With a decade of experience in worksite health promotion, Megan has a depth of knowledge in implementing strategic health promotion programs for large global institutions.

In her current role at Citi Megan is a key player in the development and implementation of Citi’s global wellness strategy. She is responsible for developing Citi’s global health promotion programs that are implemented acoss the organization. She acts as a consultant to countries and regions as they develop their wellness programs and spearheds collaborationg between various departments such as benefits, fitness, dining, corporate reality, and global public affairs to continue to expand awareness of Citi’s wellness priorities.

She has expertise in chronic condition prevention, employee engagment, strategic planning, health promotion program planning and implementation. Megan has a Masters of Science in Health Promotion Management from American University, Bacherlors Degree in Human Movement from Sacred Heart University, and is CHES Certified.

Linda Brady is a member of the Health Care Strategy and Policy team at The Boeing Company, managing our provider network and health care analytics strategy. In her role, Linda manages the overall portfolio of Boeing’s Preferred Partnership (ACO) programs, from the initial contracting phase through implementation and sustainment. She has over 20 years of experience in the health care industry and is a Six Sigma Green Belt. Prior to Boeing, Linda 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 measurement.

Abby Cochran has fifteen years of experience in the field of Human Resources. As Director of Human Resources for the City of Gahanna, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Abby oversees recruitment/retention, employee/labor relations, administration of benefit programs, organizational training and development and compensation administration. Her work experience spans both private and public sector, with many years spent working within a medical management company, which gives her a unique insight on the many healthcare issues facing employers today. Looking for solutions to rising health care costs, balancing the requirements of multiple labor contracts while still providing quality healthcare options for employees and their families, Abby developed a first of its kind partnership between the City and two local healthcare providers giving City employees access to a near-site center beginning in 2018. This project from concept to delivery was achieved through her perseverance and ability to manage the many competing interests of labor, management, vendors, insurance providers, elected officials and other critical stakeholders.

Abby graduated with a Masters in Labor and Human Resources in 2008 from the Ohio State University and holds certifications as a Certified Labor Relations Professional (CLRP), PHR and SHRM-CP.

With over 18 years’ experience in the Benefits and Human Resources space, Darci’s background encompasses a comprehensive depth and breadth of knowledge. She has worked in many sectors including e-commerce, media, private industry, benefits brokerage, government contracting and security over the span of her career. She currently serves as the Senior Manager, Global Benefits at Fanatics, Inc located in Jacksonville, FL where she is building a broad spectrum of domestic and international employee benefits and programs for today’s diverse workforce. Previously, she was the Senior Manager, Benefits of SiriusXM Radio, Inc and a Senior Account Manager at an international benefits brokerage firm.

Darci’s career focus goes beyond benefits and human resources to include Wellness and HRIS Management. Throughout her career she has designed and implemented a wide spectrum of integrated benefits and wellness programs addressing the needs of clients from boutique to large scale solutions.

Beyond the BA she earned from Notre Dame of Maryland University, Darci is also a Certified Healthcare Reform Specialist (CHRS), licensed in Life, Health and Annuity and currently studying to add the Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist (CCWS) designation to her list of credentials and certifications.

Gary Everling has been in healthcare administration since 1998 and assumed his role at Hendricks Regional Health in 2013. Prior to that, he served as System Executive of Business Development for St. Vincent Health.

Active in his church, for the past 22 years he has enjoyed singing in an a cappella men’s quartet ministry. As an adjunct faculty member, Everling teaches healthcare policy, marketing and statistics at Indiana Wesleyan University. He is a member of the Medical Group Management Association and the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development.

Milt Ezzard leads Global Benefits for Activision Blizzard. Throughout his 25 year career, Milt has held roles in many industries including Healthcare, Utility, Manufacturing, Software and Technology. Milt seeks out innovation in approaches to engaging employees and their families in wellbeing, transparency and health management and believes the key to improving the long-term sustainability of corporate healthcare is linked to targeting members with the offer of compelling resources that improve outcomes and/or lower costs at the time that resources will be the most personally relevant. He is passionate about breaking from conventional benefits plan management techniques preferring to redirect standard health plan resources that have failed to evolve to meet our current culture’s way of communicating and interacting to more contemporary set of resources aimed at adding value to employees’ lives and that support the employee value proposition that Activision Blizzard offers.

