20th Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference
What Works Good, Better, Best in Health Promotion?
March 15-19, 2010
Intensive Training Seminars: March 15 -16, Core Conference: March 17-19
The Westin Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Judd Allen, PhD
Dr. Allen is President of the Human Resources Institute, LLC, a research, publishing and consulting firm that focuses on the creation of supportive cultural environments. He is also a founding partner of Wellness Leadership Coaching, Inc., a leadership development company that assists managers and other wellness champions to create health enhancing work environments. He earned his Ph.D. in Community Psychology from New York University. Judd serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Health Promotion. Dr. Allen is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Wellness Institute. Dr. Allen was a Senior Research Analyst at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and served on the Vermont Governor's Council for Physical Fitness and Sports. Dr. Allen has assisted several hundred government, business and community settings to bring about lasting and positive culture change. He has authored more than 50 books, journal articles, training manuals and software titles. His most recent books are Bringing Wellness Home, Wellness Leadership and Healthy Habits, Helpful Friends. Further information about Judd's work is available at www.healthyculture.com.

Judd has completed more than 25 consecutive New York City Marathons, multiple Ironman^TM distance triathlons and long distance cross-country ski races. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife and six year old daughter.

David B. Allison
David B. Allison is Professor of Biostatistics, Head of the Section on Statistical Genetics, and Director of the NIH-funded Nutrition and Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has authored over 350 scientific publications and edited five books. He has won several awards from the Obesity Society (TOS) (formerly NAASO), the International Association for the Study of Obesity, the American Society of Nutrition, and the National Science Foundation Administered 2006 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. He was elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the American Psychological Association, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. He serves as an associate editor for multiple journals in the fields of statistics, genetics, and obesity. Dr. Allison's research interests include obesity, quantitative genetics, clinical trials, and statistical and research methodology. He also serves as a frequent consultant and expert witness in the legal setting.

David Anderson, PhD
David Anderson, PhD, is Senior Vice President & Chief Health Officer and a co-founder of StayWell Health Management, a leading provider of health management programs and services. Since 1985, he has been the primary architect of StayWell's population health strategies, programs and tools. David also shares strategic leadership and has consulted on customer programs that have won nearly 50 major industry awards. David has conducted groundbreaking research of the effectiveness and cost impact of StayWell programs and coauthored several landmark studies. David is Chairman of the Board of the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), serves on the Board and Executive Committee of the Health Project, which administers the C. Everett Koop Award, and is Editor of the Population Health section of the American Journal of Health Promotion. He has also served on expert panels for the CMS, CDC/P, NIOSH, NCQA, and AHRQ. A licensed psychologist, David has published numerous professional papers and speaks regularly on health management issues.

Steven Blair, PhD
Dr. Blair is a Past-president of the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He was the Senior Scientific Editor of the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health.  He has received several honors including the 2003 ACSM Honor Award, the 2008 American Heart Association Population Science Research Prize, and is one of the few individuals outside the U.S. Public Health Service to receive the Surgeon General's Medallion.  He has published over 450 chapters and papers dealing with his research on the association between lifestyle and health, with a main focus on exercise, fitness, body composition, and chronic disease.  He has received honorary doctoral degrees from universities in the U.S., Belgium, and England.

Susan Butterworth, PhD, MS
Susan Butterworth, PhD, MS  has been in the health promotion field for over 20 years. She received her doctoral degree in adult education and training with a cognate in health promotion from Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Butterworth’s special area of expertise and research is Motivational Interviewing-based health coaching, and she is a highly-sought presenter, trainer, and consultant on this topic.  She has been awarded two NIH grants to study the efficacy and impact of health management interventions, and has published multiple papers on the theory and outcomes of health coaching. Dr. Butterworth is the founder of Health Management Services (HMS), which was developed at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and transitioned to Health Future LLC.  Dr. Butterworth currently provides consulting and training activities through Q-Consult and is associate professor at both the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at OHSU.

Larry Chapman, MPH
Larry Chapman MPH is Senior Vice President, WebMD Health Services, where he provides leading edge thought leadership on integrating health cost management; plan design, incentive systems, and organized prevention programming for worksite, managed care and community-based populations. Prior to his current position he was co-founder and Chairman of Summex Health Management, an industry leader in health management services for business and industry which was acquired by WebMD in 2006. Chapman currently serves as an editor of the American Journal of Health Promotion and the Editor of the Art of Health Promotion section of the Journal.  

