blog that covers enabling technologies to transform the delivery, financing, and outcomes of high-performance healthcare delivery.

Renya Spak

Chief Growth Officer

Well

Renya is currently Chief Growth Officer of Well, a personalized health engagement platform that deploys AI, behavioral sciences and a digital-human model to empower members to achieve better health. Previously, as a Partner at Mercer from 2010-2019, Renya established and led the Center for Health Innovation which was anchored to the notion of employer-led healthcare transformation. Renya holds a masters of public health degree from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Jenny Stamm

Director, Benefits

Procore Technologies

Jenny Stamm is an experienced HR professional with a passion for benefits and compensation. She has spent the last twelve years in Total Rewards building programs that attract and retain top talent. She is a certified plan sponsor professional and is currently the Director of Benefits at Procore Technologies. Jenny joined Procore in 2021 and currently leads the benefits team supporting North American benefits including the strategy and governance for the health and welfare plans, retirement plans and global leaves of absence. She is focused on balancing employee-valued benefits with business goals.

Throughout her career, she's had the opportunity to establish programs through mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Procore, she was the benefits manager at DWK Life Sciences for several years where she supported a multilocation manufacturing team. Before that, she held several roles with increasing responsibility at Advance Auto Parts ultimately leading to her promotion as benefits manager. She was responsible for overseeing vendor management, developing employee resources, and managing a team that supported 70,000+ employees across North America.

Jenny holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a minor in French from the University of Kentucky. Go Cats! Outside of work, she enjoys reading and playing video games.

Daniel Stein, MD

Founder and CEO

Embold Health

Daniel Stein is CEO and Founder of Embold Health, a data analytics company creating a new standard for healthcare quality. Bringing together the largest dataset in healthcare, clinically validated analytics and the expertise of leading physicians, Embold shines a light on top-performing doctors, ensuring that people receive better care and doctors have the opportunity to improve. Before founding Embold, Stein served as Chief Medical Officer of Walmart Care Clinics, where he led efforts to offer quality, affordable primary health care services. Stein came to Walmart after serving four years as an emergency room physician for the Veteran’s Healthcare System of the Ozarks, where he delivered care to U.S. veterans in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Stein launched his healthcare career by holding various policy positions in Washington, D.C., while completing his medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance staff, Stein worked extensively on the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and organized bi-partisan efforts to improve healthcare workforce, medical malpractice and patient safety issues. He also worked at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, focusing on Medicare quality and pay-for-performance initiatives. Stein earned an undergraduate degree in ethics, politics and economics from Yale; a medical degree from Johns Hopkins; and a master’s in business administration from Harvard Business School. He completed his residency in primary care internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he was honored with the John H. McArthur Fellowship in Medicine and Management.

Nicole Stewart

Vice President, Client Relations

UnitedHealthcare

Nicole serves as Vice President, Client Relations for Enterprise Strategic Accounts at UnitedHealthcare. She joined UnitedHealthcare in 2019 and has held various roles in the healthcare industry since 2010.

In her role, Nicole is responsible for partnering with large National Accounts customers to develop and deliver on their health plan strategic objectives. She is passionate about improving healthcare for employers and their employees by delivering simple, easy to navigate, high quality and afforadble healthcare strategies and solutions. She has served various roles in her time at UnitedHealthcare, including Vice President, Growth Operations & Strategy and Vice President, Consultant Relations.

Prior to joining UnitedHealthcare, Nicole was a Principal at Mercer where she served as the strategic and financial lead on several clients, including Global Fortune 500 companies. In her role as client lead, she collaborated with her clients to design and implement their health and welfare benefit program strategies. She started her career at Cigna, where she was a member of their Actuarial Executive Development Program and held various roles across their actuarial and finance organizations.

Nicole received Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics and Actuarial Science from the Pennsylvania State University. She resides in Charlotte, NC.