Trisha Frick, RN, MS is the Director of Bundled Rates Contracting for Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, Baltimore, MD. Trisha has been with Johns Hopkins Health System since 1986 resulting in more than 30 years health care experience. She started at Johns Hopkins providing direct patient care as a nurse. After providing direct care and supervision for almost a decade, she began her career in Managed Care in 1995. Since then Trisha has created a Bundled Rates Contracting Office that is now managing over $50 million annually in Bundled Rate Contract Revenue. The current service lines for bundled rate agreements include transplants, cardiovascular, bariatric, pancreatic cancer and orthopedic services.

Trisha is responsible for the Travel Surgery Program with the Pacific Business Group on Health. This program represents Walmart, Lowe’s other large group employers and is for joint replacement procedures. This relationship is one of the few direct employer agreements in the nation where employers are paying for travel, housing and health services at identified centers of excellence in exchange for the elimination or reduction in co-pays and deductibles. Trisha is also working on the development of similar programs with other employer groups.

David is the Vice President of Total Rewards & HR Programs at Vail Resorts, which includes leading the Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, HRIS, HR Programs and Wellness teams. Since joining the company in 2010, David has helped drive innovation during a time where the Company has grown by more than 300%, acquiring properties both domestically and internationally. During his tenure at Vail Resorts David has helped deliver significant enhancements in the employee reward offerings, including the roll-out of pay cards, the implementation of a company-wide minimum wage, the introduction of an in-house EAP providing support to employees, managers and HR, and the implementation of a full-replacement CDH plan, for which Vail Resorts won a Healthcare Consumerism Superstars award from the Institute for Healthcare Consumerism for the ‘Most Innovative Plan Design’. Currently his team is focused on HR scalability to help drive the business priorities and be scalable to support ongoing growth.

Before joining Vail Resorts David was at Sports Authority, and prior to that he spent ten years at Boston Benefit Partners, LLC, a Boston-based employee benefits consulting firm. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University and completed all classwork for a Masters in Public Health from Boston University. David is originally from Newton, Massachusetts, and currently lives in Denver with his wife and three children.

Dr. Shantanu Gaur is the co-founder and CEO of Allurion Technologies. Together with his partners, Shantanu has overseen Allurion’s research and development, fundraising, and clinical programs. Allurion’s mission is to help people realize their full potential with innovative, scalable, and trusted products. Specifically, the company has developed what Shantanu calls “Weight Loss 2.0” products that are more effective than diet and exercise but safer, cheaper, and more accessible than weight loss surgery. Allurion’s flagship product—the Elipse® Balloon—is the world’s first and only procedureless gastric balloon for weight loss and is now available for commercial sale internationally.

Shantanu is the lead inventor on several US and international patents and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications. He has been invited to speak on the Elipse Balloon, obesity, and medical device innovation at several worldwide congresses and has also spoken widely on the use of crowdsourcing to make research more efficient and participant-centric. Shantanu is also a lecturer for Harvard Medical School’s Executive Education program where he has been invited to speak on new frontiers in medical device development.

Shantanu graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Biology from Harvard College and with an M.D. from Harvard Medical School where he was a Paul Revere Frothingham Scholar and Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. He lives in Boston, MA with his wife Neha and son Yuvraj.

Bev Helkey is Executive Director of the Employers Healthcare Coalition and the Tri-State Purchasing Coalition. She has 30+ years’ experience in healthcare cost management strategies and employee benefits. She joined the coalitions in 2002. She provides management and oversight of two non-profit organizations. Employers Healthcare Coalition provides health education, health literacy, and healthcare cost and outcome resources to the community, and the Tri-State Health Care Purchasing Coalition which group purchases services to their members and the community.