Chapman has published over 170 articles and columns and 13 books on the topics of wellness, health cost management and health and productivity management.  He has been a consultant to the National Institutes of Health, the Center for Disease Control, the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, the Department of Veteran's Affairs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  Chapman is a frequent keynote speaker and has given over 2,500 presentations and workshops on employee health, wellness and healthcare cost control. 

Chapman earned his master's degree in Medical Care Organization from the University Of Michigan School of Public Health.  He also holds degrees in Environmental Health and Medical Technology. As a consultant in the field of wellness and health promotion for more than 25 years, his clients have included more than 700 public and private sector organizations. Chapman has also received numerous professional rewards including a Lifetime Service Award from the Association of Worksite Health Promotion.

L. Casey Chosewood, MD
Dr. L. Casey Chosewood is the Director of the Office of Health and Safety for the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention headquartered in Atlanta.  He is currently serving as the Chair of CDC's Healthiest Nation Coordinating Council, leading CDC's internal efforts to support the Healthiest Nation Alliance in transforming our health system, achieving better value from our health investments, and increasing the emphasis on prevention and health promotion.  Before this, he served as the Director of the Division of Occupational Health and Prevention Services and as Medical Director of CDC's Occupational Health Clinics.  As Director of the Office of Health and Safety, he is charged with protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of the CDC workforce as they face the new challenges of the modern public health era-no easy task in the age of increasing globalization, bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases.  His Office leads CDC's Biosafety, Laboratory and Animal Safety activities; all clinical and Occupational Health Services; Environmental and Compliance activities; and workplace wellness and prevention initiatives. 

Dr. Chosewood received his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia and completed his residency in Family and Community Medicine at the University of Connecticut.  He has been an Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine since 1997.  After practicing community Family Medicine for 7 years, Dr. Chosewood served as the Medical Director for the Southeastern Region of Lucent Technologies.  He has 2 children, Alec age 17 and Emily age 15.

Sharon M. Covert, MS
Sharon M. Covert, M.S. involved with the Wellness Council of West Virginia, (WCWV), since July 2003, received a BA in English from Marshall University where she also received a Masters of Science degree in Exercise Physiology.

Sharon has worked in the field of wellness since 1991, designing health and wellness plans, employee benefit plans and corporate wellness tools.  She speaks regularly on the importance of healthy lifestyle choices.  She has served as an employer wellness expert for state, regional and national trainings.  Most recently, Sharon presented at the 2009 Indiana Chamber of Commerce's Employee Health & Wellness Summit.

Sharon developed the Worksite Wellness 101 training that is the core training model for the Wellness Council of WV.  She is one of the founding members of the National Network of Wellness Councils which represents 15 independent Wellness Councils across the United States.  Sharon was named one of Generation Next, (WV's 40 Up and coming executives under 40), by The State Journal in 2006.  She serves on numerous boards and advisory panels.

Stewart Donaldson, PhD
Stewart I. Donaldson is Professor and Chair of Psychology, Director of the Institute of Organizational and Program Evaluation Research, and Dean of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University. He has conducted numerous evaluations, developed one of the largest university-based evaluation training programs, published many evaluation articles and chapters, and his recent books include What Counts as Credible Evidence in Applied Research and Evaluation Practice? (2008; with C. Christie & M. Mark), Program Theory-Driven Evaluation Science: Strategies and Applications (2007), Applied Psychology: New Frontiers and Rewarding Careers (2006; with D. Berger & K. Pezdek), Evaluating Social Programs and Problems: Visions for the New Millennium (2003; with M. Scriven), Social Psychology and Evaluation (forthcoming; with M. Mark & B. Campbell). He is co-founder of the Southern California Evaluation Association and is on the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of Evaluation and New Directions for Evaluation.

Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES
Dr. Cam Escoffery is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education.  She has developed theory-based interventions for smoking cessation, epilepsy self-management, and health promotion.  She has taught the course, Theory in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, for over 10 years to Master's of Public Health students at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.  She is the Co-Principal Investigator of the CDC/NCI-funded Emory Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network that promotes the translation of evidence-based interventions to the community.  Dr. Escoffery was the Principal Investigator of a study to assess the use of evidence-based cancer recommendations in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program of the CDC.   She has also trained members of community-based organizations and public health professionals nationally on finding, adopting/adapting, and evaluating evidence-based programs.  She has published on theory-based interventions for different populations and evidence-based public health.

Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH is Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Medicine, Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing, and Director of the Center for Health Behavior Research at the University of Pennsylvania. She was formerly at Emory University (2004-2009), the University of Hawaii (1993 to 2004), and Temple University.  She received her MPH (1977) and PhD (1979) degrees in health behavior and health education from the University of Michigan.

Her research focuses include cancer prevention and control, obesity and nutrition, and health communication technologies. Dr. Glanz is a member of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, which oversees the Community Guide evidence reviews.  Her scholarly contributions consist of more than 300 journal articles and book chapters. She was designated a Highly Cited Author by ISIHighlyCited.com, in the top 0.5% of authors in her field over a 20-year period.

Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD
Ron Z. Goetzel wears two hats.  He is both the Director of the Emory University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies and Vice President of Consulting and Applied Research for Thomson Reuters Healthcare.  The mission of the IHPS is to bridge the gap between academia, the business community, and the healthcare policy world - bringing academic resources into policy debates and day-to-day business decisions, and bringing health and productivity management issues into academia.  Before moving to Emory, Dr. Goetzel was at Cornell University.  Dr. Goetzel is responsible for leading innovative research projects and consulting services for healthcare purchaser, managed care, government, and pharmaceutical clients interested in conducting cutting-edge research focused on the relationship between health and well-being, and work-related productivity.  He is a nationally recognized and widely published expert in health and productivity management (HPM), return-on-investment (ROI), program evaluation and outcomes research.

Over the past 20 years, Dr. Goetzel's work has focused on large-scale evaluations of health promotion, disease prevention, demand and disease management programs.  He is principal investigator (PI) for Medicare's Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration (SRRD) and New Opportunities for Healthy Aging in Medicare (NOHAM) project.  He is also PI for a project sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) focused on obesity prevention and management at the worksite.  For the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Goetzel is the PI for a New York City based project supporting collaboration between the private and public sectors in health promotion and disease prevention initiatives directed at employers.  As PI for a study funded by the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACCD), Dr. Goetzel identified the characteristics of promising practices in workplace health and productivity management (HPM) programs.  For the CDC, Dr. Goetzel was the PI for a Landscape Assessment of Worker Health Promotion and Protection Efforts.  He has been involved in evaluations of health promotion and disease prevention, demand and disease management evaluations for Applied Materials, Boeing, Chevron, Dow Chemical, Pacific Bell, Citibank, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Florida Power & Light, Duke University, General Electric Company, Ford, PSE&G, Motorola, Delta Airlines, Lucent, International Truck and Engine, First Tennessee Bank, Texas Instruments, Sharp Health Care, Saturn Corporation, PG&E, The Associates, Novartis, King County, Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (FEP), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Highmark.  His pharmaceutical industry research with Aventis, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson, and Eli Lilly has focused on establishing the health and productivity cost burden of certain illnesses. 

Before joining Thomson Healthcare (formerly Medstat) in 1995, Dr. Goetzel was Vice President of Assessment, Data Analysis and Evaluation Services at Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems.  Dr. Goetzel was one of the original members of the core development and marketing group at Corporate Health Strategies, currently a division of Ingenix.  Earlier in his career, Dr. Goetzel was the Medical School Education Program Evaluator at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he was appointed to the Psychiatry faculty.

Dr. Goetzel earned his doctorate in Organizational and Administrative Studies and his M.A. in Applied Social Psychology from New York University (NYU), and his B.S. degree in Psychology from the City College of New York (CCNY).  He is located in Washington, DC.

Barry Hall, FSA, MAAA
Barry Hall is a Principal in the Clinical Health Consulting and Global Technology Solutions practices of Buck Consultants, an ACS company, where he leads global research and strategic development of new products and services that support wellness and health care consumerism. In this role, Barry consults with employers to create and deploy health promotion strategies. He is also the research leader for Buck's annual global wellness survey, which in 2009 included 1,100 employers from 45 countries.
Barry is a recognized expert in health care consumerism and technology, with numerous awards and publications to his credit. He has been quoted in international news publications such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, appeared on CNN and BBC television, and published articles in periodicals such as Employee Benefit News, Contingencies, and Benefits Quarterly. 