Kati Stratos

Executive Director and Head of Data for Total Rewards

Comcast NBCU

Kati Stratos serves as the Executive Director and Head of Data for Total Rewards at Comcast NBCU. In this role, she leads overall data strategy as well as data architecture, privacy and strategic analytics related to employee benefits. Kati has worked in data roles at Comcast for 8 years, first in Government Affairs and then Corporate Administration prior to joining HR. Before Comcast, Kati was a leader in local government, most recently having led school improvement research for the Philadelphia School District. Kati has a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in English from James Madison University. She lives in South Philadelphia with her husband, son and daughter.

Oyebode A. Taiwo, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

3M Company

Dr. Taiwo is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of 3M where he is responsible for the development of 3M’s global health strategy, as well as the leadership and management of the medical organization.

Prior to joining 3M, Dr. Taiwo was on faculty at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut for 17 years.

Dr. Taiwo received his medical degree from University of Lagos, Nigeria, and his master’s degree in public health from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama. He completed residency training in internal medicine at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, and fellowship training in occupational and environmental medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

Dr. Taiwo is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine). He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Dr. Taiwo’s areas of professional interest include understanding the factors associated with injuries, illnesses and health disparities in the workforce and conducting health impact assessments of industrial projects and policies on the population.

He serves on the board of directors of Stratacor and Canvas Health.

Bode enjoys traveling with his family and playing the electric bass guitar.

Kevin Theissen

Senior Director of Benefits

Nestlé USA

Kevin is a Total Rewards professional with more than 20 years of experience through leadership roles, as both a vendor and a client. Kevin is the Senior Director of Benefits at Nestlé. He is responsible for Health & Wellbeing programs for Nestlé in the U.S. for all operating companies including Nestlé USA, Nestlé Health Science, Purina, and Nespresso. Kevin has responsibility for the strategy, plan design, vendor management, consultant relations, compliance, contracting, M&A, and administration for health and wellbeing programs. He leads a team that delivers competitive and award-winning benefits for Nestlé’s over 35,000 employees and their families, supporting them throughout their life-stages and career. Kevin is focused on delivering innovative and impactful programs that support total wellbeing for Nestlé employees & their families.

Prior to joining Nestle, Kevin held multiple Total Rewards leadership roles at Macy’s, Inc. Prior to joining Macy’s, he was with Fidelity Investments for 15 years, focused on leading teams delivering service to corporate clients. Kevin lives in northeast Ohio with his wife & daughters.

Pascale Thomas

Vice President - Enterprise Benefits and Well-Being

The Walt Disney Company

Pascale Thomas is a Global Benefits professional with more than 25 years of experience in developing evidence-based solutions to meet financial objectives of Fortune 500 multinationals. Her professional career includes tenure as a global human resources solutions consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and executive-level Benefits and Total Rewards roles at various high performing global corporations including Thermo Fisher Scientific, Verizon Communications, Unilever, Becton Dickinson, Hearst, Newell Brands and Thermo Fisher Scientific. She has designed employee benefits programs that have won Plan Sponsor of the Year finalist nomination; Silver, Gold and Platinum NBGH Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles distinctions; AIVA’s The Communicator awards, and Working Mother and Human Rights Campaign Best Places to Work rankings. Her initiatives have been featured in several industry forums, including CNBC Healthy Horizons, Business Roundtable, Benefit Focus, Work Span, Plan Sponsor Magazine, Employee Benefit News, the Conference Board and the Employee Benefits Summit. Pascale currently serves on the Policy Board of Directors of the American Benefits Council, the Board of Trustees of the Hyacinth Foundation, and the Board of Directors of Bermuda captive Thermo Fisher Scientific Re, Ltd., and the Board of the Business Group on Health. Past board-level service includes the World at Work Benefits Advisory Council, Bridges to Excellence, Leapfrog, and eHealth Initiative.

Crystal Tomczyk

Vice President People, DEIB & L&D

Figma

Crystal Tomczyk is Vice President, People at Figma and joined the company in March 2022. She oversees the global People Partners, BEI (Belonging, Equity, and Impact), and Learning & Development teams. She has expertise in leading teams driving the company’s initiatives around diversity and inclusion, cultural engagement, and social impact. Her team’s work centers around empowering all employees to create equitable systems and drive social change by building a strong community, amplifying underrepresented voices, and fostering a company culture where everyone can learn, grow, and thrive.