With her extensive experience in healthcare cost management strategies, she has served the organizations through the design, development and implementation of their robust cost saving programs – including education-focused on health literacy, healthcare cost, outcomes and the patient experience.

Ms. Helkey’s career in healthcare cost strategies spans more than 30-years. Helkey holds a bachelor’s degree in Business. She is board member of Leadership Illinois, The Quincy Family YMCA, CDC - The National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health (NLAPH) and the Association for Corporate Risk Management (ACHRM).

David’s career started at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee in claim’s management. He went on to serve as the Director of Operations for the State of Tennessee Employee Health Plans; Benefit Manager for Nissan Motor Manufacturing; benefits consultant; Insurance Director for Rutherford County, TN and now as Director of Benefits for Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS).

While at MNPS he established a network of primary care clinics to serve their employees, retirees and their dependents. These clinics, staffed by Family Nurse Practitioners are Medical Homes and serve as the main conduit for medical interventions with our covered population. In 2017, he opened MNPS’ first integrated health and wellness facility, combining primary care, behavioral health, health coaching, fitness, physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture and pharmacy. This facility also includes a café and conference area and is designed to be a community center for educators, assisting them to develop professionally and personally. In addition, to help drive individual and group health improvements, he implemented a data warehouse that combines medical, pharmacy, dental and vision claims, medical records, payroll, health risk assessments and evaluation data.

He serves on the board of the State and Local Government Benefit Association and of the National Association of Worksite Health Centers.

Susan began her career in an executive training program with Jordan Marsh Department Stores in 1985, it was there that she held her first position in Human Resources, working as a regional trainer. Later, she moved her human resources career to banking, serving as the Director of Training and later, Chief Human Resources Officer at National Savings Bank of Albany, upon its acquisition by KeyBank, Susan moved to Hudson River Bank and Trust company, serving as its Chief Human Resources Officer, upon its acquisition by First Niagara Bank, Susan worked as the Senior Human Resources Manager for First Niagara Bank in the Eastern NY Region.

Most recently, Susan found her ideal position joining the Pioneer Bank family serving on our Executive team as Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role she is responsible for developing and executing human resource strategy in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction of the bank, specifically in the areas of succession planning, talent management, change management, organizational and performance management, talent acquisition, training and development, and compensation. As a Business Administration Major in college and currently holding the certification as a Senior Human Resources Professional through the Society of Human Resources Management, Susan enjoys her role of bringing the aspects of business and people to the table and sharing the significance that employee engagement plays in the success of an organization.

Susan is a lifelong Capital Region resident who is passionate about her work, her family and community. Among her proudest accomplishments in the community was an opportunity, where along with a team of dedicated volunteers, she was instrumental in founding a before and after school program in Kinderhook, NY. The program “O.K. Kids, Inc.” has now been operating for over 20 years. Another passion is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, where Susan has served on the Board of Directors for many years and has been instrumental in raising funds for research and improving the lives of those with CF. This being said, Susan would say her greatest passion is her family, the picture above is from a very proud moment in her life, when she and her husband Jim celebrated the high school graduation of their son, Jimmy and their Daughter, Marie’s graduation from Notre Dame Law School in the same year. “Spending time with my family, at home, cooking, celebrating holidays and milestones are definitely my “happy place” outside of work”.

Jim Knutson has been Risk Manager and Human Resources Director of Aircraft Gear Corporation in Rockford, Illinois, a manufacturer of components for the aviation and auto industries, since 1989. He is responsible for all corporate risk management, compensation and benefit programs. Jim is a member of Catalyst For Payment Reform, the Business Advisory Group to the Joint Commission For the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, a member of The Midwest Business Group on Health and served on its Board, a member of the Winnebago County, Illinois Crime Commission and a board member and treasurer of The Healthcare Incentives Improvement Institute. Jim received his bachelors degree from Marquette University and his law degree from Northern Illinois University.

Jim has been a member of the Advisory Council of Emcap, Berkley’s rent-a-captive program domiciled in Bermuda. He has also been on the State of Illinois Insurance Commission Working Group to revise the standard application for medical insurance and a member of the steering committee of The Illinois State Chamber of Commerce Health Council. He has testified before the joint state legislative committee on exchanges and presented before diverse groups including The Institute of Medicine, Captive Live conferences, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored events.