Kathleen Herath
Kathleen Herath oversees the Health and Productivity strategy at Nationwide for the company's 34,000 associates.  In this role, she is responsible for the company's integrated health and productivity program, which includes:  health screenings, wellness programs, disability and disease management, health education, work life resources and walking programs and occupational health clinics.   She has 26 years of professional experience in the health care industry.  Prior to her current role she served as the implementation manager for the integrated disability management program at Nationwide  and Director of Associate Health Services. The Health and Productivity program at Nationwide has been awarded more than six awards in the first three years including the IBI Health Innovation Award, the American Heart Association's Platinum Fit Friendly Employer award and the 2009 C. Everett Koop National Health Award. 

Fikry W. Isaac, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Fikry W. Isaac, MD, MPH, FACOEM serves as the Executive Director, Global Health Services, leading the Johnson & Johnson Health & Wellness strategies, policies, guidelines, and services worldwide (Occupational Medicine, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellness). For nearly 10 years, Dr. Isaac has been driving the comprehensive Total Health program that has reduced the Company's healthcare costs and improved the health of employees.

Dr. Isaac has been with Johnson & Johnson since 1989 as Associate Medical Director and was promoted in 1993 to Corporate Medical Director and in 1994 to Director, Occupational Medicine, Health & Productivity.  In addition to his MD, he received his degree of Master of Public Health in Occupational Medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin in May 2001 and is a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine where he chairs the Pharmaceutical Section and the Corporate Health Achievement Award.  He also serves on several boards including the Eastern Division of the American Cancer Society and the Global Health & Benefits Institute.

David L. Katz MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP
David L. Katz MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP is an internationally renowned authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease, and an internationally recognized leader in integrative medicine and patient-centered care. He is a board certified specialist in both Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Associate Professor (adjunct) in Public Health Practice at the Yale University School of Medicine. Katz is the Director and founder (1998) of Yale University's Prevention Research Center, Director and founder of the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital (2000) in Derby, CT, and founder and president of the non-profit Turn the Tide Foundation. He was formerly the Director of Medical Studies in Public Health at the Yale School of Medicine for eight years. Katz has published over 100 scientific papers, numerous textbook chapters, nearly a thousand newspaper columns, and 12 books to date. A health columnist to the New York Times Syndicate, Katz has twice been recognized by the Consumers Research Council of America as one of America's top physicians in Preventive Medicine and received the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health in 2009. Also in 2009, Dr. Katz was nominated for the position of U.S. Surgeon General by the American College of Physicians, the American College of Preventive Medicine, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest, among other national and international health organizations. He and his wife, Catherine, have 5 children.

Richard Killingsworth, MPH
Mr. Killingsworth is nationally recognized for his pioneering efforts in cultivating the emerging domains of active living and placemaking – an applied science that considers the impact of the built environment on health. He has provided technical assistance to numerous federal agencies, national organizations, municipalities, and elected officials. He has consulted in over 300 communities; presented at over 100 national conferences; authored over 30 different peer reviewed publications; provided Congressional testimony; served on research and policy projects with the Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, National Academy of Sciences, and the World Health Organization; advised Health Canada and Transport Canada; and serves on several boards and national initiatives. Mr. Killingsworth has also conducted interviews with The Associated Press, USA Today, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, Outside Magazine, Jet, ABC News, NPR and PBS.

Mr. Killingsworth is currently the Director, Strategic Planning and Operations at Nemours Health and Prevention Services (NHPS) in Newark, Delaware. NHPS is a division of Nemours, an operating foundation that supports one of the nation's largest pediatric health care and health promotion systems. In this capacity, he oversees the strategic and operational integration of core business processes and daily operations so NHPS can achieve its mission – to make Delaware’s children the healthiest in the nation. NHPS is a national model for how health care systems integrate health promotion strategies into community-based efforts to make population level change. He also oversees areas of strategic management systems, evaluation and research; financial management; knowledge management, and resources development.

