Cherryl Christensen is the former Corporate Medical Director for the Procter & Gamble Company, where she spent 27 years responsible for 127,000 employees in over 80 countries. She is a board-certified senior physician executive who excels at strategic thought and execution. At P&G she drove world class health systems internationally designing their global health & wellness program valued as a source of competitive advantage given its health and business outcomes. She also co-authored the company’s first pandemic flu plans, oversaw medical disaster management, travel medicine, EAP, and executive health programs delivered through 190 health clinics around the world. She is on faculty at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine as an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health.

Dr. Wayne Rawlins steers the medical foundation of WellSpark Health as its chief medical officer. He has spent his career partnering with national organizations to promote health and wellness. At WellSpark, he is responsible for health, prevention and wellbeing strategy and value demonstration. Dr. Rawlins previously served as the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at ConnectiCare and served in senior clinical leadership positions at a large national health insurer.
Dr. Rawlins served as a member of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, where he worked with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to advise and make recommendations on national vaccine policy. Dr. Rawlins has been noted as a vaccine financing subject matter expert. A specialist in health equity and resolving health disparities, Dr. Rawlins led efforts to address health disparities in underserved populations and has served on several national organizations addressing health equity. Dr Rawlins is a member of the NCQA Committee on Performance Measurement, which oversees the development and evolution of the HEDIS measurement set, one of the most widely used performance improvement tools in the health care industry. Dr. Rawlins is an active member of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions Medical Director Advisory Council, serving on the special COVID advisory council and the race, health, and equity advisory council. Dr. Rawlins was recently elected to serve as an external member of National Alliance’s Board of Governors. Dr Rawlins also serves as a board member of UCONN Health, his alma mater.
He received his medical degree from the University of Connecticut, completed an internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Rochester and received an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Rawlins is board certified in internal medicine and treated patients in a primary care practice for more than a decade.

Dr. Ron Brooks previously served as senior medical director at Independence Blue Cross and head of patient management at Aetna. He has over 30 years of experience in population health and quality based payment systems.

A board-certified internist, Dr. Brooks’ experience includes developing quality improvement programs in the care of chronic diseases and medical recordkeeping. He served as the Advocacy Chair of Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware chapter of the American Diabetes Association.

Dr. Brooks, a Hahnemann Medical College graduate, completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He has published articles on population health and most recently about the impact of Covid on telemedicine and mammography utilization. Dr. Brooks was co-editor of an issue on managed care in “Medical Clinics of North America,”. He resides in Ambler, Pennsylvania.

Andy Crighton is CEO of Crighton Consulting Group, designing innovative programs and initiatives to connect individual and corporate health with a special focus on health disparities and mental health in the workplace. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer and Project Data Sphere®. In addition, Dr. Crighton operated as the Chief Medical Officer and head of the Global Health Organization for Prudential for 19 years where he oversaw health, safety, and medical business consultation worldwide and led Global Health Emergency Planning. In his prior roles he led the strategic transformation towards a more holistic view of health, including physical, emotional, social, spiritual, financial, and cognitive well-being. He worked to develop measures that show the impact of the work environment on each aspect of well-being at individual and organizational levels. Dr. Crighton’s vast experience in addressing health disparities include measuring the health impact of an insured population by race and developing solutions to mitigate the risk of disparate impact in a corporate environment. He currently serves on the board of The Health Project and the Advisory Board for the Carolyn C. Mattingly Mental Health Award in partnership with Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Andrew Baskin, MD is an Independent Consultant after having retired in mid-2020 from Aetna after 22 years. He was recently Aetna’s National Medical Director for Clinical Policy and Quality. He was responsible for the development and implementation of clinical policy, the national quality strategy, clinical oversight for Quality Management, and Patient Safety. He also worked on initiatives to measure and improve quality of care, measurement implementation and public reporting, health plan accreditation, the collection and reporting for HEDIS, and the establishment of performance-based networks. Additionally, he partnered with others to help establish programs which create incentives for more effective and efficient care, influence and assure compliance with healthcare reform regulations, develop products to improve affordability and quality of care, and promote payment reform. Prior to this role, Andy served in various Medical Director roles at Aetna, gaining experience and expertise in clinical and coverage policy development, benefit and plan design, establishing coding and reimbursement policy, disease management program operations, and provider relations. Prior to joining Aetna in 1998, he practiced as a primary care Internal Medicine/Geriatrics physician in the Philadelphia suburbs. Andy is a member of NCQA’s Committee on Performance Measurement, NCQA’s Standards Committee, prior founding member and Steering Committee member of the Core Quality Measures Collaborative, and a former two term member of the National Quality Forum (NQF) Consensus Standards Approval Committee (CSAC).