Georgette Kores is currently the Manager for Global Wellness & Engagement at World Fuel Services. In this role she designs and executes the corporate wellness programming for all offices, spanning over150 locations in 30 countries. Mrs. Kores is an experienced and innovative wellness professional who has a proven record of creating, implementing and executing successful and sustainable wellness-oriented programming in corporate settings for a number of Fortune 500 companies as well as small and mid-sized employers. She graduated from Barry University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science and a Master of Science degree in Sport Management from Liberty University and is a certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist and Health & Fitness Specialist. Her efforts have contributed to higher national and multi-national recognition for the large corporations she has been affiliated with through: corporate awards, reduced health-care costs for employers and higher employee engagement rates. Mrs. Kores has also been published in Corporate Wellness Magazine, SoBe Fit Magazine, has appeared as a guest blog writer for the CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, presented at several local and national corporate wellness industry conferences and was featured in American Healthcare Leader magazine.

Bill Lacy has over 30 years experience in executive and financial leadership positions. Currently, Bill serves as the President and CEO for the Association for Corporate Health Risk Management (ACHRM), a membership based organization comprised of progressive employers ranging in size up to 30,000 employees and Best-In-Class Sponsor Partners seeking education, a venue to collaborate, innovative methodologies, disruptive technologies and other resources to more effectively contain their organization’s health care costs.

Following the launch of ACHRM’s Philadelphia Chapter in 2012, ACHRM has several hundred employers in its community across ten Chapters. ACHRM expects to have at least 30 chapters across the US over the next five years. Within each ACHRM Chapter, the Association is building strategic relationships with colleges and universities to address the Health Risk Management (HRM) industry’s educational needs, including professional certificates, degrees and research.

Prior to ACHRM, Bill was CFO and COO for Business Health Services, a national Corporate Wellness and Behavioral Risk Management provider based in Baltimore, Maryland; and CFO for Planet Fitness PA based in Lafayette Hill, PA. Bill has also held executive positions with the Association for Corporate Wellness (ACW), Susquehanna (Equity) Bank, Exelon (PECO) Energy, Rainbow Industrial Products and NatWest, and Entre Advisors LLC.

Bill serves as Vice Chairman for the University of the Sciences’ Board of Visitors, the Burlington County College Foundation Internship and Mentoring Committee as well as other Boards and Committees during his career. He earned his MBA (finance and marketing) from Drexel University and BS (math and economics) from Ursinus College.

In her role as assistant director of human resources at Certified Angus Beef LLC, Sherry Leggett is actively involved in nurturing the heart of the company’s business – its people, who assist customers in marketing beef from Angus cattle farms to restaurants and grocery stores around the world. Sherry joined the staff in 2013 as the wellness and medical benefits manager, providing nearly 150 employees with wellness coaching to build on the healthy, positive, balanced and productive workplace.

With more than 18 years of wellness experience, Sherry enjoys helping the employees through designing individual integrative programs and coordinating the company’s onsite physician, psychologist, lawyer, dietitian and financial wellness coach. Sherry has a true passion for helping people achieve a well-balanced life one interaction at a time, and in 2014, she was named a Top 100 Wellness Professionals in America by the Wellness Council of America.

During her wellness role, Certified Angus Beef LLC has received numerous awards, including the 2017 Top 100 Healthiest Employers in America, 2016 American Psychological Association’s Psychologically Healthy Worksite award that signifies a strong commitment to employee wellness balance, 2017 Ohio Department of Health “Healthy Workplace” Gold Winner and a 2015 Best Employer in Ohio for the Small/Medium Business.

Sherry has bachelor’s degrees in sport medicine and sport management from Mount Vernon Nazarene University. She is an American Council on Exercise (ACE) personal trainer, lifestyle and weight management specialist and certified wellness program coordinator. Additionally, she has WELCOA (Wellness Council of America) faculty status and is on the Ohio Psychological Association Psychology in the Workplace Network (PWN) committee. She is a regular wellness speaker and educator at numerous local and state meetings, as well as national conferences.