Rebecca E. Lee, PhD
Dr. Rebecca E. Lee serves as founding director of the Texas Obesity Research Center in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston. She is an associate professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance and holds a courtesy appointment at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Dr. Rebecca Lee oversees the Understanding Neighborhood Determinants of Obesity (UNDO) research team. Dr. Lee aims to provide an innovative, theoretically-derived, trans-cultural, and community-based approach to improving health to the science and community alike. Dr. Lee, a community health psychologist, specializes in community based health research. Her studies focus on populations of color using innovative strategies, such as incorporating social cohesion, ameliorating social injustices, and improving the quality of the neighborhood environment. Her work has focused primarily on women, as family gatekeepers who may have the biggest impact on shaping the future generation of youth. She is principal investigator for several federally and privately funded research grants including Health Is Power (HIP), funded by the National Cancer Institute (NIH); the award winning, SAving Lives, Staying Active (SALSA) study; the International Health Challenge in Second Life, funded by the USC Annenberg School for Communication; and the Healthful Options Using Streets and Transportation in Our Neighborhoods (HOUSTON) project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Rebecca Lee's work is driven by her desire to reduce health disparities. The focus of her work has investigated the role of the social and environmental context of physical activity and dietary habits and obesity in minority populations.  In addition to her programs and initiatives at the University of Houston, Dr. Lee is the former chair and current member of the Mayor's Wellness Council Public Policy Committee, where she actively works with the Council to improve the health of Houstonians. She is an editorial board member of the International Journal of Women's Health and the American Journal of Health Promotion. She has authored and co-authored  numerous studies in peer-reviewed publications, serves as a charter member on the Community Level Health Promotion Study Section for the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health, and has received many honors and awards, including the University of Houston College of Education Research Excellence Award in 2005 and 2008, at the University of Houston, the Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Stroke, and she is a Fellow of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. In her spare time, Dr. Lee enjoys traveling, dancing, singing, wine-tasting and spending time running after her nephews and God-daughters.

Sarah R. Lieber
Sarah R. Lieber, is an M.D. Candidate at the University of Michigan Medical School. She received a B.A. from Harvard in Philosophy and Health Policy. Drawing on her interests in ethics and medicine, she worked as a research fellow in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (2007-2009). At the NIH, she developed ethical guidelines for workplace penalty programs and published a paper on this topic with Dr. Steven D. Pearson (“Financial Penalties for the Unhealthy? Ethical Guidelines for Holding Employees Responsible for their Health.” Health Affairs (2009) 28, 3, 845-852). She presented this research at The American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) 2008 annual conference in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to her work on the ethics of financial incentives for unhealthy behaviors, she has written on other issues including health care reform to reduce Emergency Department costs and improve delivery of care, and the ethics of mandating vaccines that alter health-related behaviors.

Jim McKenna, PhD
Jim McKenna, PhD is Professor and Head of Active Lifestyles research centre, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds UK.  Jim's background is in Physical Education, moving from teaching to almost 20 years in one of the UK's most research intensity universities - Bristol.  He has an extensive history in post-graduate education, originally in post graduate teacher preparation, then moving into physical activity teaching and research.  His commitment to teaching was recognised in 2004 when he was awarded the inaugural prize for Teaching Excellence in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law.  In 2005 Jim was awarded a Professorship at Leeds Metropolitan University in the Carnegie Research Institute.  He then became Head of the Active Lifestyles research centre, which addresses the promotion of physical activity on the one hand, and responses to physical activity on the other. Jim has numerous PhD completions and current students and is widely sought for research guidance.  He publishes widely - both in peer reviewed journals and books - and is comfortable with quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches.  He is also recognised as an inspirational speaker, especially when detailing research that addresses practical issues, like promoting childhood physical activity.  His diverse research activities emphasise his capacity to work with eclectic worldwide teams and his funded research currently ranges from (i) understanding how women with low health literacy respond to physical activity (and diet) promotions, (ii) physical activity responses to environmental factors in older people, to (iii) evaluating a city-wide community-wide intervention to promote physical activity among the under-16s.

Margaret Moore, BS, MBA
Founded Wellcoaches in 2000 following 17 years as an executive in the biotechnology industry with four companies, in the UK, France, Canada, and the US, that later merged with AstraZeneca, Sanofi Aventis, and Medigene AG. Her focus shifted from the high technology side of medicine to prevention and well-being.  Margaret is a co-author of a Harvard Medical School CME program teaching physicians a basic coaching roadmap. This project has led to the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, to which Margaret is a founding advisor. She is the lead author of the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Coaching Psychology manual (first coaching textbook in healthcare), and co-creator of the award-winning EAC ® model (Employee Assistance Coaching).  Margaret co-founded the annual Harvard Medical School Coaching Psychology Conference and the McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School Coaching & Positive Psychology Initiative.