Dr. Scott Conard is a practicing family physician passionate about transforming healthcare with the goals of providing more convenience, increased access, significantly improved quality, and lower cost. He believes, that to deliver these goals, that challenges are best met with innovation, technology, and accountability. In fact, Dr. Conard believes “the surest path to reduced costs lies in a better model of care that embraces preventative care, early detection, excellence in management of known conditions, and improved behaviors.”

Dr. Conard’s experience as a Medical Director for corporations and benefit coalitions, along with his experience in medicine, corporate leadership, and healthcare allows him to create the strategic plan and serve as the accountability “agent”, leveraging this deep understanding as an integrator of effective interventions. His work in patient engagement has led to the development of a new model for chronic care management, building knowledge and skills, resulting in better health outcomes.

With the recent focus on COVID and having to implement innovative solutions to reduce corporate health care spend while at the same time improving employee health, he brings proven systems to the corporate world. Dr. Conard is broadening his availability for speaking opportunities in order to bring this information to the public as soon as possible to help others gain the benefits of his expertise in this important component of employee benefits. He delivers the information in an engaging, easy-to-understand discussion, outlining the necessary steps to be taken.

Through Dr. Conard’s work with a variety of organizations and companies, including Dillard’s, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, DFW and Texas Business Group on Health, Varsity Brands and Vistra Corp, he understands that every company has a unique culture and needs. It is his ability to find opportunities and customize solutions that delivers improved health and lower costs for his clients.

Dr Farrelly has 30 years’ experience as an expert in International Occupational Medicine & Health & Wellbeing Promotion. He is the CEO and Medical Director of SomarMed and is a consultant to a number of International Companies providing guidance to the Companies Corporate Health Departments in the design and implementation of Global Occupational Health & Wellness Programs. His leadership skills have enabled the implementation of these programs through transformational leadership in Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe, North, and Central & South America. He is an expert in Strategic Case Management and has experience in leading global international multi-disciplinary teams. During the SARS-CoV pandemic he has helped multinationals navigate their response globally to both keep employees safe and protect business operations.
He is also advisor to a number of International Government Agencies across Europe and LATAM advising on International Best Practice from an Occupational Health & Health & Wellbeing Perspective. He is an expert in rehabilitating employees with long term absence back to work and has worked with the insurance industry in designing and implementing proven and effective rehabilitation programs globally. He is a senior medical adviser to pension funds globally on criteria for ill health retirement.

Dr. Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH was the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Zipongo, the San Francisco-based based digital health and wellness company that focuses on enabling healthy eating -“Healthy Eating, Made Simple”. Dr. Shurney is the former Chief Medical Director / Executive Director for Global Health Benefits and Corporate Wellness for Cummins, Inc. He has an extensive background in health care management and policy. He has distinguished himself as a recognized leader in his profession in numerous ways. Prior to Cummins, Dr. Shurney was the Chief Medical Director of the Employee Health Plan for Vanderbilt University and Medical Center. During his tenure at Vanderbilt he also held joint faculty appointments as Assistant
Clinical Professor, Division of Internal Medicine and Public Health, and Adjunct Faculty, Owens Graduate School of Management. Other positions that Dr. Shurney has held include Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Healthways, Senior Health Policy Strategist in the Division of Government Affairs for the biotechnology company Amgen Inc., Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of medical affairs for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Editor of the Journal of Managed Care Physicians.