When she’s not at work, Sherry enjoys biking and swimming with her husband, Chad, and their two children. She is often running or walking with friends around Orrville, training for another triathlon. She also leads wellness, bible study groups at Trinity United Methodist Church and enjoys waterskiing, gardening, reading, and being active with friends and family.

Under Sherry’s leadership, the wellness program at Certified Angus Beef LLC has been featured in:

• Video by American Psychological Association
• Forbes.com
• Entrepreneur
• The Huffington Post
• Wooster Daily Record

Al Lewis is founder and President of the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc. (DMPC--www.Dismgmt.com) DMPC is by far the leading consultant/procurement broker in the field of disease management. He has been designated #1 in Managed Healthcare Executive's overall list of the Most Influential People in disease management.

He was founder and first president of the DMAA: Care Continuum Alliance, and is the founder and president of the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium (DMPC). DMPC members utilize its resources for procurement and outcomes measurement. Its 100+ members, listed at www.Dismgmt.com, include most of the country’s largest health plans, many smaller ones, an increasing number of employers and unions, and the states of Washington, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wyoming, Alaska, Michigan, New Hampshire and Montana.

His disease management outcomes database is the largest in the field, with more than two dozen payors participating. His measurement methodology is also the most widely used in the field.

Al holds undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University, phi beta kappa and holds a Visiting Scholar appointment at the Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University.

Sally has been employed at Hallmark’s corporate headquarters in Kansas City, MO for nearly 35 years. She assumed her current role in 2009 in an effort to strengthen the wellness program and promote a culture of wellness for Hallmark employees. Hallmark’s wellness program, Hallmark Health, was recognized for its excellence in the corporate wellness industry with a Leadership Award by Corporate Wellness Magazine in 2012 and as a 2017Healthy KC Platinum Level Wellness Program by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. Sally was recognized in 2016 by the Corporate Health and Wellness Association as an Outstanding Well Being Partner and Academic Advisor. She is a frequent speaker and facilitator at wellness conferences. Sally holds a BS degree in Home Economics-Food Systems Management from the University of Missouri-Columbia and an MBA in Management from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. She has served on many industry advisory boards and currently serves as a board member for two non-profit organizations supporting causes that are very important to her:

• Rose Brooks Center, the Midwest’s largest domestic violence program that seeks to break the cycle of domestic violence and keep women and children safe.

After the Harvest, a produce rescue program that prevents hunger by acquiring fresh produce that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to agencies serving hungry people in Kansas and Missouri.

Sarah Millar is a partner in and vice chair of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group. Sarah’s core practice centers on counseling public, private and non-profit companies and organizations on optimal solutions in managing and administering health and welfare benefits, retirement plans, and non-qualified plans. She guides clients on the design, implementation and operation of benefit plans to ensure consistency with plan terms and compliance with ERISA and tax code requirements. Sarah provides advice on fiduciary governance matters, including current best practices and the implications of the prohibited transaction rules. When counseling clients, she focuses on identifying solutions that not only effectively manage identified compliance issues, but also takes into account the client’s employee recruitment and retention goals.

Sarah is a leader for the practice group’s Health Care Reform Team which assists clients across industry sectors in developing strategies related to compliance with the Affordable Care Act (health care reform). Her leadership and extensive experience provide a framework for advising clients on overall administrative compliance, documentation, and implementation. Among the issues that Sarah counsels on are retaining or relinquishing grandfathered plan status, assessing the impact of employer shared responsibility provisions, and implementing effective and compliant wellness programs. Sarah is regularly invited by clients and other organizations to speak and present on health care reform as it relates to employee benefits.