Mouneer Odeh, MA, ABD
With over 10 years of health informatics experience, he leads business intelligence and bioinformatics research at Quest Diagnostics. He produces Quest Diagnostics Health TrendsTM - a series of reports that identify and track disease and wellness benchmarks. These reports inform patients, health professionals and policymakers about national trends and generate extensive media coverage. Previously, he led a multinational team at marketRx conducting business analytics for large pharmaceutical and biotech companies. In 2007, he presented to the Pharmaceutical Management Science Association an innovative approach to managed care contracting strategies. Previously, he spent five years as a senior sales and market research analyst at TerrAlign, providing geospatial and resource optimization analytics to leading healthcare companies. He earned a B.A. in Economics from McGill University, and an M.A. in Economics from Georgetown University where he was awarded the honorary Reardon Fellowship for original research in applied econometrics, and served as research fellow at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Michael O'Donnell, PhD, MBA, MPH
Michael O'Donnell is founder and Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Health Promotion, Inc. Founded in 1986, the American Journal of Health Promotion was the first scientific journal to address the science of lifestyle change. It remains the most widely read scientific publication devoted exclusively to health promotion with subscribers in 50 countries. The Journal also sponsors the annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference, which attracts over 500 people each year. As editor-in-chief, Dr. O'Donnell has completed composite editorial reviews of over 1,700 manuscripts. As President, he has organized 19 national conferences.

Dr. O'Donnell has helped more than 100 employers, governments and foundations design and manage health promotion programs, working as both an independent consultant, and in staff roles at the UPMC Health Plan, Cleveland Clinic, William Beaumont Hospitals, and San Jose Hospital. He has also worked in hospital management and management consulting.

During the 1998-1999 academic year, Dr. O'Donnell moved to Seoul, Korea with his family to serve as a Senior Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Catholic University and the Graduate School of Health Sciences at Yonsei University.  He was involved in a wide range of strategic planning, organization development, fund raising and research projects.  After returning from Korea, he organized Health Promotion Advocates, a non-profit advocacy group committed to integrating health promotion concepts into national health policy. Health Promotion Advocates has worked with members of Congress to develop bills that will enhance health promotion research and planning (Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis and Training (FIRST) Act and provide tax credits to employers who provide comprehensive workplace health promotion programs (Healthy Workforce Act).

Dr. O'Donnell earned a PhD in Health Behavior and Health Education from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, an MBA in Entrepreneurship and General Management and an MPH in Hospital Administration from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed his undergraduate work in Psychobiology at Oberlin College. During high school, he lived in Seoul, Korea with seven brothers and sisters while his father served in the Peace Corps.

Dr. O'Donnell has written more than 160 articles, book chapters and columns, books and workbooks; presented more than 200 keynote, breakout, and workshop presentations on six continents; and served on boards and committees for 42 profit and non-profit organizations.  Recent awards include Active Living Person of the Year, from the Active Living By Design Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2003), Alumnus of the Year from Seoul Foreign School (1999), and Distinguished Leadership and Service Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Worksite Health Promotion (1997).

He is an avid swimmer and hiker, and has been a vegetarian for 34 years. He strives to achieve the model of health promotion espoused by the American Journal of Health Promotion: a balance of physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual health.

Deepak Patel, Mmed
With over 10 years of health informatics experience, he leads business intelligence and bioinformatics research at Quest Diagnostics. He produces Quest Diagnostics Health TrendsTM - a series of reports that identify and track disease and wellness benchmarks. These reports inform patients, health professionals and policymakers about national trends and generate extensive media coverage. Previously, he led a multinational team at marketRx conducting business analytics for large pharmaceutical and biotech companies. In 2007, he presented to the Pharmaceutical Management Science Association an innovative approach to managed care contracting strategies. Previously, he spent five years as a senior sales and market research analyst at TerrAlign, providing geospatial and resource optimization analytics to leading healthcare companies. He earned a B.A. in Economics from McGill University, and an M.A. in Economics from Georgetown University where he was awarded the honorary Reardon Fellowship for original research in applied econometrics, and served as research fellow at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
 
Dr. Deepak Patel is currently head of research at Vitality - a health promotion program linked to the Discovery Health medical plan.  He works closely with academics at the Sports Science Institute in Cape Town and also with researchers at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Patel's  research agenda focuses on exploring the effectiveness of the Vitality program in improving members' health and reducing healthcare costs.  He is also currently involved in a broader research project which assesses the efficacy of various types of incentives in effecting behavior change.

A key focus for Deepak is ensuring that Vitality incorporates evidence based and clinically proven strategies in its wellness programs.