Dr. Shurney serves on numerous boards including: The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) where he is President-elect, the Global Business Group on Health, and the National Association of Managed Care Physicians. From 2007-2009, he served as the Chair of the Tennessee Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement Board, appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen. He was also the most recent Chair of the Business Strategies Committee for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP). For 12 years he served as the American College of Medical Quality’s (ACMQ) elected delegate to the American Medical Association (AMA).

Dr. Shurney is co-author of the book “Integrating Wellness into Your Disease Management Programs” which is a “how- to” strategic guide for employers that wish to innovate their approach to chronic condition management. Dr. Shurney is board-certified in general preventive medicine and public health. He is a fellow in the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. David Beaumont is a Consultant Occupational Physician, a doctor specializing in the health of workers. He is a Past President of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He provides consultancy services to some of New Zealand’s major employers and also the provision of health and well-being programs through his company, Positive Medicine Limited.

Positive Medicine: Disrupting the Future of Medical Practice was the name of his first book. He also authored the Global Chapter on Health in the OHS Body of Knowledge.

David is passionate about helping people realize that to truly experience positive health in their lives, they first have to change their own understanding of health. To truly have health, it must be viewed as a positive concept, with the realization that it is integral to every area of our lives. To move beyond being experts in disease, doctors need to be able to treat the whole person and empower people to take control and responsibility for their own lives and health.

Mark Cunningham-Hill is a transformative senior executive and expert physician who excels at strategic thought and execution. A dynamic and knowledgeable driver of innovative quality employee health services around the world. He is President of Worldwide Health Consulting LLC, Head of the Medical Advisory Board for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., and the Medical Direction for the Northeast Business Group on Health. He previously served in senior global roles delivering world class employee health services and wellbeing programs at Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmithKline. He is recognized as someone who transforms organizations by creating a culture of health while driving improved business performance and productivity and reduced costs. During the SARS-CoV2 pandemic he has helped multinationals, unions and other organizations navigate their response so as to keep employees safe and protecting business operations.

Tom Fariss, MD, MPH, has over 25 years’ experience leading global preventive medicine and occupational health and safety programs. He recently started his own medical consulting business after serving 12 years as the VP, Corporate Medical Director for Kimberly-Clark Corporation. His experience includes global medical team leadership, clinical medicine, and extensive personal and organizational advice and counsel for the full spectrum of health-related issues impacting large organizations. He has recently provided Chief Medical Officer services for a number of companies including Target, ArcBest, Keurig-Dr. Pepper, Accenture, Winnebago, among others.

Specific areas of interest include health risk assessment and communication, patient advocacy, occupational health and protection of workers in hazardous working conditions, medical surveillance, onsite medical clinics, travel medicine, infectious diseases and pandemic planning in the workplace, behavioral health, and preventive medicine. Dr. Fariss has developed and implemented innovative preventive health and well-being programs for global audiences which have included state of the art information and training on brain health, athletic and cognitive performance, nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress and resiliency. He has also served as a medical consultant and testifying medical expert for a number of medical malpractice and cancer causation claims. Dr. Fariss is a Founding Board member of the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), holds a current position as Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health in the Emory University School of Public Health and previous clinical positions with the Central Intelligence Agency and National Hospital for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation. He is board-certified in internal medicine and occupational and environmental medicine and a graduate of the College of William and Mary, the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital internal medicine residency, and George Washington University occupational and environmental medicine fellowship.

Dr. Bhojani is an accomplished health executive with a record of leading transformative change and delivering results across global employee populations in the Energy, Chemicals, and Manufacturing sectors at both Shell and ExxonMobil. He is an innovator in leveraging technology for enhancing human performance, safety, and cost optimization. He is recognized for translating strategic vision and science into clear business goals giving individuals and businesses ownership into action plans and has delivered cost optimization >20% through standardization, simplification, elimination, automation, offshoring, and restructuring.