In General. Sarah has been an active member of the Notre Dame Club of Chicago since 2002 and served on the Club’s board of directors from July 2004 – June 2014, including as Club President from July 2012 – June 2013. The ND Club of Chicago serves the 17,000+ alumni living in the Chicagoland area through a variety of community service, networking, continuing education and social events. The mission of the Club includes raising funds for the ND Club of Chicago Scholarship Foundation and for the sponsorship of Summer Service Learning Projects in Chicago. The Foundation currently provides need-based scholarship assistance to over 70 local students attending Notre Dame. Sarah was named a Thomas J. White Scholar at Notre Dame Law School. Thomas J. White Scholars are responsible for conducting public law research and for helping publish the renowned Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy. Sarah also serves as a lector at St. Getrude’s parish and is a regular volunteer at her children’s elementary school in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago

Kay Mooney has over 20 years of corporate health care experience. Kay currently leads Employee Benefits and Well-being for Aetna, where she is responsible for the strategic design, delivery and administration of Health, Wellness, Retirement and Financial Benefit plans for domestic and international employees and retirees.

Kay most recently led Aetna's national Health Care Reform Exchange Program Management Office, where she was responsible for driving the development and implementation of Aetna's strategy for public exchanges, and she previously served as chief of staff for the Office of the Chairman and CEO. She has held a variety of senior leadership roles at Aetna, focused on pricing, underwriting, product management, mergers & acquisitions integration and medical cost analytics.

Kay developed and currently serves as Executive Sponsor for Aetna’s Enterprise Leadership Development Program (ELDP), which is focused on building a pipeline of future leaders with a broad range of knowledge and experience across Aetna’s enterprise through rotational assignments with accelerated learning and development.

Her passion for well-being extends beyond her position at Aetna and includes leadership roles with the American Heart Association. Most recently, she served as Chair of the 2017 Greater Hartford Heart Ball. In previous years, she co-chaired the organization’s Circle of Red and Tell 5 campaigns, where she helped drive awareness of the risks of heart disease among women and raise money for this life-saving movement. She also served as Co-chair for the 2010-2011 Go Red for Women campaign for North Central Connecticut and as Chair for the 2014-2015 campaign. In 2018, Kay joined the Board of Directors for Pet Partners, an organization committed to connecting people with the health benefits of animal-assisted intervention. This aligns with Kay’s strong belief in the healing power of pet therapy.

Kay graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Penn State. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, and is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Brenda Motheral leads Archimedes, a specialty drug management company that provides analytics, technology, and service solutions for employers, health plans, and PBMs.

Brenda brings more than 20 years of pharmacy benefit management, product development, and analytics experience to the role. Prior to founding Archimedes, Dr. Motheral served as the President of Artemetrx Specialty Drug Solutions, which she founded to provide comprehensive specialty drug consulting for plan sponsors. Previously, Brenda was the Senior Vice President of Product and Research at Express Scripts and served as a company officer on the executive team. Among many initiatives during her 12-year tenure, Dr. Motheral launched the Medicare Part D program for Express Scripts and led development of the Drug Trend Report and annual client outcomes conference. Dr. Motheral has authored numerous seminal industry reports and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts on pharmacy benefit management. She has received national research awards from the Academy for Managed Care Pharmacy and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

Dr. Motheral holds a PhD focused in Health Economics from The University of South Carolina, a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from The University of Kentucky.

Born and raised in North Dakota, Patty earned a full-athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University in 1985. She was a 9-time NCAA All-American (Shot Put and Discus) and competed at the 1988 Olympic Trials.

In the 90’s, as an entrepreneur, Patty grew her fitness & wellness company, to employ over 100 employees with annual revenues of over $5 million. In January 2009, Patty sold all corporate contracts, including those with Cisco, Yahoo! and Safeway to Plus One Holdings of New York which is now Optum. During that time, she helped launch the Stanford Health Promotion Network whose 65+ members include large corporations like Apple and Adobe, local counties, medical institutions and several non-profits.

From 2013-2016 she found her passion overseeing the HealthySteps to Wellness Program for all non-physician employees of Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Hospital. In early 2016 Patty accepted a role with the newly formed Stanford Medicine WellMD Center as a vocal advocate for all members of our care teams. Today, Patty is an Associate Director of Faculty and Staff Wellness for Stanford University and continues to oversee the Stanford Health Promotion Network.