Crystal has nearly two decades of experience in building the organizational structures and workplace plans aimed at helping companies represent communities in which they do business and strengthen those communities in the process. Crystal's previous experiences come from Zillow, Expedia, Target, and she received a Bachelor of Science from Virginia Tech.

Bijal Toprani, DPT

Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, Commercial Consultant

Hinge Health

Dr. Bijal Toprani, PT, DPT is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Commercial Consultant at Hinge Health. She attended UCLA for her undergraduate studies, and A.T. Still University for her doctorate. Dr. Bijal has over 10 years of combined experience in the fitness and physical therapy industries. Along with her expertise in orthopedic conditions, she has obtained advanced training in the assessment and treatment of pelvic health disorders via the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehab Institute. Her professional mission is to improve the quality of life of her patient’s by empowering them through education and movement. Dr. Bijal also uses her expertise to educate her patients and the public about healthcare and has been featured in Giddy, Women’s World Magazine, Psychology Today and more.

Jason Tzau, PharmD

Head of US Health Plans

Amazon

Jason Tzau currently leads US health plan strategy, design, and program management for Amazon, a company that employs over 1.4 million employees across the globe, and whose mission is to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, Earth’s best employer, and Earth’s safest place to work. Specifically, he is accountable for the operational, clinical, and financial performance of Amazon’s medical, pharmacy, dental and vision plans. Prior to that, he served in other leadership roles at Amazon including health benefits analytics and global pharmacy benefits. Before joining Amazon, he held various roles in care delivery as a pharmacist, population health management, and health benefits consulting. In his current role, he leverages various data sources and methods to uncover impactable areas of opportunity to improve health, ensure a financially sustainable health benefit, promote seamless and frustration free healthcare experiences, and reduce barriers to achieving health, health equity, and access to high quality care. Jason is a based out of Seattle, WA and is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (B.S. Pharm), and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Doctorate in Pharmacy).

Lisa Vilaverde

VP, Benefits Strategy, Health & Wellbeing

Marriott International

Lisa Vilaverde is Vice President of Benefit Strategy, Healthcare and Well-being at Marriott International. Lisa joined Marriott in May 2023 and leads U.S. Healthcare and Global Well-being under Marriott’s TakeCare initiative.

With over 20+ years of experience, Lisa is responsible for strategic innovation and direction, and ongoing design and strategy of healthcare, as well as the creation of innovative programs to support the global well-being of Marriott’s global employees.

Lisa previously held the position of Head of Global Benefits and Compensation at Equinox Group. Prior to Equinox Group, she lead Benefits for U.S. and Mexico at WPP plc. Lisa began her career within Underwriting at CIGNA Healthcare. She then moved into consulting as a Senior Analyst at Watson Wyatt before entering the employer space at Warner Media (previously Time Warner).

Lisa uses a data forward approach to identify and address trends to manage costs, implement innovative solutions, improve employee experience, and increase engagement.

Lisa lives in New York City and has an Economics degree from the University of Connecticut.

Elizabeth Vollstedt

Director of Employee Benefits

Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska

Elizabeth (Beth) Vollstedt is the current Director of Employee Benefits for the Municipality of Anchorage Alaska and has served in multiple roles with MOA since 2018. Prior to that Beth worked with the Anchorage School District in several roles since 2014.

Beth graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Philosophy. In her free time Beth loves to garden in the warm months, duck hunt in the cold months and travel in the months between.

Jaclyn Wainwright

Co-Founder & CEO

AiRCare Health

Jaclyn Wainwright is a behavioral health expert and the Co-founder & CEO of AiRCare Health, a vanguard company transforming the emotional and mental health of millions of people through proactive support. Her proprietary predictive model created a paradigm shift from traditional “chase and treat” approaches to a more effective “predict and prevent” methodology which helps eliminate the burden of chronic diseases and is revolutionizing the health and happiness of individuals, families and society at large.