He has led health teams in partnership with the Crisis Response to manage Covid -19 pandemic impact across offshore and onshore staff to manage business continuity. He is a member of the executive, informatics & research, and HR committee on 5 non-profits, advocating strategic growth and expansion, membership, talent recruitment, and development. Dr. Bhojani has served as an independent consultant on obesity, diabetes, behavioral health, disability management topics for The American Journal of Managed Care®, Compass Pathways, Pfizer, and Novo Nordisk.

Dan Conti spent the majority of his career in corporate behavioral health, serving the JPMorgan Chase workforce and their families for over thirty years ultimately as Managing Director and Global Head of JPMorgan Chase’s Employee Assistance & Work-Life Program. As a clinical psychologist, Dan’s career in corporate health has been driven by the knowledge that advancements in employee wellness and productivity must prioritize emotional wellbeing. Dan has served on various boards and committees including the National Business Group on Health, the Joint Commission’s Business Advisory Group, The Depressive & Bipolar Support Alliance, and the Mental Health Association in Illinois. He has published significant research establishing the economic impact of mental health and other conditions on productivity, and has served as an Adjunct Faculty at DePaul University in Chicago, teaching courses in both the undergraduate and graduate Department of Psychology. Dan received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from DePaul.

Rebecca Kelly is as CEO and Founder of Element Health, Inc., a nutrition and wellness consulting firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. For over 30 years, Rebecca has served an educator, administrator, leader, and consultant on building and sustaining healthy workforces. Rebecca has served in a number of leadership roles including the first ever Director of Health Promotion and Wellness and Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama, and Manager for American Cast Iron Pipe Company’s nationally recognized wellness program. Rebecca is a registered dietitian, exercise physiologist, and served as a certified diabetes educator for 10 years. Rebecca is a graduate of Momentum, Alabama’s executive leadership program for women. She was recognized as one of 30 Women who Shape the State of Alabama in 2017. In 2014, Rebecca was honored by HERO as the inaugural recipient of the Heart of HERO Award. Rebecca completed her PhD in health promotion and education and MAE at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; her dietetic internship at Indiana University Medical Center; and a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and food science from Auburn University, graduating summa cum laude while receiving the President’s Award. Dr. Kelly served as Chair of the Council on Future Practice for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and currently serves as chair elect for the Health Project.