Mike Quiqq is the head of strategic marketing and director of health strategy at Vitality Group, where he works both internally and externally on strategy and program design related to improving people’s health and uses strategic communications and marketing to motivate participants in workplace wellness programs and spark behavioral change. His career has been focused on helping healthcare companies improve their business strategy. Mike holds a Masters of Science in Health Communication from Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in organizational behavior and leadership, also from Northwestern University.

Rachel Quinn oversees the Office of Value-based Purchasing in the Policy Division, at the Washington State Health Care Authority. In her role, Rachel assists with the development of value-based purchasing and payment strategies in Medicaid and the Public Employee Benefit Program. Prior to joining HCA in September 2013, she worked as project manager of the Robert Bree Collaborative, a multi-sector collaborative created to develop guidelines to decrease health care cost and quality variation in Washington State. Rachel also served for five years as health policy advisor to former King County Executive Ron Sims. She has a dual master’s in public health and public policy from the University of Michigan.

Susan helps companies facing change solve problems and capitalize on opportunities more effectively, through more creative thinking. Some of the world’s largest corporations call on Susan to consult with them on innovation initiatives, strategy, and culture. Clients include Novartis, Kellogg, Georgia Pacific, the American Hospital Association, Tufts Health Plan, Pfizer, Frito Lay, Starbucks, & HGTV.

She was a keynote speaker at the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center Innovation Expo, and is a frequent speaker in creativity and innovation across the U.S. and around the world. She has spoken at conferences and led innovation initiatives in places as diverse as South Africa, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, the U.K., China, France, Brazil, Mexico, and Greece.

She teaches executive education and graduate level courses in creative thinking at Harvard University, as well as being a senior faculty member at the annual Creative Problem Solving Institute, the largest and longest-running innovative thinking conference in the world.

Olivia Ross is an Associate Director with the Pacific Business Group on Health responsible for the operation and expansion of the Employers Centers of Excellence Network (ECEN). The ECEN is a national, multi-employer initiative that identifies and provides employees access to high quality surgical care through prospective bundled rates. Before joining PBGH, Olivia spent four years managing several projects at Northwestern University. Her work with the Chicago Pediatric Patient Safety Consortium and the Transplantation Outcomes Research Collaborative focused on risk assessment, improving clinician communication and teamwork. Olivia holds an MPH from UCLA and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Flip Steinour has been the Director of Human Resources for Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit located in Lancaster, PA for the past 11 years. Prior to that, Steinour also served in the same capacity for both two other Pennsylvania intermediate units. He started his professional career in human resources in private industry working for Knouse Foods and True Temper Hardware.

Steinour graduated with a BA from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and also has attained his MS in Human Resource Development from Villanova University. He earned the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification from the Society of Human Resources in 2000.

Over his professional career, Steinour has served as a member of the Executive Board of the Pennsylvania Association of School Personnel Administrators. Additionally, he has chaired the Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units HR Directors job-alike group three times over his 21-year career working for intermediate units. Steinour has also presented for superintendent preparation programs involving HR-related topics at Temple University, Penn State University, and Immaculata Universities. In 2015, he was presented the Gary L. Miller Memorial Distinguished Service Award in Recognition of Outstanding Leadership and Significant Contributions to Education by a PAIU Employee.

He has a passion for helping youth as he has been a volunteer coach for lacrosse, junior high football, Special Olympics basketball, Challenger Little League baseball, and has traveled to Vietnam to help stop the sexual trafficking of Vietnamese children.

Ashley Weigl is Associate Director of Risk Reduction Services for MHealthy, the University of Michigan’s Health and Well-being program for faculty and staff. In her MHealthy role, Ashley oversees population-based programming aimed at optimizing health for all. Ashley is passionate about creating thriving work environments, health equity, and working to improve the health of the most vulnerable populations in our communities. Ashley earned her Master’s degrees in Public Health and Social Work from the University of Michigan, and has over 12 years’ professional experience in community and workplace-based health and well-being initiatives.