Jaclyn has co-authored ground-breaking studies on behavioral health outcomes and was a subject matter expert for Microsoft’s Global Industry Leaders Program. She serves on the Board of Directors for Medical Alley and is co-chair of their Health Equity and Inclusion Program. Jaclyn is an advocate and highly regarded speaker on the topics of mental health equity and accessibility, workplace well-being, purpose-driven leadership, and inclusive work cultures.

Maria Walsh

SVP, Head of Global Benefits

Hearst Corporation

Maria Walsh is senior vice president and global head of benefits at Hearst, a leading global, diversified information, services and media company with operations in 40 countries. In this role, she develops and leads benefits strategies across all of Hearst’s business units. The benefit programs she oversees include a broad suite of health and wellbeing plans and retirement plans, including defined contribution and defined benefit plans, to best safeguard Hearst employees’ physical, financial, emotional and family wellbeing.

Maria also serves as on the HearstLab Advisory Board, a community of early-stage, women-led startups working inside Hearst, where she assists with the evaluation process and provides investments with introductions and networking opportunities. Maria also participates in several executive client advisory groups.

Prior to Hearst, Maria Walsh was vice president of global benefits and mobility at Nielsen. In this role, she oversaw the benefits and wellness strategies for the company’s 46,000+ employees across 100 countries.

Lalit Wangikar

CEO & Founder

Cognitio Analytics

Lalit Wangikar is the Founder and CEO of Cognitio Analytics, a company focused on using data science to improve productivity. Lalit is the chief architect of Cognitio’s solutions focused on helping benefits managers with all challenges related to data.

Lalit has over 25 years of experience as an adviser, consultant and a service provider. He has advised clients across a variety of industries, including payers, providers, employers. Prior to starting Cognitio Analytics, Lalit led the Decision Analytics practice of EXLService. Earlier, he worked with Deloitte Consulting advising financial services companies on IT strategy.

Lalit has a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a BS in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Dickon Waterfield

Chief Commercial Officer

Employer Direct Healthcare

Dickon has firsthand experience with just how complex healthcare can be, as well as the importance of making it simpler. Before joining EDH, Dickon was the Chief Commercial Officer at WithMe Health, a pharmacy benefit manager. Prior to that, he helped run Big Health, a digital therapeutics company with a focus on mental health. During his time there, Dickon grew the business to cover 2.5 million members. He helped people find their way back to good mental health through partnerships with clients like Comcast, CVS, Google, Target, and The Home Depot. Dickon even accelerated growth at Big Health by launching a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership with CVS, which became the CVS Point Solution Management Systems. Prior to his professional career, Dickon attended and graduated with a bachelor’s from Eton College and a master’s from The University of Edinburgh.

Lisa Woods

Vice President, Physical & Emotional Well-being

Walmart Inc.

Lisa Woods serves as Vice President, Physical & Emotional Wellbeing for Walmart Stores, Inc. Woods is a benefits professional with broad based knowledge and has been recognized nationally as an innovator and thought leader in health care with a strong commitment to ensuring that more than a million Walmart associates have access to benefits that are comprehensive, affordable, and competitive. Woods has played a key role in developing a portfolio of innovative programs focused on payment reform, reducing waste in the system, and ensuring appropriateness of care for Walmart associates.

Lisa led the effort with her team to design and implement the Centers of Excellence program for heart, spine, joint replacements, and cancer with leading quality health systems. Lisa has also worked on developing narrow network plans focused on quality. Walmart was presented with the 2019 Helen Darling Award for Excellence in Health Care Value and Innovation by Business Group on Health. In addition, Lisa was named to Fortune magazine’s World’s Greatest Leaders (#10) in 2019 as a result of her efforts and most recently she was awarded the 2020 Top 25 Health Care Innovators.

Lisa has expanded her role within Walmart and she is responsible for the physical and emotional well-being of all U.S. associates, both those enrolled in our medical plans and those not enrolled.

Lisa serves on many committees and boards: board Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), president for the Council of Employee Benefits, several BGH affiliated committees, the American Benefits Council and Leapfrog.