2018 WORKFORCE STRATEGY CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS *

Breakout Session 1A: Live Your Best Life: Aetna’s Emotional Health Strategy
Kay Mooney, VP, Workforce Well-being and Inclusion, Aetna
Amy Kruse, Lead Benefits Consultant, Aetna

Breakout Session 1B: Taking Care of Caregivers: Forward-thinking Companies Focus on Work and Family
Moderator: Janis Davis-Street, Associate Manager, Health and Productivity, Chevron
Ann Marie Kelly, Senior Manager, Benefits, The Home Depot
Audrey Adelson, Work-Life Consultant, Emory University
Pam Hannon, Senior Director, Benefits Practice Center, Abbott Laboratories

Breakout Session 1D: Beyond Minimum Wage: Designing Benefit Strategies that Incorporate the Needs of Low-Income Workers
Brandi Newman, Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, Atrium Health
Gregor Teusch, Vice President of Total Rewards, Lowe’s Companies
Bruce Sherman, M.D., Clinical Faculty, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Breakout Session 2A: The Future of Mental Health at Work: High Tech & High Touch
Jae Kullar, Manager – Health & Well-being, Delta Air Lines
Julie Krause, Benefits Manager, Microsoft
Donna Sexton, Director Employee Benefits, Costco Wholesale

Breakout Session 2B: Promoting a Global Culture of Health
Alberto Acosta, M.D. Ph.D., Executive Director, Medical Services, Ingersoll Rand Company
Deborah Gorhan, Global Planning and Governance Lead, Johnson & Johnson
David Roomes, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Director, Health, Safety, Sustainability & Environment, Rolls-Royce

Breakout Session 2C: What’s Working Now? Scaling Successes in Weight Management
Moderator: Jake Flaitz, Director, Benefits, Paychex, Inc.
Tara Sherman, Well Being Strategy Leader, The Boeing Company
Julianne Guzik, VP, Well-being Benefits Consultant, Wells Fargo

Breakout Session 2D: The Work-Family Transformation: Integrating Benefits to Win Talent
Moderator: Erik Sossa, Vice President, Global Benefits and Wellness, PepsiCo, Inc.
Tammy Yee, Vice President of Benefits & Mobility, American Express
Christine Miller, Partner, EY
Emma Tapscott, Manager, Worldwide Wellness – Healthe at Cerner, Cerner Corporation

Breakout Session 3A: Making Well-being a Business Imperative at T-Mobile and JetBlue
Kristen Brown, Director, Benefits, JetBlue Airways
Tina Marshall, Sr. Director, Employee Total Rewards, T-Mobile
Seth Serxner, Ph.D., Chief Health Officer, Optum

Breakout Session 3C: What’s Working Well? Findings from a Global Survey of Workforce Well-being Strategies 
Yongchil Ly, Program Manager, Institutional Benefits, The World Bank Group
Ruth Hunt, Principal, Engagement and Communications, Buck

Breakout Session 4A: Creating a Unified Well-being Benefit Strategy to Enhance Employee Engagement and Business Performance
Tammie Hansen, Manager, Total Rewards, Benefits & Well-Being, Trinity Health
Anna Henderson, VP, Physical Well-Being Lead, Human Resources, SunTrust Bank
David Shepperly, Head of Employee Health and Fitness, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Farrah Spellman, System Benefits Wellness Program Manager, University System of Georgia
Kurt Cegielski, Founder and Senior Vice President Client Success, Virgin Pulse + RedBrick Health

Breakout Session 4C: Engaging the C-Suite by Connecting Well-being to Business Metrics
Virginia Peddicord, Global Employee Population Health, Merck
Kristin Parker, Total Health Management Specialty Practice, Mercer

Morning Headliner
The Value of Employee Well-Being
Alex Edmans, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, London Business School

General Session
A Look Under the Hood at Engagement Platforms: Current Capabilities and the Future State
Maeve O’Meara, Chief Product Officer, Castlight Health
Rhett Woods, Chief Creative Officer and Co-Head of Product, Rally Health
Lenny Fayard, Vice President of Product Strategy and Development, Evive
Toni Pashley, Senior Vice President of Product, Sharecare

General Session
New Rules Apply: How Popular Culture, Implicit Bias and Scientific Evidence are Shaping the Weight of the Nation
Allison Grupski, PhD, Director, Behavioral Change, Weight Watchers
Joe Nadglowski, President & CEO, Obesity Action Coalition
Christine Kessler, MN, FAANP, Clinical Consultant and Founder, Metabolic Medicine Associates

Pilot Results – Employer Experiences with Novel Offerings
Grady Arnold, Director of Benefits, Vail Resorts (Speaking about Hinge Health)
Joe Toniolo, Sr. Director, Health and Welfare Plans, US Foods (Speaking about Virta Health)
Milt Ezzard, VP Global Benefits, Activision Blizzard (Speaking about Joyable)

A Look to the Future – Emerging Innovations for Better Health and Well-being
Grant Gordon, Co-Founder & CEO, Artemis Health
Ofer Leidner, President & Co-founder, Happify
Katherine Ryder, Founder & CEO, Maven