Since joining Discovery Health as a Clinical Specialist in 2004, Deepak headed the Clinical Team in the Clinical Risk Department.  He joined the Vitality Team in 2007.

Deepak is a qualified pediatrician and has worked as a consultant at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital as well as in private practice for about 10 years.  In addition to his medical qualifications, he holds a bachelor's degree in development studies from the University of Witwatersrand and is completing a master's degree in sports medicine at the University of Cape Town.

Christopher Peterson, PhD
Christopher Peterson has been at the University of Michigan since 1986, where he is Professor of Psychology and former Director of Clinical Training. He also holds an
appointment as an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, in recognition of his contributions to
teaching. His original doctoral training was in Social and Personality Psychology at the
University of Colorado, and completed postdoctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he respecialized in Clinical Psychology.

Peterson is among the 100 most widely-cited psychologists in the world. His most recent book is A PRIMER IN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, published in 2006 by Oxford University Press.

A cofounder of positive psychology, the scientific field that studies what makes life most worth living, he is a member of the Positive Psychology Steering Committee, co-editor of APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY: HEALTH AND WELL-Being, and a consulting editor for the JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. He was the program chair for the 2009 First World Congress on Positive Psychology, attended by more than 1700 people. He has special expertise in well-being, engagement, character strengths, positive interventions, and assessment.

Jim Reynolds, MD
HealthFitness' Chief Medical Officer Jim Reynolds, M.D., is a board-certified physician in internal medicine with 30 years of health care industry experience, and an expert in developing and implementing innovative, high-quality programs designed to enhance the health, wellness and health-related productivity of individuals.

At HealthFitness, Reynolds oversees the company's Research, Development and Outcomes department and is responsible for new program development, science and research, client reporting and outcomes research, including return on investment methodology.

Prior to HealthFitness, Reynolds was a senior consultant in Mercer's Health and Benefits Health and Productivity Management specialty practice. At Mercer, he was part of a global team that developed strategy and solutions for multinational companies expanding health management activities worldwide. He also consulted with multiple Fortune 100 companies to develop and implement health management strategies and programs, and with the ongoing measurement metrics of these programs.

Mari Ryan, MBA, MHP, CWWPC
Mari Ryan is founder of Advancing Wellness a worksite wellness consulting and services firm targeted on small and medium size companies. She has many years of experience as a business professional and is responsible for managing and delivering the worksite wellness services of Advancing Wellness. She has held various marketing and executive roles over the past 20 years, including Vice President of Marketing for GEN3 Partners and Regional Sales and Marketing Director for ENTEX Information Services (now Siemens Business Services). Mari has also managed a successful business as an independent management consultant.

Mari holds a Bachelor Degree from Lesley University, an MBA from Boston University, a Master's in Health Promotion from Nebraska Methodist College and is a certified Worksite Wellness Program Consultant.  Mari's most recent article titled “Planning Worksite Health Promotion Programs: Models, Methods, and Design Implications” and co-authored with Larry Chapman and Mary Jane Rink, appeared on the July/August 2008 issue of American Journal of Health Promotion.

Erin Seaverson, MPH
Erin Seaverson is Manager of Research at StayWell Health Management. She serves as research consultant and principle investigator for several process, impact and outcomes studies for a broad spectrum of organizations, including self-insured employers, managed care organizations, and other providers.

Prior to joining StayWell, Erin worked as an epidemiologist for both the Minnesota Department of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. During her time in those organizations she collaborated in several research and surveillance initiatives centered in newborn health, nutritional epidemiology and physical activity epidemiology. She served as a contributing member on the Health Disparities Committee of Cancer Plan Minnesota.

Erin received her Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and her Bachelors degree in Exercise and Health Science from Alma College in Michigan. She currently serves as chairperson of the Measurement and Evaluation Committee of the NACSM Midwest Worksite Health Promotion Group Steering Committee.

Erin is an avid runner and triathlete and is a devoted participant of endurance events.