Dr. Mohannad Kusti is a global physician executive and healthcare consultant with unique expertise and experience related to corporate healthcare benefits serving a variety of employers as their consulting corporate medical director and chief medical officer. He completed a successful tenure as Corporate Medical Director
& Chief Medical Officer at United States Steel Corporation headquartered at the Pittsburgh, PA. Most recently, he serves Mastercard, Block Inc., Teradata, Seagate Tech, Komatsu America, Twitter, & ATI Steel and Metals among other employers as a consulting CMO. Dr. Kusti is considered one of the industry experts on pandemic and outbreak corporation management. Dr. Kusti served as an Associate Service Fellow at the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) at the CDC for a year following the completion of an occupational medicine residency at West
Virginia University School of Public Health in Morgantown, WV and earned his master’s degree in Public Health from the same institution. Dr. Kusti is Board certified as a specialist in Occupational Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine, and is a certified Medical Review Officer, a Certified Professional Supervisor for Audiometric Monitoring Program, as well as a Certified Medical Examiner for
the FMCSA. Dr. Kusti is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences at West Virginia University and serves as board member of the leadership council for WVU School of Public Health. He is furthermore a member of the Occupational Medicine Residency Advisory Committee for the Environmental & Occupational Health Science Institute at Rutgers School of Public Health in NJ, and serves as a member of the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health Service Board (PBGH) and is the Medical Director for PBGH. He is also a member of the National Alliance Medical Director on Demand Advisory Group. Dr. Mohannad Kusti received Medical Director Leadership Award in 2021.
Dr. Kusti holds an active license to practice medicine in the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, and Minnesota, as well an active license to practice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Jorge A Morales-Camino MS, MS, PhD, FACOEM spent 28 years working as Medical Sr Director at P&G Latin America. He administrated P&G medical services in 10 Latin American countries. He oversaw all the Occupational Medicine Programs such as: Hearing Protection, Respiratory Protection, Ergonomics, Chemical Exposure, OM legal compliance, etc. He also conducted and led Wellness Programs such as: Vibrant Living (100% of Health services and 90% of the sites were VL certified), Stress Resilience, Corporate Athlete, Wellness Check Point, etc. He started the Wellness Balance, EAP program and Medical Checkups, covering 100% of employees for the first time. Those programs helped to improve productivity, talent attraction and employees Wellness, as it was demonstrated in internal statistics. P&G Mexico received the highest award of the Mexico Wellness Council for six years in a row, besides other awards in Colombia and Brazil. He personally was awarded twice by the Wellness Council for his leadership (helping other companies to develop Wellness Programs) and research/excellence (demonstrating Wellness Program impact on Employees’ health and productivity). He contributed to training and certified 100% of Wellness coaches and champions at P&G-LA. He supported the Improve Your Life training program (training based on emotional intelligence and mindfulness tools/skills to develop stress resilience among employees). At the time of the COVID 19 Pandemic, he led medical services personnel, to assure that employees continue healthy while working at all P&G LA sites.  At that time, he was a member of the Crisis Team at the highest level of P&G-LA organization. OM&OH programs helped P&G-LA to attract talent, because of the high-quality level of those programs. Jorge has led OM/OH associations and societies in Mexico and LA such as: Mexican Society of OM, National Federation of OH, Mexican Board of Certification in OM. Latin American Association of OH, and has been named honorary member of OM/OH organizations in Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Argentina, and Peru. For 3.5 years he also was Medical Director of the P&G Snacks and Beverages Global Business Unit. Facing successfully important issues like hurricane Katrina. And the Jackson tornado affecting the Pringles Plant. Dr. Morales is the founder and CEO of the Occupational Health and Wellness Consulting Company and director of the National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health. He is also an Occupational and Environmental Health professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the National University.

Dr. Morales is board-certified in occupational medicine. He is honorary member of the International Commission of Occupational Health and fellow member of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Dr. John Jefferies is an internationally recognized cardiologist specializing in cardiomyopathies, heart failure, genetics, heritable disease, artificial intelligence, and rare diseases. He is a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Memphis. He is also the immediate past Governor of the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and immediate President of the American Heart Association Mid-South region. He is the team cardiologist for the Memphis Grizzlies. He is a Research Member of St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He completed his combined pediatric and adult cardiology training at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas at the Texas Children’s Hospital, and the Texas Heart Institute. He is the lead Editor of two leading textbooks in cardiology and has authored or co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. His research is funded by sources including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and multiple industry partners. He received his MPH from the University of Kentucky with a major in Epidemiology. He received his MBA from the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania with a dual major in Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. He is actively involved in the advancement of innovative technologies including artificial intelligence in healthcare, novel strategies for healthcare provision connectivity, precision medicine, diagnosis and management of rare diseases, and patient advocacy. He has served as a Key Opinion Leader for over 30 national and international companies. He has served on multiple Scientific Advisory Boards and is a consultant to both privately held and publicly traded companies.

Dr. Goldsmith is founder and President of NBS Healthcare Group, a cooperative of healthcare professionals engaged in developing innovative solutions to today’s health and wellness challenges. Before moving to NBS Group, he served as Executive Director for Employee Health for Novartis Services, Inc., where his responsibilities included oversight of health services and clinical support for the Novartis Global Benefits Group. At Novartis he created an employer-sponsored, integrated healthcare delivery system for employees and their families. Prior to his employment with Novartis, he served as Associate Global Medical Director for the General Electric Company and had been in private internal medicine practice in his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut. Dr. Goldsmith received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College in New York, trained at Greenwich Hospital and the Yale-New Haven Medical Center and earned his Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Connecticut. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Vagelos School of Medicine, Columbia University. In addition to his corporate career, Dr. Goldsmith is team physician for Stamford’s high school athletes and has published on occupational risk among marijuana users, innovations in primary prevention and exercise-induced asthma.