Brian Luke Seaward, PhD
Brian Luke Seaward is regarded as one of the foremost experts in the field of stress management and a pioneer in the field of mind-body-spirit healing. He has authored more than ten books, including the classic best sellers, Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water, The Art of Calm and Stressed Is Desserts Spelled Backward. Dr. Seaward began his career as the associate director of Cardiac Rehab at the Gunderson-Lutheran Hospital in 1980. Additionally, he has served as a sports psychologist for many Olympic swimmers, ice skaters and the US national Biathlon team. His corporate clients include Hewlett Packard, Procter & Gamble, Conoco Oil, Motorola, Quaker Oats, John Deere, BP-Amoco, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Maxtor-Seagate, Organic Valley Dairy, and many others. The wisdom of Brian Luke Seaward can be found quoted in PBS specials, college lectures, medical seminars, boardroom meetings, church sermons, keynote addresses, and graduation speeches all over the world. He serves on the faculty of the University of Northern Colorado-Greeley and is the Executive Director of the Paramount Wellness Institute in Boulder, CO. He can be reached via his website, www.brianlukeseaward.net.

Paul Terry, PhD
Paul Terry, Ph.D., is President and CEO of StayWell Health Management, the nation's premier provider of workplace health promotion programs.  Before returning to StayWell in 2007, Paul was the President and C.E.O. of the Park Nicollet Institute. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and his Masters from Minnesota State University at Mankato.

Paul was a Senior Fulbright Scholar and is Past-President of the Minnesota Public Health Association and an editor of the American Journal of Health Promotion. 

The programs that Dr. Terry has led have won the C. Everett Koop National Health Award and the Minnesota Department of Health Award for Excellence in Health Promotion.  He is widely published in professional journals and has co-authored publications that have won five awards of excellence from the Society for Technical Communications and five National Health Information awards.  He is co-author of four books including “Well Advised: Your Guide to Making Smart Health Decisions.”

Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD
Dr. Volpp is the Director of the Center for Health Incentives at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School, and a board-certified general internist and practicing physician at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.
 
Dr. Volpp's research program focuses on the impact of financial and organizational incentives on health outcomes. His work developing and testing innovative ways of incenting patients using concepts from behavioral economics includes examination of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of financial incentives in smoking cessation, obesity, and medication adherence has been published in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and Health Affairs. His work has also been covered by media outlets such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Good Morning America, the BBC, National Public Radio, Time, US News and World Report, USA Today, Der Spiegel, and Australian National Radio.

Rosie Ward, PhD, MPH
Dr. Rosie Ward is a Health Management Consultant with RJF Agencies where she helps organizations create a healthy and engaged culture by shifting their approach to well-being and human capital to better align with strategic business objectives. She has over 15 years experience in a variety of settings including managed health care, local public health, private consulting, for-profit companies, and higher education. She holds a bachelor's degree in kinesiology,  a Master of Public Health degree, and a Ph.D. in Organization in Management where she focused on organizational culture and transformation, intrinsic motivation and coaching. Dr. Ward is regularly interviewed as an expert for business publications and is a contributing author to the OD in Healthcare Handbook: A Guide for Leaders to be published in the spring of 2010. She is passionate about using her unique approach to bridge the gap between engaging individuals and creating sustainable shifts in organizational culture.

Antronette K (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH
Antronette K (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH is Professor of Health Services and Co-Director, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Healthy Equity, UCLA School of Public Health.  She spent five years in public health practice, as Director of Public Health, Richmond, VA, and Director of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Los Angeles County.  Dr. Yancey has authored more than 100 scientific publications, including 75 refereed journal articles and editorials.  She serves on many federal advisory and review committees, including at the Institute of Medicine, and chairs the Board of Directors of the Public Health Institute in Oakland.  Dr. Yancey completed her BA in biochemistry at Northwestern, MD at Duke and MPH at UCLA.  She is also a public health commentator on local NPR affiliate, KPCC, and a published poet/spoken word artist (www.toniyancey.com).  Her forthcoming book is Instant Recess:  How to Build a Fit Nation for the 21st Century (UC Press).

Liz York, AIA, LEED, AP
Liz York, as the Chief Sustainability Officer for the CDC, works to increase employee and agency involvement in sustainable practices and programs.  An architect by training, Liz serves as champion and organizational strategist to ensure widespread implementation of sustainable practices throughout the CDC community. She promotes sustainable initiatives throughout a broad range of sectors including food service, quality of work life, fitness, and environmental stewardship.  In addition to her direct staff, Liz coordinates and manages the efforts of more than 400 employee volunteers committed to CDC's sustainability initiative.  Liz has also worked with the Healthier Worksite Initiative to promote stair use, include showers in new buildings, ensure the safety and convenience of pedestrian routes, and develop the standard for lactation rooms.  As a proponent of sustainable design, Liz has received numerous awards for her work at CDC, and she continues sustainability efforts in numerous projects and partnerships throughout the agency.

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